Value of Systems Architecture for

Statistical OrganizationsMeeting on the Management of Statistical

Information Systems (MSIS 2012)

Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 21-23 May 2012

Agenda

• Some concepts of systems architectures

• Industrialization of statistics and software architecture

• Study cases

• Conclusions

SOME CONCEPTS OF SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURES

Systems Architectures

• Systems architecture allows to describe a complex system at a high level of abstraction.

• It’s a planning and coordination instrument in which we can document knowledge, experiences and best practices.

Aspects of Systems Architecture

Architecture Design is a Collaborative Work

Impact of an Architecture

• All systems have an architecture

• We can go from very narrow solutions to inter-organizational environments

INDUSTRIALIZATION OF STATISTICS AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES

HLG-BAS Vision Directions

• Continuous Improvement of Statistical outputs with new and better products and services to stay relevant:– Tuned to the way the world is operating today– Created from a global perspective

• Creation of new and better production processes and methods to improve efficiency and effectiveness:– Tuned to delivering our products at minimal cost– With greater flexibility and in cooperation between

institutions

Industrialization of Statistics

Industrialization of statistics aims to lower cost of delivering products to satisfy users’ needs by mean of the standardization of processes and products

Software Product Lines

• A software product line consists of a product-line architecture and a set of reusable components.

• Is based in reusable architectural designs and in component-based software.

• To get necessary variation of those components, we design them in such way that they can be configured, specialized or easily replaced by providing standardized interfaces.

• We can develop systems that are explicitly created to be reused in different statistical projects and which can be shared among organizations

Design Process of Software Product Lines

STUDY CASES

SIMBAD

BISE

BISE is under construction, but you can visit the Bank of Economical Information (BIE)

SDMX Infraestructure

SOA Planned Architecture for Mexican National Information

Network

CONCLUSIONS

Conclusions

• Software architectures are of critical importance to incorporate functionalities and quality characteristics into a system

• Product lines design could be a valid approach to create adaptable and reusable systems at a lower cost in the context of statistics industrialization

• Software architectures help to set the basis for cooperative development among organizations

• New initiatives and requirements, like open data or development for mobile devices requires of systems with robust architectures

¿Questions?

Juan.Munoz@inegi.org.mx