Introducing The OBASHI Methodology

OBASHI is a new way of thinking about ICT enabled business change. The OBASHI Methodology is published by the UK Government, TSO The OBASHI Accreditation is managed globally by APMG International OBASHI Software automates the OBASHI methodology

OBASHI Enhances business clarity & removes ambiguity from decision making

OBASHI Creates a visual map of how your business works

OBASHI Identifies how data flows between your people, process and technology

OBASHI Allows you to visualise & calculate the $ per second value of how data flows through your business.

Benefits...? Provides a standard way of thinking about ICT. Creates the “Big Picture” of how your business works. Helps join the dots of how data flows between your people, process and technology. Acts as a common language and delivery platform for AXELOS Global Best Management Practice. Makes ICT easier to understand and communicate across the business.

How OBASHI works: the core components Methodology A way of thinking Business & IT diagrams (B&IT) The Big Picture Dataflow Analysis View diagrams (DAV) Join the dots

OBASHI Methodology: A framework that puts people, process and technology in context Infrastructure - Routers, Switches, Hubs etc Hardware – PC, Servers etc. System – Windows 2000, Windows NT, etc Application – Excel, Sage or bespoke software Bus iness Process – Monthly Balance Owner – Accounts

B+IT diagram: communicate the business ‘Big Picture’ in a standard way.

Data Flow Analysis View: identify the value of information and connect business silos

OBASHI’s roots are in the Oil + Gas industry Engineered Approach $ per second flow Pipe + Instrumentation Diagrams

OBASHI was born from a common problem Communication gap identified No single document linked their data, information, business process and IT assets The Business and the IT department were unable to collaborate effectively See the big picture Increase understanding of the relationships between its data/information, assets and resources in a business context Understand the cost and value of the assets and people that supported its information and data flows RealityWish

...which is even more prevalent today Dataflow & information flow is the life blood of every modern business Most business activity is underpinned by and can be related to single or multiple data flows Over 90% of cash is electronic It makes sense to understand, model, document, engineer, analyse and re-engineer data flows... and follow a traditional engineering approach to mapping information

Common languages make sense ArchitectureP+IDCAD

OBASHI is a common language for data. MethodologySoftware

The OBASHI Methodology has been developed into a professional accreditation Foundation

APMG are the Accreditor of the AXELOS Best Practice management standards

The OBASHI methodology dovetails with management best practice.* Universal Language Common Delivery platform

OBASHI software automates the methodology Intelligent, Dynamic Modelling tool Drag and Drop Swim lane U.I. Overcomes the constraint of the ‘column to column join’ in traditional RDBMS* We invented six new ways to relate information to ensure the methodology could be automated easily and quickly.

Build your own B&ITs OBASHI software allows you to... Create your own Data-Flow Analysis Views

Append critical data into the elements on your B&ITs.

Run meaningful visual and statistical reports to facilitate decision making...

... across all aspects of business decision making. Business Design Business Optimisation Business Monitoring

Understanding your business DNA means more effective planning... Business Design Security Connect silos OutsourcingSaaS Data proliferation Strategic Planning Supporting change

... improving your chances of delivering efficiencies in a changing environment... Business Optimisation Legacy Management Connect silos Maximise IT value Reduce IT waste Transforming productivity Asset sweating Identifying redundancy Consolidation

.. and building the platform to make your business operations more effective. Business Monitoring Security Legacy Management Compliance Governance Green IT Risk Mgt Business Continuity

OBASHI can help you solve the problems which inhibit business performance. Business Design Business Optimisation Business Monitoring Security Legacy Management Connect silos OutsourcingSaaS Data proliferation Strategic Planning Supporting change Compliance Governance Green IT Maximise IT value Reduce IT waste Transforming productivity Asset sweating Identifying redundancy Risk Mgt Business Continuity Consolidation

In summary… OBASHI allows you to see the big picture of how your business works understand how data flows through your people, process and technology means you will be able to design, optimise and monitor your business better.