Alan McSweeney

solution architecture enterprise architecture strategic misrepresentation cloud computing outsourcing innovation business architecture data governance business process management information management lifecycle enterprise business process model bpm managed services integration shadow it process oriented architecture skills framework for the information age (sfia) information and data architecture gdpr procurement digital enablement technology iceberg digital strategy solution topography togaf technical architecture security architecture it capability maturity framework cognitive bias application architecture innovation value institute decision-making and behavioural biases investment management activity based costing we need to talk about it architecture satisficing probability and belief biases business architecture engagement organisation business landscape generalised solution architecture digital transformation and enterprise architecture internal interaction management cobit 2019 digital reference architecture dimensions of solution usability deployment and management european e-competence framework (ecf) solution architecture and user and customer experi it capability maturity framework (it-cmf) external party interaction zones illusion of attempting to manage outcomes channels and facilities gall’s law crm identity data integration implementing and operating gdpr gdpr and outsourcing it investment management availability trust services principles and criteria for securit strategic and business planning organisation operating landscape accounting business strategy demand and supply management acquisition real time data strategy and architecture designing an enterprise data fabric capacity forecasting and planning rich pictures sourcing and supplier management processing integrity it leadership and governance digital strategy and digital transformation cpic confidentiality data transformation introduction to business architecture – part 1 itim requirements management early engagement supplier management sourcing service architecture infrastructure architecture optimism bias the open group architecture framework conway's law cognitive diversity pcg - https://www.pcg-random.org/ fortuna - https://www.schneier.com/academic/fortun cryptographically secure pseudo random number gene pseudonymisation with data salting and peppering hashing and identifier codes schrems ii judgement pseudonymisation and data breaches data breaches and attacks data sharing and access framework data privacy by design and by default data privacy laws and regulations data privatisation topology data warehousing and business intelligence managem data operations management data architecture management ireland document and content management cobit data security management data quality management reference and master data management dmbok data management book of knowledge data development solution architecture centre of excellence good regulator theorem outsourcing trends groupthink digital specific applications and tools responsive infrastructure solution zones focalism asset security network monitoring penetration testing browser protection so you think you need a digital strategy customer relationship management operational and business systems security system development access and profile management organisation transformation and solution design data privatisation balance general data protection regulation pmbok data privatisation data privacy and risk management data anonymisation differential privacy data pseudonymisation effective cmdb assists the ito process ito appliance dimensions of skus of outsourcing service the perception chasm - businesses and customers ar measuring the return of a move to digital ito service delivery ito industrialisation and productisation iso/iec 25010:2011 systems and software engineerin operational silos hierarchy of ito offer solution architecture design boundaries digital operational technology layers process-oriented view of outsourcing solution architecture dimensions/views digital overlap with customer experience strategy stakeholder requirements specification (strs) docu beware of the illusion of outcomes digital creates user expectations digital initiative xactor delivery radar system requirements specification (syrs) document digital strategy and business processes customer experience scope of complete solution iso/iec/ieee 29148:2011 systems and software engin be careful of the bumpy ride on the hypecycle unrealistic digital expectations have become a bit xactor data models fallacies of distributed computing digital+ cmdb is a key component of productised ito ito transition process and ito delivery lifecycle xactors a provider or an enabler idealised cmdb components and operation data and information architecture business and process view enterprise data model implementation view enterprise data strategy in business and it contex functional and results view functions actors solution usage journeys system interfaces and interactions extended solution architecture definition elements actor system interfaces and interactions core solution architecture definition elements solution architecture in business context project death march find the information saddle point structured approach to solution architecture solution happy paths maximise the known knowns of the potential solutio sunk cost fallacy brook’s law spectrum of project failures and successes project gates – review and decision points actor-actor interactions systems/applications processes solution architecture in the context of the overal galls law ringelmann effect kruger-dunning effect where are you on the project success dial and why? dimensions of classification of outsourcing arrang ito service configuration sku-based ito service preventing the outsourcing death spiral ito reference architecture ito operation and service management it outsourcing appliance standardisation of