Useful Reading

This page lists a number of great books on areas related to PDM(later I'll add links to amazon.com or maybe not !)

Rapid Development (Steve McConnell) - Wow what a great book this is. It discusses all kinds of issues associated with development of projects. There are some great case studies of classic mistakes and a section describing a wide range of methodologies you might encounter out there.

Palm Pilot The ultimate guide (David Pogue) - This book is a must for anyone with a palm. It covers a great deal of operating the palms, a history of the palms but the greatest thing is a CD that contains hundreds of applications for the palm, some are shareware and other demos.

Crossing the chasm (Geoffrey A. Moore) - This book is a great read for any company that has reached the point of selling into mainstream market after having sold into a technical "niche" market. This could be applied to the PDM industry in general.......

About Face - The essentials of user interface design (Alan Cooper) - This classic book on interface design should be read by anyone who is developing any kind of user interface. Love it or hate it - it does provoke serious discussions of the "intuitive" user interface. It probably needs to be updated but who can argue with one of the designers of Visual Basic!

Practical CM (David Douglas Lyon) - Great book on all things change. It's interesting to read since it does not tie one down to any specific PDM system.

Bills of Material - Structured for Excellence (Dave Garwood) - Great book on BOMs, the goal being to get everyone in a company to accept working from an single electronic bom. Some great coverage of terms and case studies in here.

All I need to know about manufacturing I learned in Joe's garage (William B Miller and Vicki L Schenk) - SERIOUSLY this is a great book to introduce manufacturing terms and processes to a novice, a great intro to the dark art of making things in a competitive market. Some great coverage of terms such as KANBAN and Poka-yoke!

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