Last post conveyed How PLM Implementation starts and who involved in starting the process, we discussed things mainly presales of PLM software. Once an Organization buys software, post sales activities are very important in PLM implementation, now we can discuss PLM Implementation Processes and its phases.
Once after sales, management will plan the activities and day to start PLM Implementation by diverse meetings with PLM Software Vendor / Implementation service vendor to understand tool and to provide the requirements.
Some Service vendor (Seller) will circulate Questioner as per understand with their sales team to Organization Management calling as Client (Customer) and, Clients reply for the Questioner as per their strategy and plan to implement PLM tool.
After several discussions and mutual understandings Implementation date and plan will be ready. This Project plan majorly contains, Resource Allocation, Activities and Time plan, Statement of Work, NDA, Separate commercial Proposal (Implementation Service charge including tax if not decided at presales order).
There are few phases in the PLM Implementation and it includes different processes which needs to be addressed successfully, following are main phases of PLM Implementation,
1. Interaction and Requirements phase
a. Understand the vision/objectives of the organization strategy
b. Interact to cross functional team to understand the requirements
c. Gather the requirements and start preparing AS-IS process documentation
2. Study & Analysis
a. Study & Analyze the present system with respect to bought out PLM system
3. Technical Scope definition
a. Define the Scope of Implementation
b. To-Be process preparation
c. Sing-off both sides
4. Technical execution Planning
a. Plan the activities and define roadmap of configuration
b. Define Baseline and Methodologies
c. Sign-off
5. Implementation and Configuration
a. Installation & sign-off
b. Test Environment configuration & sign-off
c. Test cases preparation & sign-off
6. Testing phase
a. Testing with Vendor’s & Client’s representatives
b. Sign-off
7. Production Environment
a. Configure Test Environment to Production Environment
b. Pre-production test & sign-off
8. Roll Out and Go-Live
a. Deployment and Rollout
b. Sign-off
9. Training
a. Users Training on Implemented functionalities
10. Support
a. User Handhold support
And I am collecting my own experience and processes followed in my two PLM Implementations and other service vendors might have different roadmaps and processes.
Next post we can discuss deep into each processes and phases.
Bye for now,
Anil Kumar JR
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