Hardware and Software Change Management

In an integrated hardware and software change management system, software defects can be used to track software issues, while problem reports can be used to track hardware issues.

Software defects can be associated with a specific software build. This enables the user to track defects reported and submitted against a software build, as new build versions are created.

Capabilities	Description
Managing software defects	Create and associate software defects.
	Create and link software defects with a product change record in the PLM system.
	Track progress and status of software defects linked to product change records in the PLM system.
	Reconcile software defects when resolved with product change records in the PLM System.
	Create a software defect and relate it to product information.
	Track software defects as related to product information.
Interacting with other defect tracking systems	Interact with different defect tracking systems.
Viewing tasks	View tasks with the IDE.
Automating notifications	Automatic notifications of new changes or state changes to product change records.

Hardware issues can be associated with a specific problem report. This enables the user to track issues reported and submitted against a problem report, as new problem report versions are created.

Change Management Capabilities	Description
Managing hardware issues	Create and associate hardware issues.
	Create and link hardware issues with a problem report record in the PLM system.
	Track progress and status of hardware linked to problem report records in the PLM system.
	Reconcile hardware issues when resolved with problem report records in the PLM System.
	Create a hardware issue and relate it to product information.
	Track hardware issues as related to product information.
Automating notifications	Automatic notifications of new changes or state changes to problem reports.