ito services generalised ito component deployment framework management and operation view ito service operation and delivery process framewo effective business analysis prevents discontinuity extended dimensions of overall solution it is not about the project – it is about the so renovation preventing the balkanisation of it solution landsc it funnel of fragmentation and discontinuity business it requirements and it alignment business xnovation enterprise business analysis solution delivery boundaries solution is not just functionality it competitive advantage disconnected and disintegrated solution portfolio enterprise data strategy subject area model organisation information and data landscape leading indicators information systems architecture measurement framework iceberg trailing indicators organisation management external interaction paths process classification framework (pcf) achieving a process oriented architecture organisation competency and process definition straight through processing routes of experience process oriented architecture and customer relatio customer experience journey definitions apqc (american productivity and quality center) operations strategy infrastructure and product and service development experience journeys enhanced telecommunications operating breakdown (e process oriented architecture maps actual external mappings from experience journeys to organisation three pillars of any organisation big raw data customer segmentation small actionable information use cases and external party journey stages big raw data and digital definition of use cases use cases across organisation operating landscape identification of high potential value use cases customer journey stages core and extended dimensions of raw data available taking a value-based approach to big raw data business model canvass and use case identification the enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect maintaining the solution delivery momentum the solution journey involves making decisions solution definition journey stages implementation and operation journey is rarely eas the solution design analysis and design can be difficult development requirements space and solution space it is even better to act quickly and err than to h characteristics of analysis paralysis and decision goal of analysis and design is to reduce uncertain uncertainty increases analysis paralysis and decis you cannot avoid analysis requirements are a means to an end dunning–kruger effect value in diversity hypothesis attributional biases solving the design structure reproduction bias how do committees invent? the design organisation organisation comfort zone dr scott page dr melvin conway planning fallacy digital strategy in business and it context lack of an enterprise architecture view leads to u applications delivery and management tools and fr architecture and transformation poa service organisation controls supplier validation during sourcing and service de management of it suppliers and service providers service organizations it function as mediator assurance reports on controls at a service organiz statement on auditing standards (sas) no. 70 business process redesign technology is both a cause of change and an enable cross functional business processes business process analysis and design summary core areas of business architecture changes business change organisation extended business landscape business architecture analysis business process improvement business architecture change dimensions iso/iec/ieee 12207:2008 systems and software engin iso/iec/ieee 15288:2002 systems and software engin iso/iec tr 24766:2010 information technology - sys the myth of requirements ieee 1220 (iso/iec 26702) systems engineering - ap requirements gathering exercises myth of changing requirements software requirements specification (srs) document iso/iec/ieee 24765:2010 systems and software engin solution is about value obtained a solution is a resolver system operational concept (opscon) document iso/iec 25030:2007 software engineering - software customer value management datalets customer segmentation models and customer segments propensity models and propensities business model canvass what actionable insights can be derived from big d developing a real time data strategy – generalis real time data quality and data governance telemetry strategy internet of things strategy data sensors telemetry real time data principles real time data strategy operational intelligence real time situational awareness tmforum resource domain frameworx etom (enhanced t smartx strategy big data strategy real time situational data smart metering big data internet of things standards for attestation engagements (ssae) 16 itil cmmi esourcing capability model for client organis and privacy facilitator and intermediary international auditing and assurance standards boa reporting on controls at a service organization business responsiveness organisational change dsdm dynamic systems development method crystal clear incremental sdlc spiral sdlc tdd test-driven development essential unified process essup open unified process openup rad rapid application development scrum agile unified process aup fdd feature driven development agile adaptive software development asd projec failure xp extreme programming business-oriented information technology strategy economics of utility computing utility information technology services uits business analyst project portfolio management programme and project management business value requirements definition business analysis benefits identification validation and realisation benefits realisation valit benefits dependency network benefits management maturity it investment assessment agile iterative project delivery approach first 100 days for a new cio it posture it value performance it cmf high level assessment it strategy high level process maturity modelling business process modelling notation