{"id":8619,"date":"2021-08-13T09:36:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T13:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/?p=8619"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:55:12","slug":"why-you-should-consider-simple-change-management-in-teamcenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/why-you-should-consider-simple-change-management-in-teamcenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Consider Simple Change Management in Teamcenter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Motivation for Simple Change <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cLife is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated\u201d <\/em><\/p><cite><em>Confucius<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>When I sat down to write this blog, the first thing that came to my mind is the quote above because it inspires me to stay focused both in my personal and professional life. It is also a quote that flashes when I look at some of the software applications we use every day and sometimes wonder, \u201cWhy does it have to be this complicated?\u201d There was probably a good reason why some applications appear that way&#8230; the underlying business processes that they were built to support, were complex. However, isn\u2019t software all about making our lives easy and let it do the heavy lifting? I am sure everyone reading this would agree, and that was essentially the motivation for a simple change management process in Teamcenter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits of Change Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Engineering change management is one of the foundational building blocks of any PLM solution. Teamcenter offers one of the best and most comprehensive change management capabilities in the business, no matter your organizational change management strategy. Using CMII certified change process, Teamcenter customers get the benefits of leveraging industry-standard best practices to track, process, report, and audit changes. Engineering changes can impact product characteristics, result in expensive tooling changes, delay program timelines, and even disrupt production activities if not handled carefully. Hence a formal, multi-step change process is much needed<br>when handling high-impact engineering changes, and Teamcenter fully supports this with the necessary rigor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Common Engineering Change Management Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What if the change is simple, but you need to track it?<\/li><li>What if you need to inform stakeholders of the minimal change?<\/li><li>What if the clock is ticking, and you need to process the change and get it out the door quickly?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While there is no right or wrong answer to the above questions, it starts pointing us to a more fundamental question \u2013 Should all changes be treated equally? I hope the answer is a resounding <strong>NO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look at the picture below and guess which of these changes would require the rigor and discipline of a formal change process versus ones that you would consider to be a simple change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/Image-Blog-1024x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/Image-Blog-1024x372.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/Image-Blog-600x218.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/Image-Blog-768x279.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/Image-Blog-900x327.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/Image-Blog.jpg 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you answered 1 and 3 require a formal change while 2 and 4 are candidates for simple change, you are correct. So, if changes come in different shapes and sizes, shouldn\u2019t the change processes follow suit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing&#8230; Simple Change in Teamcenter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/simple-change-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/simple-change-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/simple-change-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/simple-change-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/simple-change-900x505.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/simple-change.png 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improve Accuracy and Productivity with Simple Change<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Simple change is ideal when you want to quickly yet formally track and process a change with minimal participants. It leverages the strengths of our core change management capabilities while simplifying them to quickly and efficiently process simple changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If this sounds like something you can use to streamline your business processes and improve your productivity, please reach out to your sales contact to learn more about this capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re interested in more information, don&#8217;t miss: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/collaboration\/plm-process-execution.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digitize, standardize and optimize any PLM process with change<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/collaboration\/product-change-management.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about managing and executing product changes quickly, accurately, and comprehensively<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/mercury-marine-cuts-change-cycle-time-by-50-percent-with-product-change-management-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Customer Story: Mercury Marine cuts change time by 50% with product change management process<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/engineering-change-management\/58735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On-Demand Webinar: Strategies for optimizing product innovation with engineering change management<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple change is ideal when you want to quickly yet formally track and process a change with minimal participants <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19795,"featured_media":8635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[127,54],"tags":[26],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[1669],"class_list":["post-8619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-updates","category-whats-new","tag-plm-foundation"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_525123121-min-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8619"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8877,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619\/revisions\/8877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8619"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=8619"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=8619"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}