Effectively Increasing the Scope of PLM

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You may think that PLM is about tools, processes, and data, but today’s guest understands that effective PLM is much more than that.  PLM is all about people understanding what they are doing with product data and why they’re doing it. Today Craig Brown and Thom Singer are joined by Mark Pendergast, retired Technical Manager and Systems Architect to examine the value of PLM as it relates to people.  Mark shares his experiences with helping companies embrace agile as a process and engaging within the company to increase the scope of PLM where it matters most —</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">with the people. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s podcast, you will learn about:</span></p> <p><strong>Surprises in PLM</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">PLM is all about people getting their job done every day with the assistance of some technology.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Effective adaptation of PLM happens when there is a vision that people can get behind. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Technology is secondary, storytelling is the primary effective approach to adapting PLM. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Convincing management can be the greatest challenge, but it doesn’t have to stop progress. </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Pervasive computing and increasing the scope of PLM</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Embracing a metaphase-based system starts with an increased understanding of the full process. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The more moving pieces there are, the less people tend to understand any of it.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style=