Wednesday, September 9th 2020
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Accelerating Product Development in the Digital Age
This week’s must read
Why complexity is killing PLM and what are future trajectories and opportunities? - Beyond PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Blog
I’m catching up on the social reading and publications after few very busy weeks. There are not so many non-vendor PLM events in the world. Actually only a handful. One of them PI PLMx (formerly known as PLM innovation). I attended PI PLMx Chicago back in November. Check some of...
What new technologies, systems and leadership should be put in place to eradicate the complexity of PLM?
This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from Beyond PLM on how Complexity is Killing PLM.
Thought Leadership
A “logical way of thinking”, here is a detailed and argued description of systems engineering from NASA’s point of view.
Model-Based Systems Engineering - Scaled Agile Framework
All models are wrong, but some are useful. —George E. P. Box Model-Based Systems Engineering MBSE is the application of modeling systems as a cost-effective way to explore and document system characteristics. By testing and validating system characteristics early, models facilitate timely learning…
How to get rapid feedback on requirements and design decisions by testing and validating features of Model-Based Systems Engineering.
Dated but still relevant article on the need for corporate R&D organizations to borrow the tools and techniques that Digital Natives use to progress.
Verification and Validation
Definition: Verification is the process for determining whether or not a product fulfills the requirements or specifications established for it. Validation is the assessment of a planned or delivered system to meet the sponsor’s operational need in the most realistic environment achievable. Keywords…
Here is a step by step process to better understand where verification and validation fit into the systems engineering life cycle and how to accomplish them to develop effective and suitable systems.
This week’s Consulting News
BCG to achieve Net-Zero Climate Impact by 2030 - bizbahrain
Rich Lesser, CEO of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), announced a major new climate commitment for the firm that will deliver net-zero climate impact by 2030. To reach this goal, BCG will take significant action to reduce its footprint and neutralize its remaining climate impact by investing in leading…
| Rich Lesser@BCG
BioNTech, Pfizer begin German part of coronavirus vaccine study
Biotech firm BioNTech said on Monday it widened an ongoing pivotal global study of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate to include testing in its home country of Germany
| @Business Standard
Staffing Employment Falls to Great Recession Levels in Second Quarter
/PRNewswire/ -- Following a six-year low in staffing employment during the first quarter of 2020, second quarter data released today by the American Staffing...
| PRNewswire
Digital now a top agenda of asset and wealth managers
Asset managers were already facing strong pressure to digitise their operations and client services, and the advent of Covid-19 has only seen this become more important.
| Consultancy.uk
This week’s media
A recent Spotlight series: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and its role in the age of Industry 4.0 Webinar which we are now sharing as a webinar on demand
Consulting sourcing tips
5 Mistakes When Sourcing Consultants You Should Avoid
5 Mistakes When Sourcing Consultants You Should AvoidPeople make many mistakes when sourcing consultants, and it can be challenging to avoid them all. The following are five of the most common mistakes that people make when sourcing consultants.5...
Podcast | How to qualify a consulting firm for a project?
There are several markers that define the “Consulting DNA” of a company: the obvious capability & industry experience, but also the footprint, culture, and delivery model. On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, I tell you how to qualify a consulting...
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