Re: [bcm] Brochure Draft; An opportunity to put into practice the BCM process

["David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>]

John,

That's at odds with the BCM template approach.  What BCM is doing is
defining the content of the templates in alignment with the business
approach.

So an example is the GPRA MS Word template.  It captures the business
steps in alignment with the BCM layers and method that are in the
specification (strawman of this Word doc attached).

Now once that is done - it is then possible to render the content in the
template as XML (see Microsoft announce on opening of XML format)
so that software can then be driven off that information.

Another example is the eprXML - where the business rules that control
the folders and the cards can be specified in an Excel spreadsheet, and
then again - rendered into an XML format to drive the actual software
solution (using Excel export to XML tools).

This is a critical aspect of BCM - because in achieving this you remove
the chasm between the implementation layer and the business layer.

We still have much work to do on realizing all this - but we are making
encouraging steps and I'm confident we will have sample XML renderings
available in the coming months.  (The sample of BPSS linkage a post
earlier this week relates).

Of course a funded project to develop these for a specific application
would be appropriate to accelerate this.

Thanks, DW.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Weiler" <john@ichnet.org>
To: <carlmattocks@checkmi.com>
Cc: "'David RR Webber'" <david@drrw.info>;
<nwasserman@adaptiveservices.com>; "'BCM OASIS'" <bcm@lists.oasis-open.org>;
<mike.lubash@dfas.mil>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 6:40 PM
Subject: RE: [bcm] Brochure Draft; An opportunity to put into practice the
BCM process


Templates (in XML) is the only way we will discribe these solution
views.  Any way else would result in ambiguity and more obfuscation.

john

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``And let it be noted that there is no more delicate matter to take in
hand, nor more dangerous to conduct, nor more doubtful in its success,
than to set up as the leader in the introduction of changes.  For he who
innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the
existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who
might be better off under the new.''  Niccolò Machiavelli 1513

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Mattocks [mailto:carlmattocks@checkmi.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:09 AM
To: John Weiler
Cc: carlmattocks@checkmi.com; 'David RR Webber';
nwasserman@adaptiveservices.com; 'BCM OASIS'; mike.lubash@dfas.mil
Subject: RE: [bcm] Brochure Draft; An opportunity to put into practice
the BCM process

excellent - can they be described using templates ?
<quote who="John Weiler">
> Carl,
>
> Yes, there have been all types of metrics provided;
>
> For the 4.1 Billion Govt. Wide Patient Record program, we defined
> security metrics
>
> For Discovery, we defined scale metrics.
>
> For a LARGE intel agency, we defined business fit metrics.
>
> For DARPA we defined both Security and Interoperability metrics in the
> Distributed Component-based Architecture Modeling Tool.
>
> Letters of reference are posted at www.ICHnet.org.
>
> john
>
> John Weiler
> CTO
> ICH Architecture Resource Center
> +1-703-768-0400 (v)
> +1-703-863-3766 (cell)
> +1-703-765-9295 (fx)
> www.ICHnet.org
> www.SecurE-Biz.net
>
> ``And let it be noted that there is no more delicate matter to take in
> hand, nor more dangerous to conduct, nor more doubtful in its success,
> than to set up as the leader in the introduction of changes.  For he
who
> innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under
the
> existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who
> might be better off under the new.''  Niccolò Machiavelli 1513
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Mattocks [mailto:carlmattocks@checkmi.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:48 PM
> To: David RR Webber
> Cc: John Weiler; nwasserman@adaptiveservices.com; 'BCM OASIS';
> mike.lubash@dfas.mil
> Subject: Re: [bcm] Brochure Draft; An opportunity to put into practice
> the BCM process
>
> Hopefully SAIL also identifies the RISKS associated with the required
> change and thus potential ROI.
>
> If any of the ICH historical projects have generated evidence of ROI
> (out
> of a BCM like project) I am sure we could find a way to incorporate it
> in
> BCM materials
>
>


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