{"id":625,"date":"2018-01-26T12:27:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T12:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/?p=625"},"modified":"2018-01-30T10:19:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T10:19:05","slug":"business-mapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/?p=625","title":{"rendered":"Business  Mapping For Value &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first of a three part summary describing a method of gaining understanding of current business objectives and translating these into observable &amp; potentially\u00a0 measurable benefits, such that these may be used to line up technology initiatives. It goes without saying that this is a structure which may be sliced and diced, and expanded\u00a0 to suit a particular need and strategic objective such as for example retrofitting a business, acquiring new technology, or evaluating a merger from a technology perspective. This approach has been drawn from concepts derived from methodologies such as the Cranfield Value based IT, and standard program management (PMI)\u00a0 methods.<\/p>\n<p>Another key aspect is that measurement is welcome but incidental to the process, looking for numbers on observable current and anticipated futures is more important than finding them, as the work done in this regard helps to shape an understanding of the business and the corresponding technology. Don&#8217;t get too hung up on that, although a numeric quantity is always better than a speculation.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, apply business strategy\u00a0 to IT investments using domain specific references such as standards, competitor\u00a0 profiles and market drivers, to structure\u00a0 the case . In the case of communication service providers,\u00a0 the TMF ( Telemanagement forum)\u00a0 may be used in developing the business architecture as reference, together with current threats, opportunities and capabilities. Essentially build an Enterprise architecture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-626 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Business-Linkage-1024x542.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Business-Linkage-1024x542.png 1024w, http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Business-Linkage-300x159.png 300w, http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Business-Linkage-768x407.png 768w, http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Business-Linkage.png 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Identify\u00a0 benefits based on the objectives documented and agreed with stakeholders \u00a0 ( cannot stress this enough, the agreement part!)\u00a0 through the previous architecture development process<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-627 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Benefits-mapping-1024x652.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Benefits-mapping-1024x652.png 1024w, http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Benefits-mapping-300x191.png 300w, http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Benefits-mapping-768x489.png 768w, http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Benefits-mapping.png 1402w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that some benefits are derived we are ready to go the next step, that of mapping the benefits to the technology both current and new or proposed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first of a three part summary describing a method of gaining understanding of current business objectives and[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/telekinetics.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}