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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