Overall Implementation Guide Overview

From MIKE2 Methodology

The Overall Implementation Guide provides the organizing framework for bringing together all the content contained within MIKE2.0. The following aspects are considered to make up the Overall Implementation Guide:

• Overview and Key Concepts initiates users to a new set of enterprise models and the concept of Information Development that is used throughout the MIKE2.0 Methodology. This helps users understand the benefits of better information management.

• The section on Rationale provides some of the journey in developing the MIKE2.0 approach, helping to describe why the solution was created and a bit of the history on how it took its current form.

• The Overall Task List provides the overall set of Phases, Activities and Tasks for MIKE2.0; the Usage Model provides some guidance on how these tasks are applied to different types of projects.

To better appreciate the activities and tasks of the Overall Implementation Guide, the architecture framework and delivery model should also be understood at a high level:

• SAFE (Strategic Architecture for the Federated Enterprise) is the architecture framework that supports all aspects of the methodology. Users should understand this architecture at a conceptual level to understand the rationale behind many of the architecture and design-centric tasks.

• The Information Governance Solution Offering helps users understand the skills that will be required on the team, how tasks are to be structured and some of the guiding principles around the MIKE2.0 delivery approach.

As the development of the methodology is a continuous process, MIKE2.0 has been constructed in a fashion so that functionality can be added underneath the Overall Implementation Guide and governing Architecture.

Users of the MIKE2.0 Methodology should always start with this Overall Implementation Guide and the MIKE2.0 Usage Model before using any of the more detailed assets when undertaking a project.