VPEC-T

A thinking framework for understanding systems behaviour

to ScIO by Nigel Green 5Di LTD

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Im going to talk about

What VPEC-T is How it came about How its been used:
In government - avoiding unneeded IT spend & stimulating organisational change In an international business - aligning business & IT values & strategy In UK company - as the seed for their integrated business/IT strategy In an International rm to examine their IT Operating Model

3 Canvases for VPEC-T Analysis others?

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Values Policies Events Content Trust

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The History of VPEC-T

PEC applied to post 9-11 Sea Container Security curity Full VPEC-T pattern published In Lost In Translation based on work within UK Criminal Justice nal

1993

2002

2007

2010

Policy-Event-Content nt-C tent (PEC) Pattern Developed to meet the Global versus Local challenge

V added to PEC and used nd as pattern for designing an RFID/Event-driven Platform-as-a-Service used by the US Military

VPEC-T applied to many aspects of organisational change

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VPEC-T came out of improving Business/IT communication

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Values
Goals
Stakeholder Value

Beliefs Motivators

I really care about

Id die-in-a-ditch for

Dene Behaviour
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Policies
Regulation Contracts Decision Criteria Governance Principles Standards Operating Procedures

Direct Behaviour
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External Happenings Points-of-Failure

Events
Planned Activity Triggers Unexpected Events Transition States & Milestones Status Histories

Checkpoints

Signals Alerts & Warnings

Trigger behaviour
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Content
Conversations Documents Transactions Data

Taxonomies Inputs

Semantics Outputs

Protocols

Informs Behaviour
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Condence Trustworthiness Risk Track-Record Credibility

Trust

Relationships Intimacy

Mistrust Politics Trust-builders & destroyers

Dominates Behaviour
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VPEC-T Frames Systems Behaviour

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The UK Criminal Justice System

became trigger for extending P-E-C pattern to VPEC-T

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A story of joined-up Criminal Justice

(Why Values & Trust Matter)

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The UK Criminal Justice Departments Exchange

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a misalignment of values

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and lack of trust..

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We learnt:
A Policy-Event-Content analysis pattern taken from Supply Chain Logistics could be applied to the information ows between government departments Business people found it easy describe Day-In-The-Life stories around Events, Policies & Content Important aspects of the Requirement set had been left undocumented: The Values and Trust aspects of the Information System should be explored early to avoid costly failures.
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The story of IS Strategy & Business Operating Model alignment in a Global Organisation
(how much should be dictated from the centre how much left local?)

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Lets standardise on one XYZ software package globally

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Understanding of the Business Operating Model

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Their Business Operating Model

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VPEC-Ting their Business Operating Model

Enterpri se Archite cture In My Co.

Values

Policies

Events

Content

Trust

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The result
Standard XYZ XYZ package
Align with the businesses core values Think Global, Act Local and enable acquisitions & divestments strategy Keep policy light IS Policy to mimic the Network Operating Agreement and focus on data exchange standards & metrics Share Globally agreed business Event information but recognise that the processes that produce and consume them often differ. Standardise around globally agreed Content but be selective.

Respect in-country partners freedom to operate. Build customer intimacy locally and adapt to local conditions.
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A recent case study

Integrating Web Oriented Architecture & Agile/Lean Development with Traditional IT to deliver strategic business value

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VPEC-T applied to Information Systems Conceptual Architecture

Conceptual Architecture

VPEC-T thinking helped dene their strategic IS architecture. Using Four Systems Types as a canvas
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Four System Types - a Canvas for VPEC-T

Chaotic Complex Ad Adaptive

Connector

Adapter

Organiser

Expert

Simple

Complicated

Please note: This model was inspired by the Cynen framework but is *not* the same model..
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A common language for exploring IT Systems characteristics & touch-points

Web Interactions Agile Sense & Respond

Connector
Social & Digital Channels

Adapter

Fast Response

Basic Lights-on

Specialised Algorithmic

O Organiser
Personal, Ofce & ERP

Expert
Process Optimisers

The IT systems they had in place and had planned

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A Blended Conceptual Architecture Focused on Events

Connector r Adapter

Organiser

Expert

By applying VPEC-T against the Four Systems model V,P,C and T emphasis differed but E was a common denominator
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Their journey to a Conceptual Architecture

Connector ctor r Adapter Adapter a

Traditional IT focus

Organiser

Expert

Traditionally, they had focused on internal Organiser systems theyd already started to move to Connecter and Expert the Aha Moment was the need to focus on Event-driven Adaptors this is now their strategy
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A Blended Conceptual Architecture

Digital Channels & Social Highly Adaptive & Emergent, Innovation Apps Protective membrane between the two worlds

Simplied, Event-based Messaging

Optimised Internal IT Portfolio

Rigorous, expert systems.

A conceptual model that strikes a balance between rapid innovation apps t l d and core back-ofce and engine systems
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The Chairman of this business believes that this balanced architecture provides the most viable route to strategic value.

VPEC-T was the design seed of a coherent and holistic architecture that the CIO believes wouldve been overlooked using Best Practice methods.
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A very recent case study

Using VPEC-T to help with Organisational Design

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VPEC-Ting an IT Operating Model

It helped tease-out the critical aspects of each capability in the ITOM and discuss the relationships between each. This work is ongoing
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Different Canvases for VPEC-T

Analysis Synthesis Design

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