Overview and Key Concepts

From MIKE2 Methodology

Overview and Key Concepts introduces the governing model for the MIKE2.0 Methodology. It introduces the scope of the approach and why it is necessary to meet the changing technology environments in many of today's organisations. MIKE2.0 encompasses a comprehensive approach to Enterprise Information Management, which is defined and applied in the following manner:

• To meet the needs of today's rapidly changing business and technology needs, many organisations may need to move to a new model. The scope of the model is defined through a Conceptual Architecture and “Enterprise Views”. The Conceptual Architecture is focused on defining scope along solution capabilities; Enterprise Views apply to People, Process, Organisation, Technology and Strategy across the domains of Applications, Infrastructure and Information. At any point in methodology we can trace back to the Conceptual Architecture or Enterprise Views.

• There are many reasons for moving to this new model. Rationale provides some of the history and thought-process undergone by BearingPoint in this proposed model of Enterprise Views. It also helps explain some of the motivations behind MIKE2.0.

• The MIKE2.0 Methodology is stored in various forms in distributed documents, tools and web content. In order to make this content flow together for the end-user, MIKE2.0 provides a model that organises the content and its relationships through the overall set of tasks and components in the architecture. The Content Model for MIKE2.0 describes the different types of content and their relationships.

• All MIKE2.0 content is housed within a collaboration framework. This framework is a key enabler for moving the methodology to a more effective model for sharing, building and improving content.

In summary, Overview and Key Concepts helps define the scope of the MIKE2.0 in terms of an approach to Enterprise Information Management, the Content Model of the overall methodology and the Rationale behind the architectural approach. It provides an important lead-in to the Training section and in providing some introductory concepts before users start with the Overall Implementation Guide.