Roles: Stream-Owner

Product Portfolio Management (PPM) defines the standards a product or system must fulfill based on legal requirements and on a business perspective. The system requirements (SRs) specify the regulatory requirements. PPM and R&D collaborate to ensure the standards are followed.

The Development Stream process manages the planning, prioritization, and visualization of all activities related to product and component releases of different sizes, such as new versions, rollups, and temporary corrections. The main development streams are Operations, Engineering, Control & IO, and IIoT Platform & Applications.

The PCP Intellectual Property process aims to maintain a strong intellectual property portfolio consistent with the market and thought leadership position. IPrelated activities in the R&D processes are carried out in the context of PCP’s active, marketoriented IP protection strategy.

The Synchronized Program Increment (SPI) sets a common cadence, synchronizes, and aligns the PCP organization (e.g. PPM, R&D, and Operations) towards common PCP business goals. The SPI also creates openness and transparency across organizational functions by inviting key stakeholders to synchronization meetings where issues, conflicting expectations, and dependencies are highlighted before they get critical.

The stream owner has an overall responsibility to facilitate the lean and agile execution of the stream, facilitate the stream events (increment planning, synchronization meetings), and assist the teams in delivering value.

The System Stream process manages the planning, prioritization, and visualization of all activities related to system releases of different sizes, such as new versions, rollups, and temporary corrections. The main systems are 800xA, Symphony Plus, Freelance, and Heritage.