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VPEC-T
A thinking framework for understanding systems behaviour
to ScIO by
Nigel Green
5Di LTD
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I’m going to talk about…
• What VPEC-T is
• How it came about
• How it’s been used:
• In government - avoiding unneeded IT spend & stimulating organisational change
• In an international business - aligning business & IT values & strategy
• In UK company - as the seed for their integrated business/IT strategy
• In an International firm – to examine their IT Operating Model
• 3 Canvases for VPEC-T Analysis… others?
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Values
Policies
Events
Content
Trust
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1993 2010"
Policy-Event-Content
(PEC) Pattern
Developed
to meet the
Global versus Local
challenge
1993
nt-C tent V added to PEC and used
as pattern for designing an
RFID/Event-driven
Platform-as-a-Service
used by the US Military
PEC nd
PEC applied to
post 9-11
Sea Container
Security curity
Full VPEC-T pattern
published
In ‘Lost In Translation’
based on work within
UK Criminal Justice nal Justice
VPEC-T
applied to many
aspects of
organisational change
VPEC-T
2007 2002
The History of VPEC-T
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VPEC-T came out of improving Business/IT communication
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Values
Define Behaviour
Goals Beliefs
“I really care about…”
Motivators
“I’d die-in-a-ditch for…”
Stakeholder Value
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Policies
Direct Behaviour
Regulation Governance
Contracts Standards
Operating Procedures Decision Criteria
Principles
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Events
Trigger behaviour
External Happenings Planned Activity
Triggers
Points-of-Failure Unexpected
Events
Transition States
& Milestones
Signals
Checkpoints
Status Histories Alerts & Warnings
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Content
Informs Behaviour
Conversations Transactions
Documents Data
Semantics Taxonomies
Protocols Inputs Outputs
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Trust
Dominates Behaviour
Confidence Relationships
Politics
Mistrust
Trust-builders & destroyers
Risk
Intimacy
Credibility
Trustworthiness
Track-Record
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VPEC-T Frames Systems Behaviour
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The UK Criminal Justice System
became trigger for extending P-E-C
pattern to VPEC-T …
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A story of joined-up Criminal Justice
(Why Values & Trust Matter)
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The UK Criminal Justice Department’s Exchange
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a misalignment of values
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and lack of trust..
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We learnt:
Business people found it easy describe Day-In-The-Life stories around Events, Policies & Content
Important aspects of the Requirement set had been left undocumented: The Values and Trust aspects of the Information System should be explored early to avoid costly failures.
A Policy-Event-Content analysis pattern taken from Supply Chain Logistics could be applied to the information flows between government departments
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The story of IS Strategy & Business Operating Model alignment in a
Global Organisation
(how much should be dictated from the centre – how much left local?)
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Let’s standardise on
one ‘XYZ’
software
package
globally
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Understanding of the Business Operating Model
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Their Business Operating Model
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Values Policies Events Content Trust Enterpri
se!Architecture!In My
Co.
VPEC-T’ing their Business Operating Model
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The result… Align with the businesses core values – Think Global, Act Local and
enable acquisitions & divestments strategy
Share Globally agreed business Event information but recognise that the
processes that produce and consume them often differ.
Standardise around globally agreed Content but be selective.
Respect in-country partner’s freedom to operate. Build customer intimacy locally
and adapt to local conditions.
Keep policy light – IS Policy to mimic the Network Operating Agreement and focus
on data exchange standards & metrics
Standard
‘XYZ’
package
Standard
‘XYZ
package
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A recent case study
Integrating Web Oriented Architecture &
Agile/Lean Development with Traditional IT
to deliver strategic business value
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Conceptual!Architecture
VPEC-T applied to Information Systems
Conceptual Architecture
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VPEC-T thinking helped define their strategic IS architecture.
Using ‘Four Systems Types’ as a canvas…
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Four System Types - a Canvas for VPEC-T
Connector Adapter
Organiser Expert
Chaotic Complex
Adaptive
Complicated Simple
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Please note: This model was inspired by the Cynefin framework but is *not* the same
model..
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Connector Adapter
Organiser Expert O
Basic
Lights-on
Specialised
Algorithmic
Agile
Sense &
Respond
Fast Response Social & Digital Channels
Personal, Office & ERP Process Optimisers
The IT systems they had in place and had planned…
Web
Interactions
A common language for exploring IT System’s characteristics & touch-points
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Connector Adapter
Organiser Expert
A Blended Conceptual Architecture
Focused on Events
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By applying VPEC-T against the Four Systems model V,P,C and T emphasis
differed but E was a common denominator
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Connector Adapter
Organiser Expert
Their journey to a Conceptual
Architecture
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Traditionally, they had focused on internal ‘Organiser’ systems – they’d already
started to move to ‘Connecter’ and ‘Expert’ – the ‘Aha Moment’ was the need to focus on Event-driven ‘Adaptors’ – this is now their strategy…
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IT focus
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A Blended Conceptual Architecture
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A conceptual model that strikes a balance between rapid innovation apps
and core back-office and ‘engine’ systems
Simplified, Event-based
Messaging
Protective ‘membrane’
between the two worlds
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Optimised Internal
IT Portfolio
Rigorous, ‘expert’ systems.
Digital Channels &
Social
Highly Adaptive & Emergent,
Innovation Apps
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The Chairman of this business"believes that this balanced architecture
provides the most viable route to strategic value."
VPEC-T was the design ‘seed’ of a coherent and holistic architecture that the CIO believes
would’ve been overlooked using ‘Best Practice’ methods.
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A very recent case
study Using VPEC-T to help with Organisational
Design
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It helped tease-out the critical aspects of each capability in the ITOM and
discuss the relationships between each. This work is ongoing…
VPEC-T’ing an IT
Operating Model
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• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Design
Different Canvases for VPEC-T
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