The book:

Preface

Foreword

Organization

How-to-use

Acknowledgements

Contents

Additional material:

Presentation slides

Order Book

Customer Reviews

About the authors:

Ivica Crnkovic

Ulf Asklund

Annita Persson Dahlqvist

Artech House Publishers

Implementing and Integrating Product Data Management and Software Configuration Management

Organization of the book

The book is divided into five parts, each of which explores a theme through several chapters. The parts are organized in such a way that a concept of PDM and SCM, and their integration, is developed from the ground up. The first half of the book consists of three parts and describes the theoretical principles and concepts of PDM and SCM and their integration. The book begins with an introductory text explaining why PDM and SCM support is essential in any development process. The following chapters introduce PDM and SCM principles and discuss their similarities and the principal differences between them. The last chapters of the first half of the book describe possible alternative integrations of PDM and SCM and provide useful procedures for the deployment of PDM and SCM tools. The second half of the book consists of two parts and is of a more practical nature: The first part includes several case studies from prominent U.S. and European companies. These case studies illustrate the use of PDM and SCM in the companies’ development and manufacturing processes. The second half functions as a reference book. It includes many references to PDM, SCM and document management tools and their vendors, Web resources, and finally overviews of the most important standards used in PDM and SCM.

The five parts are organized as follows:

• Part I, Basic Principles of PDM and SCM, consists of three chapters. The first chapter is an overview of the complexity of product development and explains the need for the support provided by PDM and SCM. It is aimed at readers unfamiliar with PDM or SCM, (e.g., students or engineers not experienced in developing large systems). The second and third chapters describe in detail the basic principles of PDM and SCM.
• Part II, Similarities and Differences Between PDM and SCM, compares PDM and SCM, and describes their ability to support particular processes in software or product development.
• Part III, Integration and Deployment, contains two chapters. The first chapter discusses the possibilities of integrating PDM and SCM, describes the concepts of integration, and presents certain examples of integration. The second chapter contains a detailed description of PDM and SCM evaluation and deployment processes.
• Part IV, Case Studies, gives examples from the industry of development processes and the practical use of PDM, SCM, and document management tools. Overviews of particular projects and organizational units in large multinational companies are presented. The studies illustrate the complexity of development processes and the ongoing efforts of the companies to improve these processes by using PDM and SCM.
• Part V, Tools and Standards Survey, consists of comprehensive lists of references to PDM, SCM and document management tools, and vendors and their Web resources. Short surveys of selected PDM and SCM tools are used to exemplify the different types of such tools. Finally, standards closely related to PDM, SCM, and document management are described briefly.