by Ryan Donovan | Feb 7, 2025 | Content Creation, Data Management, Product Development, Project Management, Uncategorized
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...
by Ryan Donovan | Mar 28, 2023 | Content Creation, Data Management, Product Development
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...
by Ryan Donovan | Nov 29, 2021 | Content Creation, Data Management, hardware
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...
by Ryan Donovan | Sep 9, 2021 | Data Management, hardware, part duplication
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...
by Ryan Donovan | Aug 31, 2021 | Data Management
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...
by Ryan Donovan | Aug 25, 2021 | Data Management
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...