line of visibility engineering method - enhanced lovem-e flow charting epc supplier business process analysis bpmn swim lanes integration definition for function modelling business process outsourcing knowledge process outsourcing application service provider commoditisation of information technology homesourcing design and build nearshoring global development centres utility computing software as a service infrastructure as a service hosting offshoring insourcing outtasking build and operate design dama trends in information technology prince2 bisl dodaf val it iso 38500 rup iso 20000 outsourcing for end-user organisations staas - storage as a service outsourcing for service providers saas - software as a service public cloud paas - platform as a service iaas - infrastructure as a service cross-functional business processes it value management capital planning and investment control in informa disaster recovery planning drp business system availability planning analysis and business system continuity planning analysis and d continuity of operations customer relationship marketing data warehouse customer lifetime value overview of effective crm implementation and opera customer service data mining metadata management data management maturity model dmcoe data management center of excellence association of business process management profess abpmp business process management common body of knowled process analysis business process management technologies business process management technology review process modelling process performance management bpa process design process transformation process management organisation bpms enterprise process management it cmf managing information technology for business value ivi baldrige criteria framework process improvement enterprise business processes togaf and cobit information management ponemon institute 2009 annual study cost of a data data quality information and data governance report university of arkansas at little rock ualr-iq data stewardship information quality program data management control objectives for information and related tec international association for information and data iaidq enterprise data management council data management http://www.dama.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=334 http://mike2.openmethodology.org/wiki/information_ ibm data governance council maturity model - http: http://edmcouncil.org/downloads/20130425.dmm.detai dmbok (data management book of knowledge) from dam mike2.0 (method for an integrated knowledge enviro iso/iec 15504 data management maturity models acquisition trends strategic and operational skills of high performin outsourcing and due diligence outsourcing relationship management officer (ormo) getting good and staying good at (out)sourcing outsourcing death spiral avoid outsourcing lost value capabilities of a high performing acquisition func process and product quality assurance acquisition technical management acquisition validation acquisition verification project planning acquisition requirements development managing the doing - change the business it competence skills radar doing - run the business run the business it investment profiles it capabilities doing - change the business managing the doing - run the business funding it investment equation change the business generic structure of an it function it management continuing disconnect between it and business service operations business relationship and engagement service lifecycle management aicpa it initiatives survey service and solution delivery integrated project/ solution delivery and business saga - stages components of integrated project delivery and busi artefacts activities gates data view technical view ieee standard 830-1998 ieee recommended practice f coase’s law on the nature of the firm outsourcing zone of opportunity supplier selection factors externalities of procurement-lead acquisition and understand the real costs of outsourcing divestment of non-core functions simple problems do not have complex solutions necessary and unnecessary complexity necessary/core complexity uncompressible complexity ashby’s law of requisite variety simple problems have simple solutions complex problems do not have simple solutions complex problems have complex solutions business and it disconnect – speaking a differen gartner it trends it governance strategy and commit product solution and service lifecycle management resource development and management plm tm forum service development and management enhanced telecom operations map www.tmforum.org sipss xaas product lifecycle management cloud marketing and offer management transition and transformation within outsourcing information technology trends london school of economics outsourcing unit outsourcing and innovation business process management and business analysis unified modelling language sipoc business process design value chain uml idef-0 event process chain outsourcing relationship benefits management and realisation reference class forecasting chief skeptical officer benefits dependency network strategy infrastructure and product/solution/servi supply chain development management infrastructure lifecycle management etom performance-based services approach pbsc qasp performance assessment report performance work statement soo performance-based services contract quality assurance surveillance plan measurement and analysis organisational process definition acquisition maturity model decision analysis and resolution integrated project management configuration management solicitation and supplier agreement development agreement management project monitoring and control aicpa top it initiatives operational support services (oss) customer services lifecycle orchestration oasis (organization for the advancement of structu infrastructure services on-demand provisioning res provisioning service management geysers project - generalised architecture for dyn