Do(PLM)Con - A Methodical Approach to Realize Domain Integrating PLM

Many companies today consider managing and optimizing their product lifecycle information as a key competitive factor. This requires the integration of different domains along the Product Lifecycle in an integrated information model. Today, many Domain integrating IT-Projects, which aim to introduce PLM-Solutions, are managed as there would be classical domain specific IT Products introduced. For the conceptual solution design customers use to consult typical business strategy consultants. For implementation they consult IT-System Supplier Services. The complex domain integrating part is often rationalized away by phrases like loose coupling or service-oriented architecture. In such kind of approach a gap exists which has serious consequences in actual IT-projects. Integration independent of concepts like SOA means that system elements from one Data-Models have to be integrated and persistently linked in Data-Models of other domains. These facts increase the requirements for implementation of domain integration PLM. To solve this, a systematic, methodical approach for a PLM Solution Consulting is needed. Such a method called Do(PLM)Con was developed by Siemens PLM in cooperation with the Beuth University of applied science.