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The Open Group provides a range of strategy services to help
organizations meet their business objectives. The business scenario
process draws out specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, time-oriented objectives and
helps organizations identify areas in which they should invest. The
Open Group has a proven methodology for developing technical architectures.
It also has experience in determining user requirements, developing
procurement strategies and establishing which specifications to build.
Success Stories: North American Association of State and
Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) where the
business scenario process was used to produce recommendations in the areas of standardization and
certification.
A business scenario is a complete description of a business problem
that enables requirements to be viewed in relation to one another in the context of the
overall problem. Business scenarios can cover the needs of a
particular industry sector or subject covered by any consortium.
With such a complete description to serve as context:
- The business value of solving the problem becomes clear
- The relevance of potential solutions are highlighted
- The danger of the implementation being based on
an incomplete understanding or requirements is lessened.
The development of a business scenario starts with a business scenario
workshop facilitated by The Open Group with participation from
representatives of the consortium.
A business case requires solid
information and a well-documented business scenario represents
the due diligence demanded by those
reviewing business cases.
The Open Group will utilize knowledge gained during the business
scenario workshop to produce a documented scenario that will be reviewed
and approved by the consortium. The scenario will illustrate
where in the operations (business processes, technical resources, and
human interactions) there is the greatest need for change, based on the
business requirements. The scenario will identify the activities in which
the consortium should invest, such as the implementation of best
practice, standardization, or certification programs.
For more information, see the Business Scenarios area here,
especially the Benefits, creation, and guidelines link.
Working in conjunction with our customer and CIO forums, The Open
Group developed a methodology for determining user IT requirements and
creating
vendor
awareness of key user needs, resulting in a collective drive towards open
standards. We employ many techniques to solicit information and opinions,
and
our web-based systems capture feedback and votes, providing instant
results as an incentive to respondents. Our experience, methodologies,
and tools can be deployed in support of consortia to establish user requirements.
The Open Group can build a
generic architecture and/or an architecture framework and methodology for
consortia that wish to base their strategy on an architectural framework. The Open Group
employs its Architectural Framework (TOGAF) - an open, generic
methodology for developing enterprise architectures. Over the past 9 years, many organizations have
developed architectures using TOGAF.
The Open Group provides services to help customers understand and prioritize the requirements for standardization and
recommend a path forward for the
standardization effort.
Prioritizing standardization
requirements involves understanding the requirements and the technical, operational, and budgetary constraints.
The needs of each contributor or stakeholder are taken into account.
The result is an effective definition of the
standardization effort, and an
informed recommendation on how to move the standardization process forward.
Both architectural recommendations and a description of the required
standardization process, and the various options for implementing that
process in terms of development, approval, evolution, and maintenance of
standards are provided.
See Standards for support services related
to standards development.
The Open Group has a long history associated with strategic procurement – setting and
maintaining policy and process, rather than the day to day activities of
purchasing – negotiation, contracting and installation. Our
experience can benefit other consortia, especially those concerned with
the adoption of standards.
More information can be found here.
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