unibus topology and orchestration specification for cloud gembus business support services (bss) statement of objectives pws par pbsa customer chain operations reference model (ccor) design chain operations reference model (dcor) managing for supply chain performance (m4sc) itil it service management organisation value chain and it value chain primary and secondary value adding activities strategy to portfolio (s2p) requirement to deploy (r2d) request to fulfil (r2f) detect to correct (d2c) conceptual service model logical service model realised service model it function critical capability models it4it reference architecture itil v4 apqc process classification framework meta-capabilities agile context solution monolith solution stakeholders and solution consumers organisation agile solution design and delivery wa integrated solution design and delivery agile approach to solution architecture and design agile enablers techniques controls and principles agile principles agile success factors agile time limits agile solution design and delivery management agile solution requirements agile solution design and delivery estimates excess covid-19 deaths critical review of open group it4it reference arch product life cycle operations reference model (plc tourism statistics debit and credit card spending composition of debt seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment gnp irish mortality 2014-2020 deaths by day of the week daily deaths deaths by week deaths by month deaths by quarter deaths by county deaths by surnames deaths by first names deaths of clergy and members of religious orders data integration hub data integration framework operational integration capability domains dimensions of capabilities organisation capability importance profile covid-19 ireland 2019 and 2020 compared in data crime statistics electricity system demand gas demand petrol and diesel imports hospital waiting lists property prices mortgage approvals commencement notices planning permissions residential property price index mortality traffic data flight statistics core data landscape data model extended data landscape data model data process framework data security data service management processes data capability process areas data life stages data maturity models data capability maturity model data governance capability model data stewardship capability model enterprise data fabric business and it disconnect business and it view of technology it demand drivers it function and business strategy feedback it function as a lens it strategy scope checklist segmentation solution architecture maturity model bloom’s taxonomy of knowledge it architecture business objectives business operational model business it strategy solution portfolio design and specification solution portfolio realisation and delivery solution usage management support and operations data landscape model data operations data zone data entity data entity relationship data interfaces and data flows more complex solutions available digital initiatives extending it solutions to outs solution scope not known or defined at acquisition absence of solution architecture involvement in so greater solution complexity and data interoperabil slow/unskilled/understaffed it solution acquisitio objectives of solution acquisition process principles underpinning solution acquisition solution acquisition success factors solution topography and cloud/as-a-service based s strategic misrepresentation during solution procur overlap of strategic misrepresentations supplier-side strategic misrepresentation the paradox of strategic misrepresentation the solution solution context solution component types the agile solution it strategy – core principles business and it strategy – responding to demands a it strategy in a wider organisation context core and extended activities of an it strategy specific initiatives in it strategy it strategy implementation stages and steps change domains change enablers and indicators it function operating model it function capabilities it function structure it function – target organisation structure it function roles and staffing sfia (skills framework for the information age) solution architecture and solution acquisition solution procurement more external solution acquisition and less soluti email protection application soution security malware defense solution monitoring audit log management inventory and control of assets data management backup and recovery solution architecture and solution security core and extended solution security model solution and technology risks solution component types and components operational solution entity types and solution zon operational solution entities and security control new technology and new risks illusion of the solution cocoon solution security is a “wicked problem” solution inheritance of security infrastructure solution architecture and interfaces with other it business process management (bpm) and business pro business process management (bpm) business process automation (bpa) bpi (business process intelligence) workflow management (wfm) process description approaches decision model and notation (dmn) case management model and notation (cmmn) production rule representation (prr) semantics of business vocabulary and business rule ruleml solution security architecture solution components solution landscape security controls solution availability resilience fault tolerance a access control management account management portfolio management earned value management it investment maturity data architecture for solution data architecture gap traditional scope of data arch solution architecture data gap shift left of the scope of dat data architecture and data str common data plumbing infrastru data design and modelling for conceptual data model logical data model physical data model data journeys design the solution architect as prod new product development (npd) agile stage