The IT4IT Reference Architecture, Version 2.1

The Open Group IT4IT Reference Architecture, Version 2.1, an Open Group Standard, provides a vendor-neutral, technology-agnostic, and industry-agnostic reference architecture for managing the business of IT.The Open Group IT4IT Reference Architecture standard comprises a reference architecture and a value chain-based operating model.The IT Value Chain has four value streams supported by a reference architecture to drive efficiency and agility. The four value streams are: - Strategy to Portfolio - Request to Fulfill- Requirement to Deploy- Detect to CorrectEach IT Value Stream is centered on a key aspect of the service model, the essential data objects (information model), and functional components (functional model) that support it. Together, the four value streams play a vital role in helping IT control the service model as it advances through its lifecycle. The IT4IT Reference Architecture:- Provides prescriptive guidance on the specification of and interaction with a consistent service model backbone (comm

on data model/context)- Supports real-world use-cases driven by the Digital Economy (e.g., Cloud-sourcing, Agile, DevOps, and service brokering)- Embraces and complements existing process frameworks and methodologies (e.g., ITIL, CoBIT, SAFe, and TOGAF) by taking a data-focused implementation model perspective, essentially specifying an information model across the entire value chainThe audience for this standard is:- IT Professionals who are responsible for delivering services in a way that isflexible, traceable, and cost-effective- IT Professionals / Practitioners who are focused on instrumenting the ITmanagement landscape- IT Leaders who are concerned about their operating model- Enterprise Architects who are responsible for IT business transformationTopics covered include:- An introduction to the standard and the purpose of the IT4IT work- Key terminology of the standard- An introduction for executives and others introducing the IT Value Chain and IT4IT Reference Architecture concepts- IT4IT Core, which d

efines the structure of the IT4IT standard as well as the process and document structure used by the IT4IT standard- The Strategy to Portfolio (S2P) Value Stream- The Requirement to Deploy (R2D) Value Stream- The Request to Fulfill (R2F) Value Stream- The Detect to Correct (D2C) Value Stream- Background information on the standard. [Publisher's text].

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