Coexisting with Agile: A Phased Migration Approach | Life Beyond Agile

Whether you’ve been using Agile for decades or just a few years, you’re not alone in feeling nervous about leaving the system. The good news is you don’t have to feel pressured to replace it in one big bang. 

Learn from this in-depth discussion on how to make the transition to a modern PLM solution in a slower, phased approach. Our expert panel—including Scott Eastman, VP of Customer Success at Zero Wait-State, and Kevin Crothers, head of Solution Engineering at Propel—explores strategies for seamless migration, the advantages of cloud-based PLM, and how businesses can improve collaboration, quality, and time-to-market. Get insights from industry veterans on integrating advanced technology, enhancing supplier relationships, and optimizing internal processes with modern PLM systems.

Key Insights & Takeaways:

1. Prioritize moving to cloud-based PLM systems to avoid bottlenecks and stay ahead of future demand.
2. Leverage Propel’s integration capabilities to seamlessly transition data and processes from Agile.
3. Improve collaboration by enabling both internal and external stakeholders to interact with product data in real time.
4. Use Propel’s configurable features to reduce reliance on costly process extensions and streamline workflows.
5. Ensure all product data and supply chain information remain accessible and synchronized during migrations.
6. Implement phased transitions to modern PLM systems, allowing for gradual adoption while maintaining business continuity.

What The Experts Say:

SCOTT EASTMAN:

“You don't have to recreate from scratch things that you want to start working on in Agile. Let's say you want to do a new spin on a design, you can take the existing revisions that were in Agile, send them over to Propel, and even do a ‘Save As’ new part numbers to start that design.”

“In Agile, reporting is dreadfully painful. Traditionally, it's a lot of steps to even run a report. And the data that you get is barely better than having a printout on paper because it is just text that has no links back to records. It's just a static output. Within Propel the reports are very dynamic.”

KEVIN CROTHERS:

“What we hear with a lot from our customers is ‘I need more people to be inside the system, collaborating.’ Being able to get the benefit for more parts of the business, not just in the engineering or manufacturing side of things with change management.”

“At Propel, we do really strive for user adoption improvement. If we can get more users across the organization to leverage the information and take advantage of the processes—often that's through reporting and dashboarding if they're not day-to-day users—then they have kind of a better handle on their business. And of course, all of those things start to drive time to market.”

Does a phased migration sound like the right approach for you? Consult with our experts to get started.