Windchill Review Object, Anyone Using It?

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October 26, 2022
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We have recently moved up to Windchill 12.0.2 and looking at the latest updates in the Windchill Review object. I would really like to convince the Engineering team this is a good tool, but its still clunky and a bit difficult to use. Its based on Change objects.

I am having a difficult time finding complete documentation for the Review object. So far I have only found small topics in WHC and a few TS articles. Wish there was a comprehensive section in the WHC that described the configuration and setup along with the process of how to use it.

Is anyone using the Review object and are you having any success with it?

avillanueva

23-Emerald I

Just came out of a meeting where we discussed it. Short answer, not here. Strange that I often here discussion that we need to have a design review but there is not the desire to have a formal object to document the results. Not everything needs a review and we are playing with CN templates to capture discipline reviews ask discrete actions on the change notice ahead of a signoff. I think since its so similar to a change object, folks saw that as an extra layer or process. Just not sure what is missing from it to make it more usable.

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MikeLockwood

22-Sapphire I

It would be interesting to learn the history of how it got on the list to spend hours and $ to develop - was it requested by customer(s) or an idea internally by PTC.

At first glance it seems like, yes, all companies have need for this. May be in the details.

I find similar for Packages - unbelievable number of steps and "things" need to be addressed for even the simplest Package.

jbailey

18-Opal

If I recall, it was designed for the med device industry where they needed a mechanism to collect info about reviews, comments, approvals and action items for FDA.

We are starting to use it more at my place. In fact, when we went to 11.0 M030 we specifically waited for that functionality back in the day. The screenshots in the CS about missing roles, lifecycles etc were from my case I opened when we were validating that summer 😁. They just blurred the hosts to protect the guilty.

The use case here is for tracking complex lifecycle phases. If you have the Wincom tools you can also use it as a vehicle to bulk-watermark objects (something else we worked on)

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agarr

10-Marble

Yes we have been using the Review options for like 6 months and are up to about 5 versions of it. I use it primarily prior to release for collecting comments. We are a custom engineer to order company so every job is essentially treated as new product development. We currently do not have Promotion Request configured and that may change how we are using them.

We have also started using them for auditing documentation. We are very document heavy and create a new review once it is determined a document is missing information with a short workflow back to the auditor for verification.