V6 = PLM 2.0 = Sleep Deprevation

Dassault's Web page for PLM 2.0 (the new cover name for its V6-series of CAD and adjunct software) is labeled "Teaser." And what a tease it is:

Reminds me of my time growing up in northern Canada, where wry jokes like "polar bear in a snow storm" were common.

Reality = Asynchronicity

The grand plan for Dassault's V6-line of software is to merge the real and virtual "in an immersive lifelike experience" -- never mind that the real is already lifelike. Although, for computer-immersed people like myself, the virtual is our real world, and the real is inconvenient.

"Working globally around the clock is necessary in today’s business climate. V6 enables people to work together concurrently in real time via a simple Web connection." [See press release.] Sorry, but this doesn't work: we can't all be working globally and concurrently, because both of us have to get sleep at some point. 24/7 was just a catchy sounding phrase; don't take it seriously.

I know, because I am currently working with an overseas project, which runs like this:

Monday: I send an email to my contact, asking for clarification on the project's scope.
Tuesday morning: His reply is received by me.
Tuesday during the day: I respond.
Wednesday morning: His reply is read by me.

And so on, at a speed of one email exchange per day. Others who work with overseas clients in the opposite direction of the globe report late night telephone conference calls and other sleep-inconvenient forms of communication.

When working globally, there is no round the clock, there is no concurrent working, and there is no real-time. Instead, it consists of ten-hour-days, handing-off work, and delayed communications.

Comments

[Deelip Menezes]

Actually, there is a teaser showing SpaceClaim like push/pull functionality among many other things. Maybe your Flash Payer needs to be spanked a little.

[CATIA-User]

Another Remark: never ever share your licenses globally in your company to use it 24/7 - or you get an very angry local IBM-Marketing-Guy with a dozen heavy armed policeman. ;-)

[Kevin]

"never mind that the real is already lifelike"
Are you allowed to quote yourself in Notable Quotable? Go on, I dare you.
Point well made I might add.