PLM, BOM & Digital Thread worked example
Product Data Governance Score with data governance severity of 15 score: a worked example
What does the result look like when data governance severity reaches 15 score? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when product data governance in plm, bom and digital thread needs a defensible ranking against other plm, bom and digital thread risks for the next review.
The inputs for this scenario
- Data governance severity (impact if bad PLM data ships): 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
- Data governance occurrence (how often the data error appears): 4 score (unchanged)
- Data governance detection difficulty (chance it escapes review): 3 score (unchanged)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Product data governance risk score = product data governance severity score × product data governance occurrence score × product data governance detection score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 8.15 score for product data governance risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 15 score for product data governance severity score.
- At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for product data governance occurrence score.
- At this operating point the engine returns 3 score for product data governance detection score.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where data governance severity sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 79.12% above the baseline at 8.15 score.
- A figure at this level is achievable when data governance severity is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. RPN treats the three factors as equally weighted and multiplicative, so a low-detection score can mask a catastrophic severity - always review high-severity items regardless of total.
Results at a glance
- Product data governance risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
- Product data governance severity score: 15 score
- Product data governance occurrence score: 4 score
- Product data governance detection score: 3 score
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Product Data Governance Score calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.