Image credit – Dave Gray Agile software development was a popular thing for the last 20 years. If you lived under the to rock check Agile Software Manifesto. The things like Individuals and Interactions over processes and tools, Working Software over comprehensive documentation, Customer Collaboration over contract negotiation, Responding to…
Earlier this week I attended TEC Talk. This is almost traditional gathering organized by TechSoft3D – a software outfit selling visualization software and development tools to many of CAD and other software vendors and industrial customers. If you first time heard about TechSoft3D. The core product was developed many years…
There is no lack of PLM definitions in this world. From a very simple like the version provided by Al Dean almost 10 years ago to very complex such as CIMdata’s one – A strategic business approach that applies a consistent set of business solutions that support the collaborative creation,…
Cloud application development is everywhere these days. However, CAD users are stuck in the desktop reality. There are many reasons for that – complexity of CAD environment, huge legacy, conservative engineers. As much as new cloud CAD is progressing, the process isn’t fast. Don’t misunderstand my statement, companies are making…
The weekend is coming and this is a time for some PLM dramas. Engineering.com and Verdi Ogewell is usually not disappointing. The article published earlier this week Siemens’ New Low-Code Platform Mendix an “Aras PLM Killer?” is a great PLM thriller with the complex scenario, but unfortunately, stalemate conclusion. Read…
Last year, I asked if the Salesforce platform can accelerate cloud PLM. if you missed my article navigate your browser to this link. The discussion was about how Salesforce.com platform can provide a foundation to develop PLM system. The jury is still out and, in my view, looking at Propel PLM traction and…
Education and information sharing about engineering and manufacturing software are one of the things that don’t let me sleep at night. When I started my Beyond PLM blog a decade ago, the information gap was huge. Unfortunately, even today I have to say that education and information is heavily missed….
For the last several weeks, we had a few very interesting discussions about PLM standards. Manufacturing companies are demanding standards from PLM vendors. PLM vendors aren’t very much excited about investing in PLM standard development. The elephant in the room is existing PLM vendors business models entirely dependent on the…
Do you remember Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for software? Just a few years ago, Gartner was still running it for PLM and CAD vendors. Gartner doesn’t do it anymore. My hunch, in the current state of vendors development, it is hard very hard to pull a clean comparison in 4 distinct…
To select a PLM system is not a simple task. A few years ago, I shared the article – How to avoid PLM software selection mousetrap. There are many aspects of the selection process – technology, organization, vendor, etc. After all, for most organizations, PLM decision is something that is…
