Creating a Profession for PLM Practitioners
 
 

The Home of Professional PLM

The PLM industry needs a recognised, worldwide professional structure for the people who work within it.  The Professional PLM Initiative has been set up to fulfil this need.

 

 

The Initiative covers the whole spectrum of what it means to be 'professional' in PLM.  This will be a significant step forward, and will change the way that PLM practitioners work.

 

 

The Initiative is inclusive and interactive.  This web site shows the latest developments, and how you can get involved.

 
 
     

 

Fundamentals: Global Education Map

If you want to learn about PLM, or train your up-and-coming staff in the subject, then a fundamental action would be to search for relevant and useful training courses.

There is far more PLM training on offer than might be expected from an internet search.  The first difficulty is to find it; and the second is to know what kind of course would meet your needs.

During the Foundation Stage the Initiative is liaising with PLM training and education providers to establish what the future course content and standards should be.

The future PLM Profession aims to have global coverage, and so the findings from this worldwide liaison are likely to build into a Global Map of PLM education.

 
     

 

Global PLM Education Map

 

Overview

 

During its Foundation Stage, the Professional PLM Initiative aims to liaise at an introductory level with academic, training and education institutions that provide PLM courses.

Initially this contact is to understand in overview what PLM training is provided, and to establish a working framework to be able to make comparisons in scope and applicability.

 

Method

The Initiative has produced a simple spreadsheet that can capture PLM course details in a standard format. When the spreadsheets are returned, the worksheets are easy to compile into a Master spreadsheet, and this can become a general point of reference for PLM training provision.

 

Benefits

For the Professional PLM Initiative, it will let us know who we should be talking to for advice and feedback on developing the Neutral Syllabus. For practitioners and potential students it will create the first ever global picture of what PLM training and education is open to them.

 

Future Possibilities

The future PLM Profession aims to have global coverage for its accreditation of courses that meet the required standards. This is a proactive aim, and a natural corollary is that there should be a global spread of institutions that can meet (and are happy to meet) these standards.

If this can be achieved, then PLM trainees will have a choice of training providers within their geographical range - which will expand the take-up of PLM training many times beyond its present level.

This, in turn, will have the effect of internationalising PLM training, which is exactly what should happen for a business discipline such as PLM that knows no national boundaries.

 

Add Your Course to the Map

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