gate solution zone types and zones solution components classes security standards and controls technical debt structural debt zombie solutions v ashby’s law technical debt account numbers of catholic clergy covid-19 mortality data march 2020 – march 2022 solution estimation estimation journey solution breakdown solution estimation template risk and contingency solution overview dashboard open risk analysis technical standard (o-ra) fault tree analysis (fta) failure mode and effect analysis (fmea) dmbok (data management book of knowledge) fair (factor analysis of information risk) data mo risk data path and data provenance data iceberg operational risk reputational risk legal risk people and conduct risk systems and process risk technology risk external cyber risk compliance risk regulatory risk impact of uncontrolled electric car charging on pa electric vehicles in ireland more hosted/cloud outsourced solutions and fewer o data integration architecture data interoperability data plumbing analytic integration data fabric data zones data landscape data entities data integration scenarios on premises data integration data integration gateway external data integration meta data integration platform data ingestion source push target push open group fair (factor analysis of information ri open risk taxonomy technical standard (o-rt) fair (findable accessible interoperable reusable) https://fairsharing.org/ https://www.go-fair.org https://www.schema.org/ data catalog vocabulary (dcat) https://www.w3.org/tr/vocab-dcat-2/ business glossary solution architecture and process automation solut enterprise process and automation architecture app enterprise decision management (edm) business motivation model (bmm) process mining service orientation api management solution replacement electric vehicles in norway pattern of electricity usage in ireland patterns of vehicle usage in ireland electric car charging simulations domestic electric car charging approaches to implementing an electric car chargin battery electric vehicles (bevs) covid-19 mortality statistics for ireland data profiling data catalog metadata harmonisation data virtualisation data lineage data provenance master data management data profiling toolset options data profiling stages eprivacy regulation digital single market eidas nis directive analytics capabilities shadow it occurs when the it function cannot deliv newer data technologies and facilities outside the creating a data vision data fabric and digital enablement key design principles of a data fabric data fabric as data plumbing and a data refinery gdpr and privacy management gdpr and security management gdpr and risk management gdpr and data governance gdpr and data ethics eu digital single market (dsm) directive on security of network and information s eprivacy regulation engagement definition journey stages scope of complete resolution resolution needs to be bridge from current situati objective of engagement is to identify options for early engagement is about navigating the problem l core early engagement process activity model of as-is and to-be situations resolution attributes and evaluation factors dimensions of implementation scenarios paths to resolution mesh enabling the movement of data around the ente rich picture of the enterprise’s data context core data fabric conceptual model responding to interrelated data trends it function data leadership internal and external digital expectations cloud offerings and services data regulations https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/conways-l https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/digital-t https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/so-you-th solution architecture – approach to rapidly scopin information and knowledge management framework and https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/designing forget big data. it's all about smart data https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/forget-bi translating big raw data into small actionable inf https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/translati 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https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/introduct stopping analysis paralysis and decision avoidance https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/stopping- every organisation needs an effective enterprise d smart about channels and interactions – use cas not big data smart about strategy development and implementatio smart data means being … smart about data hardware and software architectur smart about data value and benefits it architecture – translating what into how it architecture and innovation a culture of distrust persists between the busines it architecture function groupthink it architecture as internal business consulting an business shift to cloud service providers offering co-ordinated and business focussed it architecture xmission-critical information is consistently out- business need to respond to the interrelated devel the importance of early engagement in it architect outsourcing and the divestment of it functions in a good plan violently executed now is better than measuring progress and decision making need to start with the objective defined and focus clearing the analysis paralysis and decision avoid conceptual solution architecture framework smart data organisational data landscape and data interaction smart about what to collect exploitation primary and secondary data data explosion smart about data processes organisation structures smart data use cases in the organisational data la organisational data landscape trailing/lagging and leading indicators primary and secondary data framework iceberg having a chief smart data officer and not just a c solution architecture and solution design cost of lack of usability and poor experience it architecture is failing consequences of fragmented it landscape consequences of