All posts by Polina Todorova

At a point of a complex Agile project, from client or consultant perspective, have you ever asked yourself “Am I supposed to do that? Is it the scope of my colleague/partner? What exactly, as System Integrator, is the job of the Solution Architect?” Rather you are a Solution Architect, a Development/Functional Team Member, a Product Owner, a Scrum master or a Project leader, rather the project is complex or not, the aim of this article is to help you to know how a Solution Architect will help an Agile implementation project to its success. It also might be helpful to read this when the project becomes “challenging” and positions are […]

What is a PLM project ? The digital transformation of industry is an approach that uses cutting-edge technologies to reinvent products & services in order to accelerate operational efficiency and business growth. PLM is a business strategy designed to create, manage and share all information about the definition, manufacturing, maintenance and recycling of an industrial product throughout its life cycle using a Technical Information System. A PLM project is in this context a commitment to deliver a solution (IT application) that meets these challenges. A PLM project is inherently transversal by nature, distributed across the customer’s different departments, and carries the genetics of its products, its know-how and its market offering. […]

Agile methodology is a “fashionable” paradigm widely used in Software Development. Its numerous benefits on project definition, scope determination and delivery make it a powerful and efficient method. Based on our experience, we believe that – despite its simplicity and straightforwardness – Agile is a very useful method for complex and pluri-disciplinary projects such as PLM implementation. But how Agile methodology could be used to implement a sophisticated transverse program such as PLM or SPDM? What are the challenges and hampering points to overcome and what are the best practices? In this document, we propose to share insights and answers coming from our experience. Agile at a glance Agile methodology […]

What is a PLM data migration? To illustrate it in a simple way, migrating data is like making a removal. In fact, you are changing the place where they are stored. For sure, this analogy finds its limits insofar as data adaptations are made. Let’s say that it is as if you were using migration rules during the moving out. For example, your plates are separated: half of them are colored in red; the other ones are now stored in the lunchroom. This activity is almost always related to a new PLM solution implementation. That is why we are taking the opportunity to gather product data sources. As business needs […]

Consider the specific mindset of Analysis & Simulation engineers SPDM key users are necessarily “experimentation-minded” not so familiar with pre-defined processes guidance. They like to create new methods to get expected results. Start simple by tracking their activity in the system (steps, tools, results), you will get first SPDM value. Then implement first process automation on specific cases (simple simulation processes often used) and deploy progressively. Always keep simple ways to exit predefined processes and follow new steps. In addition, keep in mind they are often good programmers, so they can (even should) be deeply involved in SPDM technical implementation.  Work with open and flexible technologies By necessity, Analysis and […]