PCP R&D Process Updates Q1-2024

Changes to the process website and OnePCP DMS templates in Q1-2024.

Process Website Updates

• See the changelog for details.

New pages

• Cyber Security Course Path (8d61f91)

  • New information about mandatory and recommended Cyber Security Courses

• How to version architecture documents (89a6ece)

  • Architecture document versioning

• Project Management Documentation, (8444862)

  • Clarified management of documentation deliverables for projects in NGT

• Test Case Checklist (663d23f)

  • Added test case checklist

• Work Item State Description (851eb51)

  • Added description of states for system epics, epics, features and stories

• PCP R&D Quality Dashboards (a4785fd)

  • Added description of PCP R&D Quality Dashboards in PowerBI

• Area and Iteration Path (fb45a32)

  • Description of area and iteration path in ADO

• NGT work item tracking (7976dd0)

  • Added information about NGT work item tracking

• How to: Do FPGA design - Design Methodology and VHDL-syntax (891b4ba)

  • Design methodology and VHDL syntax for FPGA design

• Structure of Combitrol & Combimatic documentation (c819250)

  • New page about heritage products and Combitrol & Combimatic documentation

• R&D KPIs (496692d)

  • Page about standard KPIs for PCP R&D moved from OnePoint (ppt)

• How to: Handle Certifications - from application to approved (46e633e)

  • Description of how hardware certifications are managed

• SW Development Security Best Practices (d87e169)

  • Binary SW composition analysis must be performed on product and system offerings

Updated pages

• External Interfaces (8009345)

  • Added information about the Quality Forum with PCP and Divisions

• Architectural Design Best Practices, Secure Design Best Practices,(bc21bd6)

  • Cyber Security best practices for architecture and design
  • Clarifications, software design descriptions must be reviewed, etc.

• Cyber Security (31d29cb)

  • Added link to ABB Cloud Operations Security Standard
  • Clarification of training provided by ABB DSAC team for Pre-DSAC
  • Clarification of the Security Architecture expectations - Security Context and Attack Surface
  • Clarification of Secure Design and Secure Coding
  • Clarification of Software Composition Analysis - Binary Analysis
  • Added information about continuous improvement of the SDLC

• All process artifact tables, for example (42c4a95)

  • Aligning RACI on PCP R&D QMS with the RACI template

• Deferred Bugs, Bugs in multiple releases (75ea7da)

  • Clarified how to handle deferred bugs
  • Description of how to handle bugs in multiple releases

• Metrics (637e375)

  • NGT required metrics updated - only listing deviations from standard metrics definitions

• Standard Bug Templates (5d7265f)

  • Added description of how DoD/DoR for bugs are defined in Appgami

• Architectural Security Best Practices, Secure Design Best Practices,
  SW Development Security Best Practices (c006daa)

  • Moved security guides from the ADO PCP project to the ADO OpEx project (added to the wrong repo)

• All pages (0d88b7c)

  • Changed NextECM links to DMS links after migration of documents

Minor updates of pages

• Process Teams (bf21066)

  • Updated Hardware Development process team

• List of Document Templates (3ce79a2)

  • Added a link to Templafy where R&D templates can be found

• Project Management Documentation (d5742fd)

  • Renamed the guide to "Project Management Documentation"

• New Product Introduction (NPI) (d3e12d5)

  • Updates of "Prod Documentation Package" and responsibilities

• R&D Process Training (c4ee87d)

  • Clarification about Safety training expectations on personnel and cluster leads

• Architecture (75dd0b5)

  • System interface definitions and lifecycle are handled by the Head of Architects.

• R&D KPIs (4f20b1d)

  • Added link to PCP R&D KPI PowerBI dashboard

• How to: work with Epics and Features (668213d)

  • Added UX expectations on Epics

• Development Team, Test Team (97b8a9c)

  • Updates of Development Team and Test Team descriptions

• Quality & KPIs (03a2548)

  • Approval clarification, the process owner can delegate approval of PR to process team member
  • At least four eyes needed for PR approval

• Process Teams (c50597c)

  • Birthe Shelton co-lead for Cyber Security Team

• Structure of Combitrol & Combimatic documentation (79fcd76)

  • Format and spelling fixing

• Hardware Development (8cfdb3d)

  • Added input for user documentation must be provided

• Cyber Security Assessment, Cyber Security In User Documentation (27cd38e)

  • Minor corrections to Cyber Security Assessment Guides

• PLM in Windchill (0a7c8c1)

  • Spell correction and menu structure updates

• Standard Bug Template (e99865c)

  • Changed owner from Quality Control Management to Configuration Management

• Stop and start order Address list (4becf78)

  • Added Scanfil to the address list

Removed pages

• None

Document Template Updates

• Most of the templates are migrated to the OnePCP DMS and are available in Templafy.
• Reporting of template changes starts when all PCP R&D templates are migrated.

Recorded Process Demos

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