Robust, dynamic, easily configurable - hardly words most would use to describe traditional PDM (product data management) or PLM (product lifecycle management). But when Microsoft set out to consolidate and standardize its hardware groups on a core product development platform, its alternative approach - building on top of an open, cloud-based PLM platform and leveraging its expertise in agile methodologies - led to a global deployment completed in record time and packed with more functionality than its previous PLM systems. While agile has gained prominence in software development circles, the discipline is typically not associated with PLM initiatives, which are infamous for lengthy deployment cycles and implementations that don't adequately reflect current user requirements or are too bloated and complex to be useful. The Microsoft group, having lived through similar experiences in the past, decided to take the chance on an agile approach to PDM/PLM to meet an aggressive timetable for empowering its engineering teams with critical product data.
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