Terminology

Term	Products	Old Term
PLM	Product Lifecycle Management – processes and tools to manage everything about our products. Change Management is the first piece to manage new controlled files and changes to our products
Change Request	An item to create or change Samtec products. Everything starts with a request	ECR/ECN
Change Order	Group of one or more tasks that must be completed. A request is made up of one or more orders.	CAD/ECN. Product and tooling orders were done in ECN.
Domain	Grouping of users in Change Management system, typically by product line and standard vs custom products
Request Owner	Person ultimately responsible for the request and the work plan	Initiator
Initial Reviewer	The person that will review the order once the order owner submits for approver	Initiator
Work plan	The list of orders that will be created for a request
Artifact	File in the Enterprise Vault	Print/Drawing. There are more than prints to be updated in the Vault
Domain admin	User that has elevated privileges in system and can provide access to groups	Dean Purvis
Functional group	Breakout of users by domain into departmental groups
FFF	Form, fit or function change

Change Management