Why e-cio.org
Jun 25, 2008
e-CIO.org is a nonprofit organization to establish a common reference architecture for the Office of Chief Information Officer (OCIO) Line of Business (LOB). It is based on the concept to consider that Office of Chief Inforamtion Officer as a line of business The OCIO apply the enterprise architecture analysis in the layer of business , data , application and technology to eat their own dog food. IT governance and management processes are considered as the business processes; The IT managment tools are considered as the OCIO application systems; and the IT managment data are considered as the OCIO data architecture.
6.0 THE E-CIO ORAGANIZATION
The e-CIO organization is suggested at www.e-cio.org to facilitate the establishment of e-CIO architecture patterns and standards. The e-CIO organization is a proponent of in the school of stone soup. It facilitate the collaboration from both CIOs and IT management system vendor to make the soup of CIO architecture patterns and standards for the CIO community to share. The organization establish the CIO architecture framework and collect the straw man to intrigue the CIOs and the IT management system vendor for collaboration.
6.1 The CIO architecture patterns and standard place holder
The organization establishes the e-CIO patterns and standards place holder to facilitate the collaboration from common interest group. For example : The data model standards include the place holder for system catalog , the business process, the function, the location data model standards. The OCIO architecture patterns and standards are establish with inputs from the industry .
6.2 Leverage on existing industry standards
e-CIO leverage on established IT management and governance standard to establish the OCIO architecture pattern and standards. This include such as the ITIL standard and the COBIT standard. ITIL is
The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) is a framework of best practice approaches intended to facilitate the delivery of high quality information technology (IT) services. ITIL outlines an extensive set of management procedures that are intended to support businesses in achieving both high financial quality and value in IT operations. These procedures are supplier-independent and have been developed to provide guidance across the breadth of IT infrastructure, development, and operations.
The Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) is a set of best practices (framework) for information technology (IT) management created by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and the IT Governance Institute (ITGI) in 1992.
6.3 Establish CIO architecture patterns and standard via consensus
The organization establish the standards via the process of consensus which assure the standards is what the stakeholder need rather than been imposed upon. The proposes CIO standards subject to comments and suggestions by the stakeholders. Under the CIO architecture standard framework, the organization provide an item as the place holder with propose standards. Each item under the content management software allows comments and vote from stakeholders to become the standard. The thread of comments in each item serve as the records to sustain the legitimacy of the consensus standards.
6.4 The continues effort to extend and maintain the CIO architecture standards
e-CIO organization is suggested as the body to incorporate and maintain CIO architecture to keep up the need of all the CIO offices. It should establish a change management process which include the governing process on the revise, update, insertion, and delete of the CIO architecture standards under the framework.
6.5 The organization to certify the IT management system
The organization is suggested to certify the compliance of COTS components in plugging in to the common CIO architecture. To implement the CIO architecture, the CIO establish the CIO infrastructure first and acquire the COTS IT management components to plug in to the CIO infrastructure . Instead of each CIO office to find out the integration of COTS IT management components on their own, The e-cio organization can establish an integration lab to certify the compliance. The certification effort is a black and white decision based on whether it works or not in the lab environment
6.0 THE E-CIO ORAGANIZATION
The e-CIO organization is suggested at www.e-cio.org to facilitate the establishment of e-CIO architecture patterns and standards. The e-CIO organization is a proponent of in the school of stone soup. It facilitate the collaboration from both CIOs and IT management system vendor to make the soup of CIO architecture patterns and standards for the CIO community to share. The organization establish the CIO architecture framework and collect the straw man to intrigue the CIOs and the IT management system vendor for collaboration.
6.1 The CIO architecture patterns and standard place holder
The organization establishes the e-CIO patterns and standards place holder to facilitate the collaboration from common interest group. For example : The data model standards include the place holder for system catalog , the business process, the function, the location data model standards. The OCIO architecture patterns and standards are establish with inputs from the industry .
6.2 Leverage on existing industry standards
e-CIO leverage on established IT management and governance standard to establish the OCIO architecture pattern and standards. This include such as the ITIL standard and the COBIT standard. ITIL is
The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) is a framework of best practice approaches intended to facilitate the delivery of high quality information technology (IT) services. ITIL outlines an extensive set of management procedures that are intended to support businesses in achieving both high financial quality and value in IT operations. These procedures are supplier-independent and have been developed to provide guidance across the breadth of IT infrastructure, development, and operations.
The Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) is a set of best practices (framework) for information technology (IT) management created by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and the IT Governance Institute (ITGI) in 1992.
6.3 Establish CIO architecture patterns and standard via consensus
The organization establish the standards via the process of consensus which assure the standards is what the stakeholder need rather than been imposed upon. The proposes CIO standards subject to comments and suggestions by the stakeholders. Under the CIO architecture standard framework, the organization provide an item as the place holder with propose standards. Each item under the content management software allows comments and vote from stakeholders to become the standard. The thread of comments in each item serve as the records to sustain the legitimacy of the consensus standards.
6.4 The continues effort to extend and maintain the CIO architecture standards
e-CIO organization is suggested as the body to incorporate and maintain CIO architecture to keep up the need of all the CIO offices. It should establish a change management process which include the governing process on the revise, update, insertion, and delete of the CIO architecture standards under the framework.
6.5 The organization to certify the IT management system
The organization is suggested to certify the compliance of COTS components in plugging in to the common CIO architecture. To implement the CIO architecture, the CIO establish the CIO infrastructure first and acquire the COTS IT management components to plug in to the CIO infrastructure . Instead of each CIO office to find out the integration of COTS IT management components on their own, The e-cio organization can establish an integration lab to certify the compliance. The certification effort is a black and white decision based on whether it works or not in the lab environment