Standards-Based Executable UML: Today’s Reality and Tomorrow’s Promise

Abstract: This presentation will address the use of the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) to lower the barrier to MBSE adoption by creating a templated Acquisition Reference Model (ARM), used to structure RFP content for consumption and evaluation throughout the lifecycle of the a program. The ARM exemplar and guidance will be delivered with the UAF specification as a non-normative example. This presentation is an update to the current status.

This presentation will demonstrate how the UAF combined with SysML can realize the DoD vision of MOSA architectures enabling cost savings and more resilient and adaptable systems.

The presentation by the UAF co-chairs will explore the current version of UAF with the specific focus on answering the questions below:
- Is UAF a replacement for DoDAF, NAF?
- What is the transition path from UPDM to UAF?
- What's new in UAF 1.1
- What is the work in progress on UAF v1.2 and future development plans for the standard.

The Department of Defense has approached Data Products in the same manner for 3+ decades - slow, manual, one-off efforts. Meanwhile the commercial sector has raced ahead developing a wide range of innovative approaches that are fast, highly automated and repeatable. The central challenge in adopting the commercial sector's art-of-the-possible is to be able to master strong data disciplines while modernizing the way we think about Data Products

The Systems Modeling Language (SysML) and DoDAF implemented in the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) provides powerful capabilities. In addition to the standard DoDAFviewpoints of Capability, Operational, Services, Systems, Projects, Standards, and Data/Information, the UAF has added Personnel , Security, Requirements, Parametrics, and extensions to the Services viewpoints. The UAF combined with SysML in an MBSE ecosystem enables engineers to specify, design, analyze, verify and implement MOSA architectures.

The presentation describes an analysis based on the use of UAF to look at business issues affecting a full deployment of electric roads in Sweden. Electrified Roads are considered as a prime candidate to ensure that the carbon dioxide emissions in Sweden are reduced since heavy truck transport account for a significant portion. In a fully deployed environment the business handling requires significant analysis. There are also real-time technical issues that need to be dealt with as electric roads covering significant distances needs to be dealt with. The presentation presents result covering both business as well as technical issues

Presentation from "Workflow Optimization: The Next Frontier in Healthcare," a BPM+ Health virtual event with sessions and demos from the HIMSS20 conference.

To download slides: https://www.bpm-plus.org/virtual-march-2020/index.htm

Presentation from "Workflow Optimization: The Next Frontier in Healthcare," a BPM+ Health virtual event with sessions and demos from the HIMSS20 conference.

To download slides: https://www.bpm-plus.org/virtual-march-2020/index.htm

Presentation from "Workflow Optimization: The Next Frontier in Healthcare," a BPM+ Health virtual event with sessions and demos from the HIMSS20 conference.

To download slides: https://www.bpm-plus.org/virtual-march-2020/index.htm

Presentation from "Workflow Optimization: The Next Frontier in Healthcare," a BPM+ Health virtual event with sessions and demos from the HIMSS20 conference.

To download slides: https://www.bpm-plus.org/virtual-march-2020/index.htm

Presentation from "Workflow Optimization: The Next Frontier in Healthcare," a BPM+ Health virtual event with sessions and demos from the HIMSS20 conference.

To download slides: https://www.bpm-plus.org/virtual-march-2020/index.htm

Presentation from "Workflow Optimization: The Next Frontier in Healthcare," a BPM+ Health virtual event with sessions and demos from the HIMSS20 conference.

To download slides: https://www.bpm-plus.org/virtual-march-2020/index.htm

Presentation from "Workflow Optimization: The Next Frontier in Healthcare," a BPM+ Health virtual event with sessions and demos from the HIMSS20 conference.

To download slides: https://www.bpm-plus.org/virtual-march-2020/index.htm

Presentation from "Workflow Optimization: The Next Frontier in Healthcare," a BPM+ Health virtual event with sessions and demos from the HIMSS20 conference.

