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An Introduction

OARAOpen Architectures

Readiness Assessment



01. What are Government doing?

02. Why would you do it?

03. What do you have to do?

04. How do you get ready?

Structure



What are Government doing?

01.

Structure



Government ICT has a bad nameProjects are too bigNot enough reuse/adaptationPoor interoperability/integrationVendor lock-in

Challenges & Aims



Introduce new central controls to ensure greater consistency and integration Take powers to remove excess capacity Create a level playing fi eld for open source softwareGreatly streamline procurement and specify outcomes rather than inputs

Challenges & Aims



governmentgovernment

openFocus



Reducing Waste and Project Failure and Stimulating Economic Growth • Mandation of open standards and procurement of open source solutions to make

ICT solutions fully interoperable to allow for reuse, sharing and scalability across organisational boundaries into local government chains.

• Apply open standards to create a level playing fi eld upon which SME’s can compete so as to put an end to the oligopoly of large suppliers that monopolise ICT provision.

Objectives



Reducing Waste and Project Failure and Stimulating Economic Growth • Mandation of open standards and procurement of open source solutions to make

ICT solutions fully interoperable to allow for reuse, sharing and scalability across organisational boundaries into local government chains.

• Apply open standards to create a level playing fi eld upon which SME’s can compete so as to put an end to the oligopoly of large suppliers that monopolise ICT provision.

Creating Common ICT Infrastructure • Enable the delivery of an open platform based on open standards that helps to

avoid lengthy vendor lock-in, allowing the transfer of services or suppliers without excessive transition costs, loss of data or signifi cant functionality.

• Enable the citizen to access government documents with the document format reader of their choice through the application of compulsory open standards.

Objectives



Objectives

Using ICT to Enable and Deliver Change• A common ICT platform which provides

the opportunity for a diverse range of providers to generate innovative solutions.



Using ICT to Enable and Deliver Change• A common ICT platform which provides

the opportunity for a diverse range of providers to generate innovative solutions.

Strengthening Governance• A governance structure that scrutinises,

measures and enforces compliance with mandated standards and actions.

Objectives



15. Departments will reuse and share ICT solutions and contracts, rather than purchasing new or bespoke solutions. The mandation of specifi c open standards will make ICT solutions fully interoperable to allow for reuse, sharing and scalability across organisational boundaries into local delivery chains. Government will not commission new solutions where something similar already exists.

16. Where appropriate, government will procure open source solutions. When used in conjunction with compulsory open standards, open source presents signifi cant opportunities for the design and delivery of interoperable solutions.

36. The Government will create a common and secure ICT infrastructure based on a suite of agreed, open standards which will be published and updated. The use of common standards can make ICT solutions fully interoperable to allow for reuse, sharing and scalability across organisational boundaries into local delivery chains. The adoption of compulsory open standards will help government to avoid lengthy vendor lock-in, allowing the transfer of services or suppliers without excessive transition costs, loss of data or signifi cant functionality.

39. The Government believes that citizens should be able to read government documents with the standardised document format reader of their choice. The fi rst wave of compulsory open standards will determine, through open consultation, the relevant open standard for all government documents.

Chapter & Verse



Why would you do it?

02.

Structure



Open Standards / Open Source

Compliance Cost

Collaboration Citizen

Simple 4C’s Rationale



Open Standards: Open Opportunities

Chapter 2: Open Standards Mandation6. For all new government IT contracts, specifi cations must comply with compulsory open standards, which have been mandated by the Cabinet Offi ce. For legacy systems, migration to newly agreed or updated versions of compulsory open standards should be part of the technology refresh lifecycle.

Comply or Explain



Adopting this policy enables:

an open standards-based infrastructure for government IT which reduces the need for bespoke integration between

non-standardised solutions

sharing of information and data across and beyond government boundaries

fairer competition that allows a diverse range of suppliers with different

delivery models to deliver government IT solutions

reduced risk of lock-in to a particular vendor

opportunities for third parties to build on government information and service

delivery

greater choice for the Government to reuse solutions and switch between

standardised products and components

Tangible Benefi ts



What do you have to do?

03.

Structure



Aware of Open Policyin Government ICT Strategy

Source: LinuxIt Survery (March 2012)

Yes

No

Partly

Awareness



Understand How to Enact Government Open Standards Policy

Source: LinuxIt Survery (March 2012)

Yes

No

Partly

Awareness



Rip and replace

Tearing up Microsoft ELA

Linux on the desktop

Non-enterprise-grade software

Rolling your own

Unsupported solutions

Positive discrimination

Creating processes that allow you to consider Open Architectures

Developing a clear understanding of when to adopt them and when not to

Establishing the capability to realise the benefi ts of Open Architectures when you do select them

Readiness



The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comesBenjamin Disraeli

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Readiness



How do you get ready?

04.

Structure



Defi ne

Assess

Envision

Transform

Evaluate Readiness



Presentation & Discussion

Assessment

Discovery

Analysis

Reporting

StrategyConsulting

Developed in consultation with

Approved for delivery as

Assessment Service



Current StateAnalysis

TransformationEnablement Program

Future StateVision

TargetsCapitalising on

Readiness

Evaluate Readiness



Raring

In this stage companies are strong proponents of open architechtures both internally and externally. They prefer open architechtures all other things being equal and they actively collaborate with the community to develop and share open architectures.

Ready

In this stafe companies have a clearly articulated open architectures policy. They are comfortable evaluating, designing, transitioning and operating open architechtures. Open architechtures are subject to the same processes as proprietary software.

Reserved

In this stage companies realise they already have some open architechture, recognise the benefi ts and want it to proliferate. They are actively trying to understand how to remove the barriers to adoption and biases towards proprietary solutions.

Resistant

In this stage organisations resist the adoption of open architechtures. Occasionally that resistance is manifest as overt policies preventing their use but more often than not they simply lack the awareness, poilicy and processes neeed to facilitate the user of open architectures.

Defi ne Readiness



Unique Assessment Toolkit Integrated Conceptual Framework

Assess Readiness



Future State Depiction of Readiness

Strategy

Architectures

Systems Management

Service Management

Pragmatically Designed by Qualifi ed Consultants

...informed by best practice and industry norms...

Envision Readiness



Ambitious but Achievablebalances costs, scope, pace, capabilities, benefi ts and timing

Gap Analysis

Prioritise Requirements

to Bridge Gap

Design Transformation

Enablement Program

Implement Discrete

Transformation Elements

Reassess Readiness

Transformation



Step 1Scan Environment for Opportunities

Step 2Identify Potential Target Benefi ts

Step 3Calculate and Compare

End-User

Applications

Middleware

Database

Tools/Utilities

Operating Systems

Virtualisation

Server Hardware

Storage

Network

Cost-Benefi t Analysis

Competitive Analysis

ROI Calculation

TCO CalculationPrivate Hybrid Cloud

Cost Reduction

Improved Performance

Increased Agility

Enhanced Quality

Targets



70 page report designed to inform and advise with degrees of granularity appropriate to different readers

Reporting Readiness



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