The Open Group IT4IT™Reference Architecture, Version 2.1, an Open Group Standard, provides avendor-neutral, technology-agnostic, and industry-agnostic referencearchitecture for managing the business of IT.
The OpenGroup IT4IT Reference Architecture standard uses a value chain approach tocreate a model of the functions that IT performs to help organizations identifythe activities that contribute to business competitiveness.
The ITValue Chain has four value streams supported by a reference architecture todrive efficiency and agility. The four value streams are:
- Strategy to Portfolio
- Requestto Fulfill
- Requirement to Deploy
- Detectto Correct
Each IT
Value Stream is centered on a key aspect of the service model, the essential
data objects (information model), and functional components (functional model)
that support it. Together, the four value streams play a vital role in helping
IT control the service model as it advances through its lifecycle.
The IT4IT
Reference Architecture:
- Provides prescriptive guidance on the specification of and interaction with aconsistent service model backbone (common data model/context)
- Supports real-world use-cases driven by the Digital Economy (e.g., Cloud-sourcing,Agile, DevOps, and service brokering)
- Embraces and complements existing process frameworks and methodologies (e.g.,ITIL®, CoBIT®, SAFe, and the TOGAF® standard) by taking a data-focusedimplementation model perspective, essentially specifying an information modelacross the entire value chain.
The
audience for this standard is:
- ITProfessionals who are responsible for delivering services in a way that isflexible, traceable, and cost-effective
- ITProfessionals / Practitioners who are focused on instrumenting the ITmanagement landscape
- ITLeaders who are concerned about their operating model
- Enterprise Architects who are responsible for IT business transformation
Topics
covered include:
- Anintroduction to the standard and the purpose of the IT4IT work
- Keyterminology of the standard
- Anintroduction for executives and others introducing the IT Value Chain and IT4ITReference Architecture concepts
- IT4ITCore, which defines the structure of the IT4IT standard as well as the processand document structure used by the IT4IT standard
- TheStrategy to Portfolio (S2P) Value Stream
- TheRequirement to Deploy (R2D) Value Stream
- TheRequest to Fulfill (R2F) Value Stream
- TheDetect to Correct (D2C) Value Stream
- Background information on the standard
