Implementing and Integrating Product Data Management and Software Configuration Management (Artech House Computing Library)

363 Pages·2003·1.37 MB·English

by  Ivica Crnkovic

Implementing and Integrating
Product Data Management
and Software Configuration
Management
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Implementing and Integrating
Product Data Management
and Software Configuration
Management
Ivica Crnkovic
Ulf Asklund
Annita Persson Dahlqvist
Artech House
Boston • London
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Crnkovic,UlfAsklund,AnnitaPerssonDahlqvist.
p. cm.—(ArtechHousecomputinglibrary)
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN1-58053-498-8(alk.paper)
1.Computerintegratedmanufacturingsystems. 2.Productioncontro—Dataprocessing. 3.Concurrent
engineering. 4.Managementinformationsystems. I.Asklund,Ulf. II.Dahlqvist,AnnitaPersson.
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Contents
Foreword xv
Preface xix
Organizationofthisbook xx
Whoshouldreadthisbook xxi
Howtousethisbook xxii
Website xxiii
Acknowledgments xxiii
PartI BasicPrinciplesofPDMandSCM 1
1 Requirementsofcomplexproductdevelopment 3
1.1 Productsareallaroundus 3
1.2 Productlifecycle 5
1.2.1 Thedevelopmentphase 6
1.2.2 DifferentvariantsofPLCs 8
1.3 Complexityincreases 8
1.4 PDMandSCM 13
References 15
2 GeneraldescriptionofPDM 17
2.1 Introduction 17
2.1.1 Historyoverview 19
v
vi Contents
2.1.2 PDMdefinition 19
2.2 Basicfunctionality 21
2.2.1 Datavaultanddocumentmanagement 22
2.2.2 Workflowmanagement 23
2.2.3 Productstructuremanagement 24
2.2.4 Classificationmanagement 28
2.2.5 Programmanagement 28
2.2.6 Communicationandnotification 28
2.2.7 Datatransportandtranslation 29
2.2.8 Imageservices 29
2.2.9 Systemadministration 29
2.2.10 Applicationintegration 30
2.3 Informationarchitecture 31
2.3.1 Datarepresentation 31
2.3.2 Informationmodel 32
2.3.3 Versionmanagement 34
2.4 Systemarchitecture 35
2.4.1 PDMdatabase 36
2.4.2 Datavault 37
2.4.3 Datareplicationinadistributedenvironment 37
2.5 Applications 38
2.5.1 CM 39
2.5.2 Documentmanagement 40
2.5.3 Productconfigurators 42
2.5.4 Collaboration 42
2.5.5 Projectmanagement 44
2.6 TrendsinPDM 45
2.6.1 TrendsinresearchanddevelopmentofPDM 45
2.6.2 Trendsinindustry 50
2.7 Summary 54
References 55
3 GeneraldescriptionofSCM 59
3.1 Introduction 59
3.1.1 Historicaloverview 60
3.1.2 Definition 61
3.2 Basicfunctions 62
3.2.1 Versionmanagement 63
Contents vii
3.2.2 Workspacemanagement 66
3.2.3 Configurationselection 67
3.2.4 Buildmanagement 69
3.2.5 Releasemanagement 69
3.2.6 Concurrentdevelopment 70
3.2.7 Distributeddevelopment 70
3.2.8 Changemanagement 72
3.2.9 Integrationwithothertools 76
3.3 Relateddomains 77
3.3.1 CM 77
3.3.2 Documentmanagement 78
3.4 Trends 79
3.4.1 Versioningmodels 80
3.4.2 Workspacemanagement 81
3.4.3 DistributedCM 81
3.4.4 SCMandtheWeb 81
3.4.5 ComponentCM 83
3.4.6 SCMprocess 84
3.4.7 Integratedenvironments 84
3.5 Summary 85
References 86
PartII SimilaritiesandDifferences
PartII BetweenPDMandSCM 89
4 Comparisonoftechnicalprinciplesandkeyfunctionality 91
4.1 Comparisonofprinciples 92
4.1.1 Systemarchitecture 92
4.1.2 Productmodel 97
4.1.3 Evolutionmodel 98
4.1.4 Processmodel 99
4.2 Comparisonofkeyfunctionality 100
4.2.1 Versionmanagement 100
4.2.2 Productstructuremanagement 102
4.2.3 Buildmanagement 103
4.2.4 Changemanagement 103
4.2.5 Releasemanagement 104
4.2.6 Workflowandprocessmanagement 104
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4.2.7 Documentmanagement 104
4.2.8 Concurrentdevelopment 104
4.2.9 CMandselectionmanagement 104
4.2.10 Workspacemanagement 105
4.2.11 Roledefinitions 105
4.3 Summary 105
References 107
5 Analysisandgeneralfindings 109
5.1 Developmentprocessandinformationmanagement 110
5.1.1 Hardwareproducts 110
5.1.2 Softwareproducts 113
5.1.3 Remarks 116
5.2 Acasestudy—InformationmanagementandPLC 117
5.2.1 Developmentandmaintenanceofahardware-basedproduct 117
5.2.2 Developmentandmaintenanceofasoftware-basedproduct 119
5.3 Complexproducts 120
5.3.1 Structuresofcomplexproducts 120
5.3.2 Informationflow 123
5.3.3 Integration 124
5.4 Integrationrequirementsandconstraints 125
5.4.1 Integrationneeds 125
5.4.2 Overlappingfunctionsandredundantdata 125
5.4.3 Culturaldifferences 127
5.4.4 ChoicebetweenPDMandSCM 127
5.5 Summary 128
References 129
PartIII IntegrationandDeployment 131
6 PDMandSCMintegration 133
6.1 Possibleintegrations 134
6.1.1 Fullintegration 134
6.1.2 Looseintegration 136
6.1.3 Nointegration 139
6.1.4 Conclusion 140
6.2 Differentscenariosinanintegratedenvironment 140
6.2.1 Integrationprerequisites 143
Contents ix
6.2.2 ScenarioA:PDM—Userinteraction 144
6.2.3 ScenarioB:SCM—Userinteraction 145
6.3 Examplesofintegrations 148
6.3.1 Casestudy:IntegrationofeMatrixandClearCase 148
6.3.2 IntegrationofMetaphaseandClearCase 155
6.4 Summary 157
References 158
7 Evaluationanddeployment 159
7.1 Evaluationanddeploymentofcomplexsystems 160
7.1.1 Theorganizationoftheevaluationanddeploymentprocess 162
7.2 Evaluation 168
7.2.1 Evaluationteam 168
7.2.2 Evaluationprojectactivitiesandmilestones 169
7.2.3 Costanalysis 170
7.2.4 Returnoninvestment 171
7.2.5 Evaluationofthetoolvendor 173
7.2.6 SCMevaluationexample 174
7.2.7 PDMevaluationexample 174
7.3 Deployment 177
7.3.1 Deploymentprocess 177
7.3.2 PDMdeployment 179
7.3.3 SCMdeployment 181
7.3.4 DeploymentofthePDMandSCMintegratedenvironment 186
7.4 Summary 189
References 190
PartIV CaseStudies 191
8 Casestudies 193
8.1 Introduction 193
8.2 SunMicrosystems,Inc. 195
8.2.1 DevelopmentprocessandPLC 196
8.2.2 Deploymentoftools 201
8.2.3 Conclusion 201
8.3 MentorGraphicsCorporation 201
8.3.1 DevelopmentprocessandPLC 202