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Advice and implementation of configuration management conform cmii

The CMII concept is an actual standard for Configuration Management developed by Vincent Guess. De standard is marketed and will be further developed by the Institute of Configuration Management (www.icmhq.com), in Europe represented by AEGOR’s partner GfKM in Stuttgart (www.gfkm.de).

Products, buildings and other objects to be realised are described by documents. These documents are created within the design and engineering processes.  Within these processes it might happen that:

• Documents are missing;
• Documents are not consistent;
• Documents are not clear for its users;
• Documents are not valid.

The consequence is that the results are not in conformance with the requirements. Rework will cause extra delays and costs.

If you recognise this situation CMII can improve your processes considerably saving you a lot of money and time.

Organisation advice for release and change process within the extended enterprise

Poor control over the processes is a major cause for the above described situation. Loose ends arise leading to questions and wrong results. The release process plays a major role to solve this rather common situation. A good release process will result in good documents. A good change process leads to good new document versions.

AEGOR fulfils the CMII requirement for good documents, meaning documents that are: “Clear, concise and valid”.

CMII has been developed for a single enterprise. AEGOR follows the CMII change process and extends it to the extended enterprise which is the common situation in building and construction.

Performance Measurements in design and engineering processes

There are many ways to measure on design and engineering processes. Some examples will follow.

Knowing the average time spent within the design and engineering processes will show important areas were processes can or even have to be improved. It might show a lot of hours that can be saved.

AEGOR has developed a tool, called MMO that measures this average time spent in a statistical reliable manner.

The graph below gives a result of such a  measurement.

From this measurement it can be concluded that the departments under consideration are spending 15% of their time on clarifying input documents in order to be able to do their jobs. And after doing their jobs they have to spent 10% of their time in clarifying their work!

Usual, high end PLM systems have a lot of statistical data available.  Data like:

• The number of checked in documents as a function of time;
• The number of created iterations and revisions as function of time;
• The number of released documents as a function of time.

Processing and analysing this data will lead to conclusions about the performance of the involved design and engineering processes. These results will often give directions for process improvements as well improvements for the use of the PLM system itself.

PLM Evaluation and Workshops

A typical PLM evaluation focusses on systems and procedures. What are the original objectives and or expectations? What are the achievements applying the system? If there is a gap between achievements and original objectives (expectations) the question has to be solved what can be done to bridge the gap.

Usual high end PLM systems are quite suitable to simulate organisations and processes. In workshops employees can play process roles for evaluation and or training purposes.

CMII training at customer site

Good implementation of Configuration Management requires all employees involved having the same mindset and speaking the same language. Training is the common practise to fulfil this requirement.

On site CMII training is offered under conditions of sufficient interest. The training is organised in co-operation with AEGOR’s partner GfKM.

SIX SIGMA Improvement projects within design and engineering

Any improvement project deals with the following requirements:

1. The project has to deliver a relevant and provable amount of savings;
2. The project has to deliver a measurable contribution to client’s strategic objectives.

Six Sigma offers methods, structures and tools to make plans and take bold decisions based on analysed data and facts. Applying Six Sigma minimises risks and scores high in achieving the required results.

Six Sigma will always play a role in AEGOR projects, implicitly or explicitly.