PCP R&D Process Updates Q4-2023

Changes to the process website and OnePoint documents in Q4-2023.

Process Website Updates

• See the changelog for details.

New pages

• New Product Introduction (NPI) (5bc429f)

  • Description of key items in New Product Introduction (NPI)
  • Process: Hardware Development

• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) - Windchill (21ab4af)

  • Information about Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) in Windchill
  • Process: Hardware Development

• Bugs in multiple releases (711facf)

  • New description of how to manage bugs in multiple releases
  • Process: Configuration Management

• How-to: Handle End-of-Life Software (e6a124d)

  • Added information about how to handle 3rd party software reaching End-of-Life
  • Process: 3rd-party and OSS

• Data Discipline Dashboard (d7de0f2)

  • Information on how to set up a data discipline (product quality) dashboard
  • Process: Quality and KPIs

• Enhancements as bugs (ebc4be8 17ba45e)

  • Enhancements bugs clarification
  • Process: Configuration Management

• Creating schematics or Circuit diagrams (18b97b5)

  • The first version of Circuit Diagrams /schematics guide
  • Process: Hardware Development

• Product Test (400b43a)

  • New guide for Product Test
  • Process: Test

• NGT Metrics,
  NGT Management Documentation,
  NGT Epics and Features,
  NGT Technology Development Projects
  (46a7240)

  • NGT-specific information added
  • Added information about metrics, document management, epics and features for subprojects, technology development projects, etc.
  • Learn: NGT

Updated pages

• How to: Stop and Start Order of manufacturing and delivery of products, Stop and start order Address list (8d9ecde)

  • Clarification of how to issue a start/stop order including Safety and Ex representatives
  • Added "GPV" supplier in the start/stop order address list
  • Process: Hardware Development

• Reference: What is an Approved Manufacturer List (AML)? (257d768)

  • Added information on how to manage Customer Part Numbers (CPN)
  • Updated information about Single Source component using Manufacturer Part Number (MPM) and Customer Part Number (CPN)
  • Changed OpenText to "document management system"
  • New references to "CPN update log", "Rules for component descriptions", "Process Control Platform Classification by Identity Numbers for Purchased Articles"
  • Process: Hardware Development

• Document Management (71724c0)

  • Clarification that PCP BP&IS owns the document management process and not R&D
  • Added link to OnePCP Document Management System
  • Information: General

• High-speed design formulas (914193c)

  • Updated formulas for the design of high-speed signals
  • Process: Hardware Development

• DoD for L4 Bugs (caa651a, 5c518f6)

  • Clarified how L4 bugs are identified
  • Process: L4 and Maintenance

• Process Teams (ab8e862)

  • Updated CM process team, Ulf Steen and Fredrik Rosdahl removed
  • Updated Safety process team, Fredrik Rosdahl, Nicolas Martin-Vivaldi removed, "Independent Safety Assessor - TuV Sud Rail Gmbh" added
  • Information: General

• Work Item Traceability (c2551bd)

  • Updated Work Item traceability diagram and descriptions
  • Process: Configuration Management

• How to: work with Epics and Features (2a1d926)

  • Clarified details on how to work with "system requirements" / "system epics", and replication
  • Process: Requirements

• List of Document Templates (84cada8, eecb1ad)

  • Added link to updated RACI table (draft)
  • Updated document IDs for the new DMS
  • Information: General

• About 800xA (032fbca)

  • Updated to include information about how to handle legacy QMS artifacts for 800xA
  • Information: Learn

• Certification (12907ed)

  • Added information about certification principles, and updated table with certifications/regulations
  • Process: Quality and KPI

• NGT Metrics (5c22c0a)

  • NGT Metrics Guidelines (M16 and M24)
  • Process: Quality and KPI

• Deferred Bugs (1deb352)

  • Added clarifications to the Deferred Bugs guide
  • Process: Configuration Management

• Standard Bug Template (da84b93)

  • Added the fields Product Issue Number (PIN) and External References with descriptions
  • Process: Configuration Management

• Document Management, List of Document Templates (581bd96)

  • Clarified BP&IS is responsible for document management processes and the DMS tool
  • Information added that templates should be fetched using Templafy
  • Explanation that legacy templates should only be used for already released systems and products and brownfield (Safety)
  • Added who to contact with found issues (PCP-Content-Management@ABB.omnicroft.com)
  • Process: Configuration Management, only referring to the BP&IS processes

• Static Code Analysis (4a59c95)

  • Static Code Analysis guide updated after remarks from Cyber Security
  • All new and changed code must be analyzed
  • Clarified that the SCA rule set is selected based on standards and best practices
  • Process: Software Development

• Markdown Tutorial, How to edit and review markdown files (c25afcd)

  • Information added about checklists for pull requests
  • Added information on how to withdraw a page in PCP R&D QMS
  • Process: General

• DoD and DoR Guideline (384f029)

  • DoD for System Epics and Epics updated with checks for test
  • Process: Quality and KPI

• Agile Requirement Structure (3fd6408)

  • Updated the agile requirements overview picture
  • Process: Requirements

• Test Process (c4a4756)

  • Test process updates based on the new description of system and product tests
  • Process: Test

• Hardware Development Process (2cbe9b6)

  • Updated picture with activities and steps
  • Process: Hardware Development

• Considerations in PCB Layout (3f8eb75, e90e1d3)

  • Updated information about critical signals
  • Updated page names and references
  • Updated pictures
  • Process: Hardware Development

• Recommended Extensions (3d5a9e5, b213550, 80fb273)

  • Added information about the Recommended Extensions list
  • Added OpenShift to the list of recommended extensions
  • Added Terraform to the list of recommended extensions
  • Tools

• List of Document Templates (771f86f)

  • Added EA and Scribe templates to the list of document templates
  • Tools

• PCP R&D QMS training (17b6321)

  • Added PDF printouts of PCP R&D QMS training
  • Learn: Training

Minor updates of pages

• HW Certifications,
  What is an Approved Manufacturer List (AML)?,
  Reference: Engineering Service Request (ESR) vs Engineering Change Order (ECO),
  Reference: High-speed design formulas,
  How to: Create a new mechanics design,
  Reference: Considerations to make in PCB layout,
  Reference: What does the Production Package contain?,
  Tutorial: Creating schematics or Circuit diagrams
  (b1e0a42)

  • Cleanup of titles and headers
  • Process: Hardware Development

• Explosion Protection (3c704cb)

  • Changed categories in frontmatter
  • Process: Hardware Development

• List of Document Templates (2a10ba6)

  • Updated links of Configuration Management templates from NextECM to OnePCP-DMS
  • Process: Configuration Management

• Process Teams (ad9cf5f, 9e45edc)

  • Updated architecture process team
  • Updated L4 & Maintenance team
  • Information: General

Removed pages

• None

OnePoint Updates for R&D

• None

See OnePoint for details.

Document Template Updates

• Many of the templates migrated to OnePCP DMS are still in "Draft" or "In Review" and waiting for approval.
• 3BSE039313_en_TPF Names on RACI_NEW.xlsm
  • The RACI is still a work in progress, but can be useful

Recorded Process Demos

• See process demos for an overview of all performed demos.