Agile PLM

Mandatory Project Content

By abhijit.kakhandiki on October 23, 2009 3:52 PM

I was asked this question by a PPM customer at the PLM Demo Booth. "How do I make sure that a project deliverable does not get deleted by a user?" I explained to the customer that this can be done rather easily, and that has been an existing feature since 9.2.2. The customer's response was "That information right there was worth the cost of attending Openworld!" I thought I would write a quick blog post explaining how this can be done, to the broader audience.

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9.3 Feature: Drag & Drop Content to a Project

By abhijit.kakhandiki on September 28, 2009 8:16 AM

Usability was greatly improved in the 9.3 release. This is evident in the Web 2.0 look and feel as well as more intuitive interaction with the user. This is a short post to illustrate usability improvement in one area of...

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9.3 Feature: PLM Reference

By abhijit.kakhandiki on September 10, 2009 9:47 PM

In 9.3, we introduced a new attribute for the Project base-class called 'PLM Reference'. This blog post explains why we did this, and highlights some best practices on how to use this field. Before we go into details about why...

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PPM Automation using Events

By abhijit.kakhandiki on August 20, 2009 8:30 AM

I am writing a quick blog post on how to use Events in PPM. Shane's post introduces events as a mechanism for automation. Automation can be done at various levels. It can range from the simple such as autofill of attributes in an object to the complex such as tying-in of related business processes. This blog post covers simple automation examples for PPM. Later posts will cover extensive automation to model business processes such as Ideation, Preliminary CAD Design and Prototyping.

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Best Practice Series: PLM Information - Organize, Formalize and Learn

By abhijit.kakhandiki on October 22, 2008 1:13 PM

Project Management in any organization and context involves managing issues, risks and action items as well as maintaining and storing non-structured information arising out of discussions and meetings. Project Management in the context of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) focuses on...

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Did the data model fundamentally change in 9.2.2?

By abhijit.kakhandiki on October 8, 2008 2:25 PM

This was a question asked by a customer who is the process of upgrading to 9.2.2.4 from 9.2.1. Most of the customers are aware that there were a lot of functionality and usability improvements in 9.2.2 especially in the Product...

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All about Deliverables when creating a Project from a Template

By abhijit.kakhandiki on September 8, 2008 7:19 AM

In this post, I'll talk about what happens to deliverables and attachments when creating a program from a template. Agile Product Portfolio Management (PPM) allows you to define a project tree along with supporting deliverables and attachments in a template...

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Align Project Selection with Company Objectives using KPIs

By abhijit.kakhandiki on September 7, 2008 8:11 AM

This question was brought up by a few customers on my recent trip to Asia. Customers want to know how to manage the phase-gate process in a more objective manner, so that the rationale behind keeping / killing or putting...

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