Institute for configuration management (ICMQH.com) CMII Certified PLM Tools designation for Windchill?

[JimTVancouverCa]

Hello all,

Let me start by saying I am a big fan of PTC's Creo and Windchill products, I really think PTC has done some excellent work with aquisitions, R&D, and product enhancements to be come a leading product development suite.

To further PTC's wider adoption I have a suggestion: Work with the Institute of Configuration Management to have Windchill PDMLink listed as a CMII Certified PLM Tools. 

Note at : http://icmhq.com/cmii-certified-tools-plm/ many competing products are listed including CMPRO, ARAS CORP, CM.STAT, BENTLEY, INTERGRAPH, ORACLE AGILE PLM, KONFIG CM, and lastly SIEMENS TEAMCENTER ENTERPRISE.

[jbailey]

Jim,

Windchill once was a Certified CMII application.  From what I understand (what was told to me and what I implied from the conversation) was that the ICM wasn't as transparent as PTC would have liked, and had many moving targets on certification that made their continued certification difficult.  I agree that they should pursue continued certification though. It makes sense.

[JimTVancouverCa]

Hello James,

A moving target of an industry best practice group would be difficult to cost justify in a for-profit company for sure.  I can definitely sympathize.  If it became a selling sticking point likely it would have more priority.  Last I talked to IMCHQ they mentioned Windchill didn't have good as planned versus as released baselines.  Recently I came across product structure configurations and instances, it seemed more of an as-built functionality, though I wonder if configurations could cove the as-planned and as-released.  Or is this all just a labelling issue?  Is as planned and as released the same as as released and as built records?

Best Regards,

- Jim