To download slides: https://www.bpm-plus.org/virtual-march-2020/index.htm

The Object Management Group is exploring potential issues and opportunities for standardization across the world of distributed ledger or Blockchain ecosystems. Many of our members have expressed concerns about the challenges in managing complex information flows that interact with different Blockchain-based technologies, for example in supply chain management. The OMG believes that some of these issues may be mitigated by the development of one or more standards in this area, and has put out a ‘Request for Information’ (RFI) to gather more information on the challenges people are facing, concerns and potential solutions to interoperability questions – see https://www.omg.org/news/releases/pr2019/10-28-19.htm

The date for comments to be received on this is 1 February 2020.

At this webinar we will present the insights we have gained so far and will describe what we believe are the dimensions of the interoperability problem. We believe the range of interoperability issues and potential solutions is quite broad, ranging from common semantics to technical infrastructure solutions, and we anticipate issuing at least one and possibly more ‘Requests for Proposals’ (RFPs) later in the year to capture best practice for solutions in this area. If you own part of the problem or any solutions in this area please come to this webinar and be prepared to share your insights and requirements.

Cloud Service Agreements (CSAs) are the series of documents that govern the relationship and obligations between a cloud customer and a cloud service provider. They contain many clauses whose impact customers may not fully understand, and they are mostly written by the providers to limit their legal and financial exposure. Knowing what to look for, what to expect, and what can be negotiated to improve the terms and conditions when the customer can leverage the competition, is very important to avoid surprises. The Object Management’s Group’s Cloud Working Group (previously known as the Cloud Standards Customer Council) recently published version 3 of “Cloud Service Agreements: What to Expect and What to Negotiate.” Our webinar will present an overview of our recommendation, with special emphasis on the changes in both technologies and business practices that motivated this update.

In September 2019 OMG launched the BPM+ Health community – a community-of-practice focused on the development, use, and adoption of sharable clinical pathways and workflow across health care, based upon open, standards-based languages. Within the community are four “pillar” stakeholder groups, each addressing a different element of this landscape:

Pathway Authoring, exploring how to create and document pathways and workflows using the community “Field Guide”
Institutional Adoption, focused on ingesting pathways and putting them into practice.
Implementation, exploring how to create software that consumes and/or produces pathways.
Methodology, centered on the underpinning languages, formalisms, and practice patterns.

Led by a team of experts from their respective disciplines, this webinar will recap the Community Launch event, and reveal for the first time the outcomes of the inaugural worksessions of each of these groups. It will recap the goals of the community and discuss how to get involved, and will present a high-level calendar of events for the coming year.
Attendance is recommended for people with a general interest in healthcare business process management, for organizations deciding how and where they would like to get involved, or for prior participants to get a “pulse” on how the community is organizing.

Topics will include:

Community Overview and Current Status
Workgroup Outbrief (Key discussion topics, priorities, and project plans)
Summary of upcoming Events
Announcement of Community Calendar

Attendance: Open to all interested parties.

Driven by new customer expectations, advanced technology and real time connected devices, the retail industry is rapidly transforming.

Managing and moving data is critical, and an ontology is the way to clearly define the concepts, relationships and properties of all data as it moves between new and old systems. Retail ontology standards will ensure interoperability, reduce time to value, and provide the foundation to continued transformations.

What’s more, in practice this enables the enterprise, from a store manager or corporate merchandiser to an IT developer or engineer, to create terminology and share a common understanding with the certainty of words, terminology, and concepts.

Technology standards help lower costs, ensure interoperability, and enable superior time-to-value and speed-to-market.

The Object Management Group® (OMG®) and the National Retail Federation (NRF) entered into a long-term agreement to manage and develop the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS).

Two early movers and shakers — Horace Clemmons and Richard Mader — are here with us today to share the history of development and the enduring value to the Industry. They are joined by Andy Mattice, co-Chair of the Retail Domain Task Force at OMG , who will talk about the current status of development and some of the initiatives the future may hold.

The role of governance is a crucial, yet often misunderstood, activity for information systems and lines of business. Enterprises that are able to efficiently transform to meet new markets and technologies typically show a high level of governance maturity. Cloud computing requires an enterprise to evolve their existing governance to meet the need to align policies and practices between the business, internal IT, and external cloud service providers.

This webinar will present the Object Management Group’s Practical Guide to Cloud Governance, written by an international team of experts and issued in June 2019. We will explain the scope and motivations for cloud governance and the seven steps that must be executed (and repeated over time) to ensure success.