Enterprise Design Engineering
Science beats intuition and experience and Engineering beats craftsmanship
In a business we have three groups of professionals: engineers, MBA-educated, and Computer Science-educated. The only group that uses science in their projects are engineers. Both IT enterprise software professionals and business management use intuition and experience to run projects. Their projects are information-centric. And there is no true complete and comprehensive information and system theory to help them.
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The main goal for the enterprise design engineering is to change that. It introduces a new information and system theory that is the subject of a new field called Physics of Information. To help with the application of the enterprise design in practice, its knowledge domain introduces three frameworks and a methodology. They target the business processes, the digitization of the business, and the talent development together with career planning. The methodology is the traditional waterfall extended to projects that are information-centic.
Business Genome Map
You always wanted to have a clear map of a business with all its processes and how they interact, regardless of the size, or industry. Business Genome Map is a complete and comprehensive record of all business processes and their interaction. Other than a map of all processes, the Business Genome Map has two elements associated. One of them is the network of communication channels, also called the enterprise information highways. The second element is a set of components called information stores. They manage the lifecycle of main business entities that exist in an enterprise.
Dynamically Stable Enterprise
Digitization of the enterprise is on every business strategy agenda. It is also one of the most complex and costly task. Its main goal is to acquire, design, and implement a complete and comprehensive set of enterprise applications that will support business operations. The Dynamically Stable Enterprise provides both a concept and a reference architecture to help complete this task.
Visual Skill Map
Despite all the progress in technology, employees are still in the driving seat when comes to the value creation. Within this context, there is one element that drives a lot of frustration in a business, both on the employee and on the management side. This happens when there is a mismatch of skills between an employee and the tasks associated with his role. The enterprise design introduces a science-driven tool called the Visual Skill Map that will help understanding where this mismatch originates and how to fix it. It gives the management a tool to evaluate the skills required for a role, and it gives the same tool to the employee to help bridge the gap.
Viable Enterprise Operating Platform
The enterprise design engineering field brings together science, tools, and a method to help run all information-centric projects in a business. The overall method is called the Viable Enterprise Operating Platform and it includes Physics of Information, frameworks like Business Genome Map, Dynamically Stable Enterprise, and Visual Skill Map. This method is an extension of the traditional waterfall engineering method to information-centric projects.