CMII Blog

As of today the course dates for public CMII courses in 2012 have been published. There will be 3 series in the German language in Stuttgart and Hamburg, GERMANY and 5 series in the English language in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Sweden.

Course schedule for courses in French, Spanish and Italian to be anounced soon.

For the latest schedule visit http://www.gfkm.de.

Named "CMII NG (Next Generation)" we did an online survey asking our customers about input for improving CMII trainings. The survey was published during March and April 2011 and ended with the drawing of one iPad.

... and the winner is: Joerg Begau. The pictures below were taken during the drawing by our neighbor kid - many thanks to Kyran.

A summary of the online survey results can be downloaded from the GfKM web page.

The online survey on "CMII Next Generation" has been ended. We received feedback and inputs from 137 customers - thanks to all that participated. 

We are going to analyze all inputs in the next days and will publish a summary in the first week of May. 

The drawing of one iPad will also be in the first week of May - everything is still open, no winner has been elected yet ;-)

On March 31, 2011 the first 3 individuals received CMIIA (CMII Advanced) certification in Europe. The CMIIA certification is based on CMIIC (CMII Comprehensive) certification and is awarded after successful participation in courses CMII-07 and CMII-08. More information on CMII certification levels can be found here.

The picture shows CMII grads from the following organizations plus the trainer Guido Weischedel: HDW - Howaltswerke Deutsche Werft, Giesecke & Devrient and Airbus CIMPA.

For continuus improvement of CMII courses GfKM - CMII Europe needs your valued input. It would be of great help if you could take 5 minutes and participate at our online survey about "CMII Next Generation".

On April 23, 2011 we will give away one iPad 1 with 16 GB to one of all participants of the survey. If you would like to win an iPad and give us your input to the next generation of CMII - this is your chance.

To start the survey click here.

Managementforum Medizintechnik - Praktische Leitfäden für zukunftsorientierte Prozesse am 14. April 2011 in Nürnberg und am 10. Mai 2011 in Düsseldorf.

Die Kunden der Initiatoren Oracle PLM, Unity AG, Dentronic Group und GfKM - CMII Europe berichten in Ihren Fallstudien über Lösungsansätze aus den Bereichen der Produktionssysteme, KVP im regulatorischen Umfeld, Anforderungs-/ Konfigurationsmanagement und Informationsdurchgängigkeit bei der Entwicklung von Diagnoseplattformen, Produktentstehungsprozess von der Idee bis zur Marktreife und das dafür erforderliche Innovations- und Entwicklungsmanagement.

Weitere Details und die Online-Anmeldung sind hier zu finden:

http://oracle-marketing.com/medizintechnik

Want to share your experience regarding Requirements Management, Configuration Management and/or Product Change Management?

Want to share your experience regarding PLM/ALM and how it relates to CM?

Want to share your experience using principles of the CMII Standard for process improvement?

Want to share your experience in reducing corrective action?

If you would like to speak at the CMII Europe 2011 in Stuttgart you should send in your abstract until May 13, 2011.

More information is available in the Call for Speakers flyer. For submission use the Submission form.

More information available at http://www.cmconference.com.

INGOLSTADT, GERMANY — Delphi Automotive is one of the five companies to be selected by the prestigious Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) to receive its 2010 "Successful Practice Award" for targeted and efficient technology management. The award was created in 2005 by the IPT — an arm of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft — the largest organization for applied research in Europe, and was presented during a ceremony held on February 16 in Ingolstadt, Germany.

The "Successful Practice Award" recognizes companies with demonstrated and validated best-in-class global practices. Selection criteria from the Fraunhofer IPT included clear structure in technology management and consistent processes to identify new technologies as well as pro-active and consequent IP-management and recognition process for new innovations.

Following the site visit, Delphi was commended for its strong and visible vision, its clear portfolio focus on safe, green, and connected product technologies, the strong connection across its technology management processes, and its leadership-led process for employee recognition.

"It’s clear that Delphi took the opportunity to remake itself during the company’s recent restructuring process " said Toni Drescher, group leader of technology management for Fraunhofer IPT, following the Delphi site visit. "They have clearly demonstrated the ability to sustain these practices over time"

Delphi is one of the largest CMII users in the world. To download the full press release go to http://www.gfkm.de.

We had to change our course numbering scheme because we do offer practical CM courses (PCM) in addition to our CMII certification courses. Effective today the following rules apply to all our CM Courses in Europe::

CMII-nn = CMII Certification Courses with nn = course numbers 01 - 16 (formerly Courses I - XVI)

PCM-nn = PCM Courses with nn = course numbers 01 - 03

Here you'll find an overview of all courses offered by GfKM - CMII Europe and its partners.

Close to the end of every year is the perfect time to look back and summarize the year ending. We at GfKM - CMII Europe have been very busy with lots of activities in 2010.

For networking and social media we organized 1 CMII Europe Conference (http://www.cmconference.com) and established 1 internet platform (http://www.cmii-network.com).

In 2010 6 individuals received CMII Professional certification.

For marketing we did speak about CMII on 4 Webinars and 5 Conferences and did send 11 mailings with actual information for our prospects and customers.

We did organize 16 onsite courses and together with our partners 52 public courses.

86 individuals got CMII certified.

111 individuals attended the CMII Europe conference in Amsterdam.

On 125 days we did consult and coach our customers with the implementation and automation of CMII.

In total our partners and us had 592 course attendees in 2010.

Thank you all for your ongoing support. We all look forward into an even more successful year 2011.

Guido Weischedel - Co-Owner of GfKM CMII Europe did speak at the BrightTALK summit on Configuration Managment on Dec 14, 2010. 

Minimizing Corrective Action with the CMII Standard: 

Most organizations spend more than 40% of its resources on intervention. They operate in the corrective action mode. The amount of corrective action is dependent on the quality of requirements. With clear, concise and valid requirements the amount of rework goes down close to zero. Configuration Management based on the CMII standard provides the right business process infrastructure for improving the quality of requirements and for speeding up the change process.

To view the recorded version register free of charge:

Guido Weischedel - Co-Owner of GfKM CMII Europe will speak at the BrightTALK summit on Configuration Managment on Dec 14, 2010. 

Minimizing Corrective Action with the CMII Standard: 

Most organizations spend more than 40% of its resources on intervention. They operate in the corrective action mode. The amount of corrective action is dependent on the quality of requirements. With clear, concise and valid requirements the amount of rework goes down close to zero. Configuration Management based on the CMII standard provides the right business process infrastructure for improving the quality of requirements and for speeding up the change process.

The actual dates for the CMII Certification Series 2011 in the German and English language are now online at http://www.gfkm.de.

Now is the perfect time for getting budget approval and register for the certification series in 2011.

Guido Weischedel - Co-Owner of GfKM CMII Europe did speak at the BrightTALK summit on Application Lifecycle Managment on Oct 8, 2010. 

Efficient Enterprise ALM with CMII as Process Platform: 

Developers are always searching for more time to be creative - pre-defined process models seem to be an obstacle. On the other hand: With the "right" process model, re-work can be reduced clearly leading to more free time for new ideas. 

The CMII process platform has been designed for efficient use throughout the complete Application Lifecycle (E2E). Applying it will improve transparency inside and outside of project teams and reduce the need for re- and double work (corrective action activities). 

The presentation will show how to apply the CMII standard for Application Lifecycle Management - enterprise-wide.

View the recorded version of the presentation free of charge: