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Problem

Technical Debt (Tech Debt)

An identified issue that causes inefficiency or risk. This is a strategic issue that arises when project deliveries leave unintended artefacts, byproducts, or overheads that require resources to manage or support.

Improved by these Interventions

Expose core business assets and relationships data via API

Make changes to APIs and implement new platform technology as required, in order to make all core business assets and their interconnected metadata available via API, conforming to an organization-wide data model.

Replace legacy information systems with a KGaaS

Replace legacy information management systems with a Knowledge Graph as a Service (KGaaS) platform, so that you can launch quickly and early, and pivot with ease around an evolvable core business information model.

Technologies used

Automated Content Tagging using Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Graph databases

KGaaS - Knowledge Graph as a Service

Knowledge Graphs

Knowledge Graph Creation Tools

Introduce Information Governance

Introduce tools, processes and guidelines to support the curation of high value information assets. This is a fundamental requirement to enable automation and low cost of incremental innovation.

Technologies used

Library Science

Use SaaS to lower the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Using SaaS (Software as a Service) products saves you from spending resources re-inventing the wheel, it reduces the cost of management, reduces time-to-market, and enables your team to focus on your core differentiators. If it is available to buy or rent, then don't spend your competitive advantage on rebuilding it.

Technologies used

Large Language Model (LLM) AI

KGaaS - Knowledge Graph as a Service

Enterprise Technical Architecture

Follow a Domain Driven Design (DDD) process

Domain-Driven Design (DDD) is a method for developing a organization's understanding of its business ecosystem, principally the important "things" and how they relate to one-another. The process often takes the form of facilitated workshops with domain experts in order to develop a shared set of conceptual models.

Technologies used

Domain Modelling

Information Architecture (IA)

Domain-Driven Design (DDD)

Prevented by these Capabilities

All core business assets and metadata are available via API

All staff, teams, and machines are able to access assets and data via API, conforming to a common model. All teams are working to this common domain model.

Inhibits these Capabilities

Maintain a low cost of incremental innovation

To be competitive, and to have the ability to pivot rapidly, it is essential to keep the cost of innovation low.

Rapid speed-to-market

The ability to bring new products and features to market rapidly. This capability requires the core business assets to be well structured and defined, so that the business can turn these assets to new purposes without significant expense or time lag. AKA faster time-to-market.

Leads to these Problems

Not getting the most from your talented teams

Staff become frustrated with arduous and inefficient legacy technology

SME resources wasted on low-value manual tasks

Slow to launch new products

Slow to launch new User Experiences

Slow to capture new revenue opportunities

New products take too long to deliver

New products and services are created with incompatible data structures

Caused by these Problems

Information management issues are kicked down the road

Information management systems have evolved organically

Important Business Data is isolated in Data Silos

Prioritizing a rapid launch before solid information architecture

Lack of a shared data model across business services

Agile deliveries create new tech legacy

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