John's email brings up a point I believe is not adequately addressed in the
brochure/trifold material we are working on. That is that BCM is under the
aegis of OASIS. A standards organization that stands for neutrality and is
working the interoperability issue at many levels and perspectives.
Technology has provided the capability to do what has previously been not
possible. Now a strategic business focus needs to be applied--that's what BCM
provides, including the roadmaps and tools. And BCM developers, as part of the
OASIS organization rely on other standards and tools (many developed within
OASIS) to provide
- a concept to implementation approach,
- refinements that reflect additional advancements within the standards
CoI,
- neutrality to enable organizations/industries to see patterns, and reach
across their traditional boundaries and to provide basis for
vendors/consultant to build solutions
There are already individual firms/organizations that are proposing much of
the BCM approach. Providing an environment that is minimally biased is an
impetus that government agencies, companies, etc need to take the riskier
steps associated with collaborating beyond their known/controllable
universe.
I have been thinking about specific rewording re the material, but John's
email prompts me to put forth the idea first. I'll go back to thinking about
the wording.
Sally