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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Introduction

  • Contextualizing the challenges of configuration management
  • Overseeing changes across the system lifecycle
  • Handling product diversity and variability

Core Concepts of Configuration Management

  • Lifecycle review and the impact of changes
  • Review processes
  • Baselines
  • The four pillars of configuration management
  • Managing configuration items
  • Configuration management processes

Practical Exercise – Change in Operation

  • Presentation of a real-world scenario (involving client, project, or product changes)
  • Group discussion focused on impact analysis
  • Formulation and sharing of an action plan

Advantages of a Product Line Approach

  • Limitations of adapting single products
  • The necessity for centralized variability management
  • Benefits and return on investment (ROI) of product line engineering

PLE Concepts and Standards

  • Defining a product line
  • Step-by-step example walkthrough
  • Reference standards (ISO)
  • Variation points
  • Superset and asset concepts

Feature Modeling Tools

  • Introduction to
  • Feature models
  • Variants Description Model

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  • Feature modeling using
  • The relationship between feature models and superset
  • Application example utilizing Excel
  • Application example utilizing Word

Getting Started

  • Implementing configuration management practices
  • Incorporating variability into existing systems

Integration

  • Integrating CM and PLE into engineering workflows
  • Comparing tool-supported vs tool-independent approaches

Troubleshooting

  • Common pitfalls in CM and PLE
  • Best practices for avoidance and resolution

Summary and Next Steps

  • Recap of key concepts
  • Recommendations for implementation

Exercises

  • Case study and collaborative group work
  • Hands-on exercises with and without tools

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of systems engineering processes
    Practical experience with requirements definition, architecture design, and verification & validation (V&V)
  • Knowledge expected from delegates prior to the course:
    • Foundational understanding of system lifecycle processes
    • Aquaintance with engineering workflows and product development cycles

Target Audience

  • Project managers
  • Systems engineers
  • Software engineers
  • Product managers

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