CM Trends eZine

A newsletter for Configuration Management Professionals.

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CM Trends #30
April 2018

  • "CM Origins Part V" pg 5
  • "What is a Digital Twin?" pg 11
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2018 in Las Vegas, NV
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #29
December 2017

  • "CM Terminology: Baselines and Configuration Items" pg 5
  • "An Engineer's Journey into Configuration Management" pg 7
  • "CM Origins Part IV" pg 10
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2018 in Las Vegas, NV
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #28
August 2017

  • "CM origins Part III" pg 2
  • "CM Terminology and Non-Conformances" pg 8
  • "Chat do CM Rules do for You?" pg 9
  • "Failure Assurance" pg 10
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2017 in Orlando, FL
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #27
May 2017

  • "CM origins Part II" pg 2
  • "Change Management vs Configuration Management" pg 7
  • "ISO 10007, 10013 Update" pg 8
  • "EIA-649C Update" pg 9
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2017 in Orlando, FL
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #26
January 2017

  • "Is Location or Complexity a CM Qualifier?" pg 2
  • "Baseline Questions" pg 3
  • "Where are the Parts: Software Manufacturing" pg 6
  • "Who are the Users of CM Software?" pg 11
  • "CM origins Part 1: CM & DM" pg 13
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2017 in Orlando, FL
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #25
October 2016

  • "Effectivity" pg 2
  • "EIA 649C Updatet" pg 5
  • "Big Dipper: Movement, Metrics, and Meaning" pg 10
  • PLM Success: "US Army Drived CM Improvements" pg 12
  • "New Beginnings: IT in a Stewardship Environment" pg 15
  • "Hanging Paper" pg 19
  • "Thing 1 and Thing 2" pg 21
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2017 in Orlando, FL
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #24
July 2016

  • "Key to Establishing and Managing CI's and Baselines" pg 2
  • "Life on the Grid and the True Power of CM" pg 11
  • "Nature of Things: Conservation and CM" pg 14
  • "Through the Looking Glass and into Wonderland" pg 17
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2016 in San Antonio, TX
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #23
April 2016

  • "SAE EIA-649C on the Horizon" pg 2
  • "Guidance Handbook GEIA-HB-649A Published" pg 9
  • "Command Media Soup: Process CM" pg 10
  • "Baseline Definitions" ph 15
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2016 in San Antonio, TX
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #22
January 2016

  • "When Change Goes Bad" pg 2
  • "Summing Up: ITAR and IT Security CM" pg 4
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2016 in San Antonio, TX
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #21
October 2015

  • "The Apprentice and the Toolbox: Trus and the Art of CM" pg 2
  • "The Acquisition: Software Development CM" pg 6
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2016 in San Antonio, TX
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #20
June 2015

  • "Measure for Measure" pg 2
  • "Photographer's Sight: Secret to Effective CM" pg 8
  • News: CM Book Highlight pg 11
  • "Unexpected: IT and Asset Management CM" pg 12
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2015 in San Diego, CA
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #19
March 2015

  • "About SAE/EIA-649-1" pg 2
  • "The Fly Fisher's Son: Nature of Knowledge" pg 5
  • "US Military Radar Stations Secure with CM" pg 11
  • "Spoon Feed the Audience" pg 14
  • News: CMPIC Europe
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2015 in San Diego, CA
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #18
December 2014

  • "What is 649-1: CM Requirements for Defense Contracts" pg 4
  • "Putting Data Hooks in the System" pg 10
  • "Why Can't We Just Use Sharepoint?" pg 16
  • News: NEW CMPIC Course 10
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2015 in San Diego, CA
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #17
June 2014

  • "How Do You Manage Corrective Action?" pg 2
  • "Deja Vu: Design Management CM" pg 4
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2014 in San Antonio, TX
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #16
March 2014

  • "Healthcare Website Observations" pg 2
  • "3 Shrimp: IDMS and Stakeholder Needs" pg 7
  • "The Big Cheese: Dealing with Deviations" pg 13
  • News: CMPIC Course Discount - 15% off
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2014 in San Antonio, TX
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #15
December 2013

  • "Calliope: Mistaken Identity" pg 2
  • "TIEMPO: Allocation, Verification, and Validation CM" pg 8
  • "Control Enabled Success" pg 14
  • News: CMstat Partnership with i-Infusion pg 12
  • News: Discounted Class - 15% off
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2014 in San Antonio, TX
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #14
September 2013

