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Course Outline

Introduction

  • Understanding the context and challenges of configuration management
  • Managing changes across the system lifecycle
  • Handling product diversity and variability

Core Concepts of Configuration Management

  • Reviewing the lifecycle and assessing the impact of changes
  • Establishing review processes
  • Defining baselines
  • Exploring the four pillars of configuration management
  • Managing configuration items
  • Implementing configuration management processes

Practical Exercise – Operational Changes

  • Reviewing a real-life scenario (involving clients, projects, or product updates)
  • Group discussions focused on impact analysis
  • Defining and sharing an actionable plan

Advantages of a Product Line Approach

  • Limitations inherent in single-product adaptation strategies
  • The necessity for centralized variability management
  • Benefits and return on investment (ROI) associated with product line engineering

PLE Concepts and Standards

  • Defining a product line
  • Guided walkthrough of examples
  • Reference standards (ISO)
  • Identifying variation points
  • Understanding concepts of Superset and Assets

Feature Modeling Tools

  • Introduction to feature modeling principles
  • Exploring feature models
  • Utilizing the Variants Description Model

pure::variants and Office Connector Integration

  • Creating feature models with pure::variants
  • Understanding the relationship between feature models and supersets
  • Application examples using Excel
  • Application examples using Word

Getting Started

  • Implementing configuration management practices
  • Incorporating variability into existing systems

Integration Strategies

  • Merging CM and PLE into engineering workflows
  • Comparing tool-supported versus tool-independent approaches

Troubleshooting Common Issues

  • Avoiding common pitfalls in CM and PLE
  • Adopting proven best practices

Summary and Next Steps

  • Recapping key concepts learned
  • Providing recommendations for successful implementation

Exercises

  • Engaging in case studies and group work
  • Conducting hands-on exercises with and without specific tools

Requirements

  • A foundational understanding of systems engineering processes
    Hands-on experience with requirements management, architecture design, and verification & validation (V&V)
  • Expected prior knowledge for delegates:
    • Familiarity with basic system lifecycle processes
    • Knowledge of engineering workflows and product development practices

Target Audience

  • Project managers
  • Systems engineers
  • Software engineers
  • Product managers
 14 Hours

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