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Resolving Differences of Opinion
As a program manager managing the development of new products or leading the implementation of a CAD or PLM system, it is routine to have situations where people disagree, and resolving those differences of opinion is integral to the success of the project. After...
Two Types of Students for PLM Implementations
When creating corporate training for an engineering system, like a PLM implementation, it's important to consider two types of students: seasoned employees and new employees. Seasoned employees have a good understanding of the existing processes but will be new to...
Brainstorming Guidelines for Product Development
Brainstorm your way to a creative design Brainstorming is great to generate creative ideas for product development. Here are some guidelines for conducting a successful brainstorming session: Define the design issue or requirement: At the beginning, clearly define...
Continuous Learning and Product Development
Continuous learning is a popular catch phrase in product development, but what is continuous learning and how can continuous learning be integrated into the product development process? Continuous learning is the ongoing process of acquiring knowledge and skills,...
Understanding Evolutionary and Revolutionary Design to Optimize Product Development
To set up an optimum product development process, first understand if the product development process is for evolutionary or revolutionary design.Between revolutionary and evolutionary design lies a spectrum where design occurs across companies… understanding where a...
Implementing PLM or PDM? Remember to create a hardware library.
When initially standing up a PLM or PDM system, it is easy to overlook the creation of a hardware library. Afterall, there are so many things to do and setting up a hardware library seems like an un-necessary task. It is simple enough to allow engineers to select...
Training for PLM should not be an Afterthought
Product Data Management (PDM) systems, like Dassault’s Enterprise PDM, are effective tools at managing the product development process, however, there are numerous stories of PDM systems disappointing users and not providing the anticipated productivity gains. PDM...
Achieving productivity gains with PDM
Product Data Management (PDM) systems, like Dassault’s Enterprise PDM, are effective tools at managing the product development process, however, there are numerous stories of PDM systems disappointing users and not providing the anticipated productivity gains. PDM...
Writing a Government Proposal
The simplest of ideas can take too long to figure out After enduring stress and frustration managing teams in writing government grant proposals, I had a sudden insight about the process. Separate technical content from grammatical issues In the initial stages of the...