Go beyond the foundations to build a shared understanding of PLM
Digital transformation doesn't begin with software. It begins with people — with clarity, alignment, and purpose. The PLM Awareness Sprint is a one-day, hands-on workshop that helps your teams understand what Product Lifecycle Management really is, why it matters, and how it fits into your organisation's strategy.
Without awareness, you can't build alignment or momentum
Many organizations jump straight into implementation without a shared understanding of what PLM really means. Here's what follows:
Organizations jump into implementation without a shared understanding of what PLM really means.
Teams work in silos.
Resistance to change grows.
Knowledge gaps cause costly project delays.
Before you implement, you need alignment.
Before alignment, you need awareness.
One focused day that gets everyone on the same page
The Sprint combines learning, discussion and teamwork in a single day. Through guided activities, real-world examples and collaborative exercises, participants connect PLM concepts to their daily work — and to the company's broader goals.
Build shared understanding
Get PLM understood the same way across departments and functions.
Clarify the “why”
Connect PLM to your business goals, so it stops being an IT project.
Surface what's really happening
Identify challenges and opportunities in your current processes.
Shape a collective vision
Agree what success actually looks like in your organisation.
Leave aligned and energised
Ready to take the next step, together.
From first principles to a plan, in one day
Every Sprint follows the same arc: understand, connect, map, decide. What fills each block comes from your organisation.
Ground the basics
What PLM really is — and isn't. The lifecycle, the data and the people involved, explained in plain language with examples from your industry.
Connect it to your business
Why PLM matters here. Linking the concepts to your strategy, your products and people's daily work, so it stops being an IT project.
Map your reality
A collaborative exercise on where the friction is today and where the opportunities are. This becomes your visual map.
Agree the direction
What success looks like for your organisation, and the next steps you'll take together.
Reflect and commit
Personal and team reflections, captured to guide progress after the day — and to feed any follow-up you choose.
Tangible outcomes, not just notes
▣A shared understanding
PLM concepts and their business relevance, held the same way across the team.
▤A visual map
Your challenges, opportunities and next steps, captured in one picture.
✎Reflections
Personal and team notes to guide continued progress after the day.
→A route onward
Optional follow-up through our Change Sprint or Coaching Add-On.
It's designed to connect people, bridge perspectives, and set a clear direction for your PLM journey.
Facilitated by people who have done this before
Led by PLM and OCM experts who translate complexity into clarity — drawing on a decade of guiding transformations at companies like Valmet, FLSmidth and Tetra Pak.
Built for the people who have to make PLM land
01Cross-functional teams
Teams embarking on a PLM initiative who need one shared picture before they start.
02Business leaders & specialists
Leaders, engineers and IT professionals involved in product data and process management.
03Whole organisations
Companies preparing for a PLM implementation, upgrade, or digital transformation.
Ready to get your team aligned?
Let's start your PLM journey with a shared understanding and a clear direction.
- One focused day, online or at your site
- Tailored to your organisation and its real challenges
- Facilitated by PLM and organizational change experts
- Optional follow-up to keep the momentum going
Keep the momentum going
The Sprint creates alignment. These optional follow-ons turn that alignment into a plan your organisation actually executes.
- Change Sprint — take the same team deeper into leading the change itself
- Coaching Add-On — ongoing sessions to support the people driving it
- Both build directly on the map and reflections from your Sprint day
Questions teams ask before they book
Do participants need any PLM knowledge beforehand?
No. The Sprint exists to create that shared baseline. People who'd like the fundamentals first can take PLM Foundations, our self-paced course, before the day.
Who should be in the room?
A cross-functional mix: business leaders, engineers and IT professionals involved in product data and process management. The value comes from the people who will live with PLM aligning together, not function by function.
How is the Sprint tailored to us?
The structure stays the same; the content is yours. Examples come from your products and processes, and the mapping exercise works on your actual challenges and opportunities rather than case studies.
Is it run online or onsite?
Either. We run Sprints remotely or at your site — we'll agree what works best for your team on the first call.
What do we have at the end of the day?
A shared understanding across the team, a visual map of challenges, opportunities and next steps, and personal and team reflections. If you want to carry it forward, the Change Sprint and Coaching Add-On build directly on that map.
What happens after we get in touch?
A short call to understand where you are, then we shape the day around your teams and schedule it. No proposal marathon.
The Sprint is step two
Three programs, increasing in depth. Each stands on its own.