  • "Why is SCM Different from HCM?" pg 2
  • "Not All Parts are Equal: Item Identification CM" pg 12
  • News: No Travel Budget? Try an On-Site Class!
  • News: NEW CMPIC Classes for Quality and Engineering Professionals
  • Company Profile: i-Infusion Consulting
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2014 in San Antonio, TX
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #13
June 2013

  • "Game Changer: Product Lifecycle CM" pg 8
  • "MIL-STD-3046" pg 12
  • "Faraday's Bowl: How a Cowboy Discovered Change" pg 14
  • News: NEW CM Classes for Engineering and Quality Professionals
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2013 in Orlando, FL
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #12
March 2013

  • "The Third Minute: A Business Case for CM" pg 2
  • "Maintaining Embedded Standards" pg 6
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2013 in Orlando, FL
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #11
December 2012

  • "High Tech Tools, Prehistoric Processes" pg 2
  • "EIA-649, Why Bother?" pg 5
  • "Doing Things Twice Syndrome" pg 11
  • News: CM Subject Matter Expert Program (CMSME)
  • News: ACDM Conference + Class
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2013 in Orlando, FL
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #10
September 2012

  • "A Matter of Perspective: Infomation as a Product" pg 2
  • "FAA's Configuration Management Automation" pg 5
  • "CM & PLM in the Service Industry" pg 14
  • News: NEW CM Subject Matter Expert Program
  • News: Summary of CM Trends 2012
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2013 in Orlando, FL
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #09
May 2012

  • "Miracle at Gate B29: Engaged CM" pg 2
  • "What is Build Engineering?" pg 13
  • "Quality Capabilities" pg 15
  • News: CMPIC Master Certification Firsts
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2012 in San Diego, CA
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #08
February 2012

  • "My Experiene with CMPIC Training" pg 4
  • "A Simple Question" pg 5
  • "Submitted for your Approval" pg 14
  • "A World Without CM: Trouble Signs" pg 16
  • "Making the Move from Hardware to Software" pg 17
  • PLM Perspectives: ARAS
  • News: Happy New Year from CMPIC
  • News: NEW CMPIC Course 9
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2012 in San Diego, CA
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #07
October 2011

  • "Would you like that Standardized?" pg 2
  • "CM Training for the Organization" pg 4
  • "CM Resources" pg 10
  • "Tina's Tea Party: Understanding Requirements" pg 14
  • News: 19 Masters Certified at NAVAIR
  • News: NEW Track to Master's Certification
  • News: NEW Standards and Practices Course
  • News: CM Trends 2011 Summary
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2012 in San Diego, CA
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #06
May 2011

  • "CM and the $600 Toilet Seat" pg 2
  • "Signatures" pg 4
  • "What Does the Board Look Like?" pg 6
  • "Virtual Production Lines" pg 16
  • "CM: A Personal Perspective" pg 18
  • News: NEW Software CM Certification Course
  • News: NEW Revision B - ANSI/EIA-649B
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2011 in Orlando, FL
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #05
February 2011

  • "When a Change is Not a Change" pg 2
  • "PLM: The Hype and Hope of CM Tools" pg 4
  • "What is a CMPIC Preferred Vendor?" pg 6
  • "Understanding Information" pg 12
  • "What is a Baseline?" pg 14
  • "Operational Business Process Modeling" pg 16
  • News: CM Trends 2010 Highlights
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2011 in Orlando, FL
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #04
June 2010

  • "Your Guide to the Future is a Process Guide" pg 2
  • "Crazy CM Quotes You Have You Heard" pg 11
  • "CFR and CM" pg 13
  • News: NEW Course 7 and Preferred Vendor Certification
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2010 in San Diego, CA
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #03
November 2009

  • "Change Packages: An SCM Best Practice" pg 2
  • "CM is Essential for Project Management" pg 4
  • "No Train, No Gain" pg 7
  • "Lean and PLM Software" pg 10
  • "Why Pick CMPIC?" pg 12
  • News: CM Trends 2009 Conference Highlights
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #02
May 2009

  • "The Name Game" pg 2
  • "CM and the 10 O'Clock News" pg 4
  • "What is Enterprise CM?" pg 12
  • "As-Is Process Modeling" pg 14
  • Press Release: Canada pg 10
  • Press Release: Germany pg 11
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2009 in Las Vegas, NV
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 

CM Trends #01
February 2009

  • "Change Process Takes Too Long?" pg 2
  • "CM Tales" pg 4
  • "Decision Making" pg 6
  • "What is Enterprise CM?" pg 8
  • "CM Metrics" pg 13
  • Annual Conference - CM Trends 2009 in Las Vegas, NV
  • Upcoming CMPIC classes

 
 
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