PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM EDM/PDM Courses

The structure of the course :

• C1. Awareness and understanding of EDM/PDM requirements

is as follows:


PREPARATORY WORK : Case Study 1

DAY 1

Part 1 - Introduction to EDM/PDM

• Module 1 - Basics of EDM/PDM
• Module 2 - The need for EDM/PDM
• Module 3 - Starting the EDM/PDM project

Part 2 - Understanding the information

• Module 4 - Information definition and flow
• Module 5 - Information use and control
• Module 6 - Information users

Evening 1 : Course dinner

DAY 2

Part 3 - Understanding the workflow

• Module 7 - Product development processes
• Module 8 - Workflow definition
• Module 9 - Workflow comtrol

Part 4 - A successful EDM/PDM project

• Module 10 - Definition of EDM/PDM objectives and metrics
• Module 11 - System architecture and integration issues
• Module 12 - Examples and lessons learned

The structure of the course :

• C2. Selecting an EDM/PDM system

is as follows:


PREPARATORY WORK : Case Study 1

DAY 1

Part 1 - Identifying potential suppliers

• Module 1 - Preparing the project team
• Module 2 - Agreeing and prioritizing needs and targets. Identifying required functionality
• Module 3 - Making a short-list and a RFP

Part 2 - Benefits

• Module 4 - Direct benefits
• Module 5 - Indirect benefits
• Module 6 - Quantifying benefits

Evening 1 : Course dinner

DAY 2

Part 3 - Costs and Return

• Module 7 - Direct and indirect costs. Quantifying costs
• Module 8 - Defining the Pilot project
• Module 9 - Calculating ROI and justifying the investment

Part 4 - Selecting the EDM/PDM system

• Module 10 - System demonstrations. Benchmarking. System evaluation
• Module 11 - Selecting the vendor and system
• Module 12 - Examples and lessons learned

The structure of the course :

• C3. Implementing an EDM/PDM system

is as follows:


PREPARATORY WORK : Case Study 1

DAY 1

Part 1 - Preparing to implement

• Module 1 - Education and training
• Module 2 - The Pilot project. The roll-out plan
• Module 3 - Success criteria. Metrics.

Part 2 - Implementation issues (Part 1)

• Module 4 - Management role
• Module 5 - Implementation sequence
• Module 6 - Customization and integration

Evening 1 : Course dinner

DAY 2

Part 3 - Implementation issues (Part 2)

• Module 7 - Data distribution. Security.
• Module 8 - Infastructure. Network. Performance
• Module 9 - Legacy systems and data

Part 4 - Implementing the EDM/PDM system

• Module 10 - Start-up
• Module 11 - Operations
• Module 12 - Examples and lessons learned

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