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BigLever White Paper: A Roadmap for Success — Organizational Adoption of Feature-based Product Line Engineering
Feature-based Product Line Engineering (PLE) is an engineering discipline that allows you to efficiently manage the development of a product line, which is a family of similar systems that vary from each other in features and functions. Feature-based PLE involves commercial automation technology, but is about more than tools and methods. To achieve the most benefit, an organizational approach is needed for adoption. Successful transition requires a shift in thinking from product-centric approaches to a product line portfolio-wide sharing perspective.
This report presents a proven approach for organizational adoption of Feature-based PLE. It is based on BigLever’s broad-based success in bringing organizations of all sizes and domains to the PLE vision. Elements of the approach include a three-tiered adoption strategy, spiral adoption planning, a Living Business Plan for PLE, establishing and operating a PLE Center of Excellence, and providing on-demand just-in-time knowledge and training. The report concludes with an overview of onePLE, which is BigLever’s industry-proven holistic adoption package for Feature-based PLE.
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BigLever’s PLE Spotlight
Product Line Processes in an Engineering Tool Ecosystem
In a product-centric environment, it’s common for the same engineering work to be repeated over and over - once for each product in the portfolio to which the work applies. Each time a new requirement is added, a software defect is corrected, or a test case is...
Podcast – Utilizing Product Line Engineering
Working smarter, not harder, should be the goal of every organization. Product line engineering makes that possible. Thom Singer and Craig Brown are joined by an expert who knows how to help companies work smarter. Product line engineering expert and VP of Customer...
The Forces of Modularity: Macro and Micro Patterns in the Innovation Ecosystem – Momentum Blog Series
Last but certainly not least, we have Bill Schindel's presentation on The Forces of Modularity. Bill is the President of ICTT System Sciences. Bill’s work for commercial and defense clients and technical societies focuses on recurring patterns in engineered and...
BigLever and Vitech Collaborate to Offer Precision Digital Engineering Solution, Eliminating a Complexity that Plagues Product Line Systems Engineering
AUSTIN, Texas – May 31, 2022 - BigLever Software, the long-standing leader in Product Line Engineering (PLE) and Vitech, a leading global provider of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and digital engineering solutions, announced today the emergence of a...
BigLever Partners with Delligatti Associates to Help Enterprises Seamlessly Incorporate Leading Edge PLE Practices
AUSTIN, Texas - May 17 2022 - BigLever Software, a pioneer and long-standing leader in Feature-based Product Line Engineering (PLE), today announced that it has partnered with Delligatti Associates, an industry recognized thought leader and provider of Model-Based...
BigLever taps Meg Grant to Lead Marketing as the Company Pursues Aggressive Growth Strategy
AUSTIN, Texas - May 3, 2022 - BigLever Software, the long-standing leader in Product Line Engineering (PLE), announced today that Meg Grant has joined the executive team as vice president of marketing. Grant, a B2B technology marketing and public affairs leader,...