What is Boundaryless Information Flow.pptVIP

(C) The Open Group 2002 (C) The Open Group 2002 What is Boundaryless Information Flow? To Commercial Organizations Background Interoperability - an issue for most organizations A big issue Has many meanings Need to understand what is really meant by this requirement Use business scenarios Coming up - Our understanding of the interoperability requirement! Business Scenarios A Business Scenario describes: Business process, application or set of applications Business and technology environment Relevant people and computing components Desired outcome of proper execution A good Business Scenario Is “S.M.A.R.T.” Enables the supply side to better understand the needs of the buy side Support the business case for the vendors What Is Meant by Interoperability Working definition of interoperability The ability of two or more entities or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged “to meet a defined mission or objective” Customer Problem Statement “I could run my business better if I could gain operational efficiencies improving the many different business processes of the enterprise both internal, and spanning the key interactions with suppliers, customers, and partners using integrated information, and access to that information.” Pain Points Lack of effectiveness of business operations Lost opportunity to add value to the business Increasing IT costs Lack of effectiveness of IT Reduced management control Increased operational risk The Criticality of IT Costs How Important… Not having Boundaryless Information Flow where systems interoperate, i.e. easily exchange information and use that information to improve operations, is causing organizations real pain * 100s of millions in lost opportunities Billions spent to make systems interoperate or to recover from mistakes The risks are not only financial but deal with lost lives Hospitals, 911/999 systems, Critical infrastructure, Air Traffic Control… * respondents to survey taken a