056: Maintaining Agility and Continually Moving Forward

Digital Enterprise Society is the authority on the transformation to a digital enterprise, impacting all areas of an organization. Tune in for discussions among industry leaders about operations and action needed to drive digitization principles forward for the future of product development and life cycles.    On today’s episode, Thom Singer and Craig Brown welcome Tom Gill, a Senior Consultant at CIMData who advises manufacturing companies and engineering software companies on how to better design their products.  Tom offers his expert insight into the world of agile software development and details the importance of managing BOMs and understanding process innovations.  He also offers encouraging career advice for anyone that is wondering how to take control and move their career forward.   On today’s podcast, you will learn:   All about agile software This software style includes incremental development that offers continual improvement  The Agile Manifesto defines the goal of developing working increments of software on a fixed cadence that provide value The goal of agile software is to adapt to changes while continually providing value   Managing multi BOMs Why does X BOM matter? It starts with the need to keep information connected across the lifecycle The process starts with requirements and ends with in-service operations  Linked product operations have the ability to satisfy both design and customer requirements The platform creates a single logical source of truth, which is comprised of multiple interconnected systems     Understanding process innovations  Process, people, and technology — which one comes first?  Innovation processes will most likely inhibit the likelihood of single tool vendors Legacy processes and human limitations require slow and incremental improvements  Vision, strategy, and tactics are essential to continual planning and improvements  Are computers phasing humans out? Understanding the next steps forward and embracing constraints   Who is responsible for advancing your career? No one is as responsible for your career as you are Keep learning and understand what processes above and below you look like If you’re smart enough to automate your job your employer will find something else for you to do   Do you have an example of extraordinary efforts or innovation during these unprecedented times? We would love to hear your story and possibly interview you for an upcoming episode. Please reach out to us at www.DigitalEnterpriseSociety.org   Agile Manifesto Tom Gill CIMdata