failing it architecture – spiral o integrated it architecture function and discipline it architecture disciplines build a vision for it architecture it architecture principles focus on generating business value quickly it is all about the user experience vanguard of solution design solution leadership find the engagement effort and results saddle poin getting the scope right early engagement principles remove the barrier that prevents continuity from b early engagement model wall separating real business concerns with transi trends in business use of it affecting the relevan mobile and social computing and perceived inabilit solution usability – taking the end to end design user experience is the sum of experiences it architecture context of solution usability usability measurement and action framework extending processes and applications outside the o digital transformation and solution design and usa customer experiences and external interactions and inventory of organisation interaction (customer) j mapping organisation interactions to solutions organisation operational silos overall experiences cross “vertical” operational o operational silos and conway’s law solution usability corollary to conway’s law solutions bridging organisational silos solution architecture engagement and the solution rapid solution design engagement why solutions fail role of solution architecture solution architecture and digital transformation solution architecture and solution experience and standish group chaos report project success factors operational solution deficit lessons for it project manager efficacy: a review chuck millhollan michelle kaarst-brown what went wrong? unsuccessful information technolo brenda whittaker six reasons for software project failure barry boehm double whammy – how ict projects are fooled by ran why your it project may be riskier than you think architectural patterns designops solution design solution is the sum of its components solution delivery stages and solution components core areas of organisation change core elements of designops the journey from idea to successful operation solution design and delivery issues maximising solution value throughout lifecycle solution characteristics and quality properties solution usage experience is the sum of experience game theory and brexit outcome analysis prisoner’s dilemma mexican standoff game of chicken data architecture problem and solution knowledge and complexity solution complexity factors non-linear nature of solution delivery complexity solution complexity dashboard sacoe vision and strategy people asset management services governance and quality methodologies tools standards solution architecture principles simplification standardisation consolidation value for money operational excellence layers of data profiling activities quality control and due diligence in project manag alexander budzier bent flyvbjerg budzier and flyvbjerg project organisational chall solution architecture contribution to the standish business value of solution architecture raymond slot guido dedene solution architecture and solution complexity solution complexity systemantics: how systems really work and how they john gall an introduction to cybernetics w ross ashby law of requisite variety roger c. conant roi: it's your job. proceedings of the third inter waterbed analogy of necessary solution complexity rpa – interfacing with existing applications and p presentation layer integration rpa management governance implementation execution and operational framework rpa implementation options business rules artificial intelligence process automation and autonomy process architecture and process automation strate robotic process automation process oriented archit process oriented architecture high level reference process transformation and rpa using consistency checking to examine possible dis supplier and service provider governance taking a performance-based services approach to im developing an acquisition centre of excellence for enterprise architecture leadership in solution us https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/data-info data warehouse programme notes https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/data-ware context of gdpr personal information principles of gdpr data ethics privacy management security management risk management personal data landscape iso 15489 records management iso 16175 standard for digital filing standards for attestation engagements (ssae) 18 reporting on controls at a service organisation iso 27001 information security management robotic process automation rpa (robotic process automation) poa (process oriented architecture) and bpm (busin orchestration and provisioning architecture for ef design science and solution architecture science design science (ds) design science research (dsr) design science research in information systems (ds evidence-based design design theory design research information systems design theory (isdt) design-related explanatory/predictive theory (drep problem knowledge solution knowledge mapping the problem/solution domain requirements space solution space outsourcing and managed services - developing a co capital planning and investment management and con solution architecture and digital architecture digital organisation target architecture applications delivery and management tools and fra digital solution architecture and the platform mapping external digital interactions to the organ introduction to business architecture factors driving business architecture engagement objective of business architecture engagement causes of process waste business process design success factors business process analysis and design – importance introduction to business process management bpm (business process management) crm and cross-functional enterprise-level customer bpm implementation success criteria and best pract introduction to business architecture - part 2