Implementing and Integrating Product Data Management and Software Configuration Management

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Ivica Crnkovic
Ulf Asklund
Annita Persson Dahlqvist

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Crnkovic, Ivica.

Implementing and integrating product data management and software configuration management /Ivica Crnkovic, Ulf Asklund, Annita Persson Dahlqvist. p. cm.—(Artech House computing library) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58053-498-8 (alk. paper) 1. Computer integrated manufacturing systems. 2. Production contro—Data processing. 3. Concurrent engineering. 4. Management information systems. I. Asklund, Ulf. II. Dahlqvist, Annita Persson.

III. Title. IV. Series. TS155.63.C76 2003 670.285’—dc21 2003049579

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Crnkovic, Ivica.

Implementing and integrating product data management and software configuration management. — (Artech House computing library)

1. Industrial management—Data processing 2. Software configuration management 3. Product management —Data processing I. Title II. Asklund, Ulf III. Dahlqvist, Annita Persson

658.5’00285

ISBN 1-58053-498-8

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About the authors

Ivica Crnkovic, Mälardalen University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Västerås, Sweden

Ivica Crnkovic is a professor of industrial software engineering at Mälardalen University, where he is the administrative leader of the software engineering laboratory and the scientific leader of industrial software engineering research. His research interests include component-based software engineering, SCM, software development environments and tools, and software engineering in general. Professor Crnkovic is the author of more than 40 refereed articles and papers on software engineering topics. He has coorganized several workshops and conferences related to software engineering (in particular, component-based software engineering) and participated in program committees of SCM symposia and workshops. He also participated in several projects organized by the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries.

From 1985 to 1998, Professor Crnkovic worked at ABB, Sweden, where he was responsible for software development environments and tools. He was a project leader and manager of a group developing SCM systems and other software development environment tools and methods for distributed development and maintenance of real-time systems. From 1980 to 1984, he worked for the Rade Koncar company in Zagreb, Croatia. Professor Crnkovic received an M.Sc. in electrical engineering in 1979, an M.Sc. in theoretical physics in 1984, and a Ph.D. in computer science in 1991, all from the University of Zagreb, Croatia.

He can be reached at [e-mail] or http://www.idt.mdh.se/~icc .

Ulf Asklund, Lund University, Department of Computer Science, Lund, Sweden.

Ulf Asklund is an associate professor of configuration management at Lund University, Sweden. His research interests include SCM and software engineering in general. He is especially interested in the developer view in software engineering, focusing on tool support and IDEs. His research also includes computer-supported cooperative work and PDM, and how these can be combined and integrated with SCM. Dr. Asklund also takes an active interest in undergraduate and graduate education.

Dr. Asklund is the author of more than 10 refereed journal articles and conference papers. He has also coorganized several workshops and a conference for the IEEE, participated in the Program Committee of the IEEE Conferences and Workshops on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems 2002 and 2003, and reviewed several submissions for journals within software engineering.

Ulf Asklund is a regular presenter at national and international conferences regarding SCM and PDM. He has participated in two projects organized by the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries, and is the author and coauthor of the resulting reports. He is an active member of the local Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) organization.

Dr. Asklund received his M.Sc. in electrical engineering in 1990 and earned his Ph.D. in computer science in 2002. He is now an associate professor with the Department of Computer Science and a senior researcher with the Lund University Center for Applied Software Research (LUCAS).

Ulf Asklund can be reached at [e-mail] or http://www.cs.lth.se/~ulf .

Annita Persson Dahlqvist, Ericsson AB, Business Unit Transmission and Transportation, Mölndal, Sweden

Annita Persson Dahlqvist has been a nominated specialist in CM, SCM, and PDM for more than 5 years with Ericsson AB. She is the manager of the CM managers group. She is also responsible for training, starting up new projects, process development, and supporting the organization regarding CM and PDM issues. Ms. Persson Dahlqvist’s interest is in CM (especially SCM), PDM, and how to automate processes and interoperability between tools for these activities.

Ms. Persson Dahlqvist has been chairperson for three projects (within the SCM and PDM areas) sponsored by the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries. In the latest project, she also acted as cowriter of the resulting report.

Ms. Persson Dahlqvist has been a member of the Program Committee of SCM symposia during 1997–1999, 2001, and 2003. She has also been a member of the Program Committee to the Euromicro Conference, a component-based software engineering track conference, from 2001– 2003.

She is also a frequent presenter for national and international conferences regarding CM, SCM, and PDM, and she is the author of more than 10 refereed articles and papers on SCM and PDM topics.

Ms. Persson Dahlqvist earned her B.Sc. in computer science from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 1985.

She has been working for Ericsson AB since 1985, where she started as a software designer. Later, she worked as subsystem designer, project manager for software and quality projects, CM manager, and team manager for CM Managers. She has also worked part-time for the Ericsson Group regarding SCM, CM, and PDM.

Ms. Persson Dahlqvist can be reached at [e-mail].

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