RE: [bcm] Semantic Layers: Building out for business stakeholders

["John Weiler" <john@ichnet.org>]

Laila,

Thank you for your vote of confidence.  I am glad to see more of our
community understand the need to be business centric!

Based on our insights and application of just about every EA method and tool
(Architect is the ONLY business of ICHnet.org), we have found that business
needs require different methods.  The same spec will not address both needs.
This is why we need different EA methods, representation and tools to
support the many views of an enterprise.

Our govt sponsors have asked one of the EA working groups we support to come
up with some type of layout of all the entire life cycle requirements
process and identify the various EA methods available to support each view.

I not sure how one would frame all of this.  There are many categories to
start with. But I think it would be worth while for us to inventory the
current market and see what exists before we go too far with our current
standards effort.  We may find some of what we are looking for already
exists!!!!

My 2 Cents.

john

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-----Original Message-----
From: Laila Moretto [mailto:lmoretto@mitre.org]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:40 PM
To: David RR Webber - XML ebusiness
Cc: INTERNET:john@ichnet.org; bcm@lists.oasis-open.org; Robert Greeves
Subject: Re: [bcm] Semantic Layers: Building out for business
stakeholders


I totally agree regarding having one technical spec and one for business
users/managers.  Both will carry the same message but to different
audience.  After all we are "Business Centric".

Laila

David RR Webber - XML ebusiness wrote:

> John,
>
> I just re-read your WP earlier today.  As you say this is quite specific
> to the GSA story - however - shows ideas for generating the
> 'Primer' I mentioned earlier to Bob.
>
> So I think we write our technical spec's to the technical audience,
> then do a couple of Primers - one is value-chain driven, the
> other I'd suggest is eGov - and we can get help on that
> from that team.  For the value-chain - would make sense
> to pick someone like OAG to build that with and target that
> audience.
>
> Just thinking out loud here!
>
> Thanks, DW.
> =========================================================
> Message text written by INTERNET:john@ichnet.org
> >The ICH published a paper on this Value Chain Approach at the last
> SecurE-Biz Summit, and has been posted at www.ICHnet.org.  The most
> important part of this business driven EA method is that it has already
> produced quantifiable business transformation results at GSA.
> <
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