Boundaryless Information Flow and Web Services Customer Council

Boundaryless Information Flow and Web Services Customer Council July 23, 2002

Agenda q q q Meaning of Boundaryless Information Flow Services Web Services fit

Boundaries Pose Problems… q q They hinder interactions between partners They slow down processes They help preserve the status quo They thwart economies of scale

Yet Boundaries are Effective… q q q They provide privacy and security They allow efficiencies of locality They allow competitive differentiation and strategic advantage They help enforce accountability They define domains of process integrity

Actually Want This… External “Out” Space Processes Customer Support Internal Space Manufacturing Legal Finance Assembling Online Systems External “In” Space Design Systems Procuring ERP Systems Requirements Systems Procurement Systems

But Have This Ext. “Out” Space Processes Customer Support Internal Space Manufacturing Legal Finance Assembling Online Systems External “In” Space Design Systems Procuring ERP Systems Requirements Systems Procurement Systems

Types of Boundaries… q Infrastructural § Organization of the interconnecting and underlying facilities q Structural § System growth is limited by the “strength” or scalability of its structure q Architectural § Differently architected technologies often don’t “fit” with each other q Semantic § Different ways of representing the same thing

“Boundaryless” Means… q q q Aligning with boundaries that have value and utility Structuring IT so it removes unnecessary boundaries Not creating the new boundaries that hinder progress

“Boundaryless” Means… q Respecting Boundaries that are necessary

“Boundaryless” Means… q Necessary boundaries can be effective yet transparent q Semantic boundaries can be overcome using directories and locator services

Address the Organization… External “Out” Space Many have implemented a Cross Functional Team to Break Organizational Boundaries Customer Support Internal Space am e External “In” Space Manufacturing Legal Finance Assembling l. T a on ti nc u Procuring Cr F ss o Procurement Systems Design Systems ERP Systems Requirements Systems Online Systems

But Silos Thwarting Information Flow Support l a on m ea T External “Out” Bill Space Fulfillment i ct n s ro C s Sales Fu Internal Space Ship Build Design External “In” Space Procuring Parts Replenish Customer Data Product Data Procurement Data Contract Data ERP Data Parts Inventory Data Engineering Data Logistics Data Requirements Data Order

What’s it Take to Remove the Boundaries q Information Support needs § Relevant § Digestible § Secure § Timely m ea ers T al um n io ons t nc C Fu ion Ship ss at o Cr form Build In Bill Fulfillment Sales Design Procuring Parts Replenish q q q q Liberate the data Integrate data Securely deliver data Register data Enable the flow of data Develop Manage Adhere to policies

Liberate the Data q Information Support needs Billing § Relevant § Digestible § Secure § Timely m ea ers T al um n io ons t nc C Fu ion Ship ss at o Cr form Build In Fulfillment Sales IPA IPA Design IPA Procuring IPA Parts Replenish q IPA IPA q Liberate the data through Information Provider Applications Provides open interfaces to the legacy data

Integrate Data q Information Support needs Billing § Relevant § Digestible § Secure § Timely m ea ers T al um n io ons t nc C Fu ion Ship ss at o Cr form Build In Fulfillment Sales IPA BA IPA Design IPA BA Procuring IPA Parts Replenish IPA BA IPA IPA q q Integrate data through Brokerage Applications access the necessary data sources and brings it together

Secured Data Delivery q Information Support needs Billing § Relevant § Digestible § Secure § Timely m ea ers T al um n io ons ICA t nc C Fu ion Ship ss at o m Cr for. ICA Build In Fulfillment Sales IPA BA IPA Design IPA BA Procuring IPA Parts Replenish q IPA BA IPA IPA q Deliver the data to the consumer in a form they need it and when they need it Assure that the data is secured

Register Location of Data q Information Support needs Billing § Relevant § Digestible § Secure § Timely m ea ers T al um n io ons ICA t nc C Fu ion Ship ss at o m Cr for. ICA Build In Design DS Procuring IPA BA IPA IPA Parts Replenish DS DIR Sales BA DIR IPA Fulfillment q Register data, its location and how to access it

Let the Information Flow q Information Support needs Billing § Relevant § Digestible § Secure § Timely DS m Fulfillment ea ers T al um DIR n io ons ICA Sales t nc C WF BA Fu ion. WF Ship s at s IPA ro rm C fo ICA Build BA WF IPA In Design DS Procuring IPA Parts Replenish IPA BA IPA IPA BA DIR IPA q Enable the flow of data

System Attributes q Information Support needs Billing § Relevant § Digestible § Secure § Timely DS m Fulfillment ea ers MU T al um DIR n io ons ICA Sales t nc C WF BA Fu ion. WF Ship s at s IPA ro rm C fo ICA Build BA WF IPA In Design DS DT Procuring IPA BA IPA DIR Parts Replenish IPA q IPA BA IPA q Make the environment programmable with Development Tools Make the environment Manageable with Management Utilities Adhere to policies for quality of services

Boundaryless Information Flow Needs q Boundaryless Information Flow § Needs access to information that was not necessarily designed to leave its original domain q WEB Services § Can be used to build applications that integrate information from multiple sources

Role in Boundaryless Information Flow q Web services can be built to do some of the things required for Boundaryless Information Flow § For example: brokerage applications § Med. Biquitous uses Web services to gather course listings from other societies and present a single list to a doctor looking for all training opportunities

Role of Web Services q Information Support needs Billing § Relevant § Digestible § Secure § Timely DS m MU Fulfillment ea ers T al um DIR n io ons ICA Sales t nc C WF BA Fu ion WF Ship s at s ro rm C fo ICA Build BA WF IPA In IPA Design DT DS Procuring DIR IPA Parts Replenish IPA BA IPA IPA BA Web Services support Brokering services and Directory services… But there is more to IT!

Web Services and TOGAF TRM Business Process q Business Languages Qualities q Business Applications Infrastructure Applications Application Programming Interface Graphics & Image Data Management Data Interchange User Interface International Operations Location & Directory Transaction Processing Security System & Network Management Software Engineering q q Business Process covers § Xlang, WSFL, BPML, Wf. Mc, UML, etc Business Language covers § eb. XML, UBL, ACORD, HIPPAA, etc Location and Directory Services covers § UDDI § WSDL Data Interchange Services covers § XML § SOAP Operating System Services Network Services Communications Infrastructure Interface Communication Infrastructure Qualities q Communications Infrastructure Interface covers § TCP/IP, SMTP, HTTP, SSL, etc

In Summary q q q Boundaryless Information Flow requires many open services Web Services can certainly play a role The Open Group is ready, willing, and capable to § do our part to make web services what they need to be and § bring them into the fold of Boundaryless Information Flow

Thanks for Your Participation in making Boundaryless Information Flow an achievable vision!