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.

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Technia staged their PLM Innovation Forum on 28-29 April 2020.  This was a competely on-line event, with a presentation on Professional PLM as the opening live session on Day 2.

This presentation gave a concise overview of the opportunities created by Professional PLM, and it can be read now as an easy-to-understand guide.

The aim of of the 30-minute session was straightforward - to explain to potentially 1500 delegates the benefits that come from a global drive toward professionalism in PLM.

The presentation covered the reasons for forming a Profession; the Professional PLM Premise that we are working to; the coordinating impact of a global body; and the benefits in terms of career path.

It went on to show how standards can be raised by the neutral Body of Knowledge that a profession must define, and also simply by applying a more professional approach to PLM implementation.  Finally it highlighted how horizons can be expanded by extending a harmonised framework of PLM around the world.

There is an annotated set of slides that you can skim through in 5 minutes.  You can see the message, and decide whether you agree with it.  We would be glad to have your feedback, or answer any questions, via presentation@professionalplm.org