Information about PCP R&D QMS basic training to cluster leads (recording from 2024-01-19).

     

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.

 

 

 

Guidelines for NGT Development published

Learn Website Updates​

• See the NGT Learn Chapter for details.

 

 

 

A new search function is introduced on the process website.

Features:

• The search result is more precise.
  • Possible to use quotes, e.g., "requirement management" for an exact match.
  • Can search for a part of a word (like "req").
  • Accepts deviations in a word (like "requirements") - i.e., fuzzy search.
  • If several hits are found on a page, it gives a link to the nearest chapter.
  • Search while you type.
  • Shows the first picture on the page (if exists) together with the search result.
• Good performance on large static sites.
  • Fast search response.
  • Small footprint.

Changes to the process website and OnePoint documents in Q3-2023.

Process Website Updates​

• See the changelog for details.

New pages​

• System Requirement Review Guideline (22fd8a8)

  • New checklist for reviewing system requirements
  • Process: Requirements

• Overview of Mechanics Development (91d5442)

  • New guide for mechanics development
  • Process: Hardware Development

• High-speed design formulas (3c9face)

  • New hardware guide for high-speed analysis and design formulas for circuit boards
  • Process: Hardware Development

• Test Overview Guide (5c82f5a)

  • New test overview guide for test levels and test stages
  • Process: Test

• System Test Guide (f790bab)

  • New system test guide
  • Process: Test

• Test Phase Checklist (757ea60)

  • New checklist for test phases
  • Process: Test

• How to Handle a Product Issue (3c30767)

  • New guide for handling product issues
  • Process: L4 and Maintenance

• DoD for L4 Bugs (0b779e8)

  • New guide describing DoD for L4 bugs
  • Process: L4 and Maintenance

• How to handle Minor HW revisions (69235cd)

  • New HW guide on how to handle minor hardware revisions
  • Process: L4 and Maintenance

Updated pages​

• How to work with Epics and Features (a574540)

  • Added information using Gherkin (given-when-then) for acceptance criteria.
  • Added information about estimation.
  • Process: Requirements

• Architecture (bab96da)

  • Added product capability to the list of artifacts
  • Process: Architecture

• Code Review Guideline (8e1444f)

  • Added checkpoints to the "Code Review Checklist"
  • Process: Software Development

• Hardware Development, Production Package (b4b2ced)

  • Updated list of HW artifacts
  • Process: Hardware Development

• How to create Process Change Requests (fe11c97)

  • Updated "assigned to" roles in the PCR state table
  • Process: Quality and KPIs

• DoD and DoR Guideline (922cba2)

  • Changed owner to Quality Team
  • Reorganized the contents in the guide
  • Process: Quality and KPIs

• Quality & KPIs (e0d9de8) (1cf51a5)

  • Updated the description of the Quality and KPI process
  • Some layout improvements, grammar and spelling corrections
  • Process: Quality and KPIs

• How to edit, review, and approve Markdown files (718e0a9)

  • Clarified information about pull requests for PCRs
  • Process: Quality and KPIs

• How to Manage Bugs (c6af3bc)

  • Changed state diagram, added reason "Will Not Fix" to the state "Resolved"
  • Process: Configuration Management

• How-to Handle Deferred Bugs (46f6de9)

  • Clarified information about deferring bugs
  • Process: Configuration Management

• Functional Safety (70d1831) (5e91737)

  • Added reference to the Safety Handbook document
  • Update of SIL information and references (IEC 61508-4, IEC 615011-1)
  • Process: Functional Safety

• Functional Safety, How to Manage Functional Safety certification documents (c96f331)

  • Updated the picture of the new certificate from TuV
  • Added information about the Functional Safety certificate documents
  • Process: Functional Safety

• 3rd party and OSS (ff5fbb6)

  • Added artifact for Safety tool selection report
  • Process: 3rd-party and OSS

• List of Markdown Templates (f6b9515)

  • Added a separate page with all markdown templates
  • Tools

• Recommended Extensions (ADO) (d5f4ea7) (4c6b4ba)

  • Added recommended extensions: Allure Report Viewer, Postman Report, Newman the CLI companion to Postman, Wiql editor
  • Added Jupiter to the list of ADO-recommended extensions
  • Tools

• Document Management (64e625a)

  • Updated information about DMS responsibility (PCP BP&IS) for reviews, approvals, baselining, archiving, publishing, master data, etc.
  • Info: Documentation

Minor updates of pages​

• PCP R&D QMS (e6d8f81)

  • Minor update, colors of process triangle (grayscale)
  • General

• Explosives Representative ( bd77b20)

  • Minor update, the Ex. Representative role.
  • Process: Roles

• Functional Safety, Safety Engineer, Safety Manager (66acb8d)

  • Minor update, the category changed from "Safety" to "Functional Safety"
  • Process: Functional Safety

• HW Certifications, Certifications (9ead226)

  • Minor update, name change from "Explosives" to "Explosive Protection"
  • Process: Hardware Development

• Process Teams (42d3010)

  • Minor update, added reference to global PCP contacts
  • Contacts

• Product Capabilities Guide (47d7f07)

  • Minor update, moved capability guide from requirements to architecture process
  • Process: Architecture

• DoR and DoD Guide (3af8536)

  • Minor update, clarified DoD and DoR are also valid for bugs
  • Process: Quality and KPIs

• Bug Classification (5e159ab)

  • Minor update, changed the link to the Software Vulnerability Handling guide.
  • Process: Configuration Management

• 3rd party and OSS (1d95583)

  • Minor update, references to 3rd party training and OSS guidelines
  • Process: 3rd-party and OSS

Removed pages​

• None

OnePoint Updates for R&D​

See OnePoint for details.

• None

Document Template Updates​

See the list of document templates for an overview of recommended templates. For further details about template changes, see the revision history in the template.

• 7PAA003088_en_OTX Quality Plan

• 7PAA003087_en Quality report

Recorded Process Demos​

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