Use Best Practice Patterns to Understand and Architect Manageable, Efficient Information Supply Chains That Help You Leverage All Your Data and Knowledge   In the era of “Big Data,” information pervades every aspect of the organization. Therefore, architecting and managing it is a multi-disciplinary task. Now, two pioneering IBM® architects present proven architecture patterns that fully reflect this reality. Using their pattern language, you can accurately characterize the information issues associated with your own systems, and design solutions that succeed over both the short- and long-term.   Building on the analogy of a supply chain, Mandy Chessell and Harald C. Smith explain how information can be transformed, enriched, reconciled, redistributed, and utilized in even the most complex environments. Through a realistic, end-to-end case study, they help you blend overlapping information management, SOA, and BPM technologies that are often viewed as competitive.   Using this book’s patterns, you can integrate all levels of your architecture–from holistic, enterprise, system-level views down to low-level design elements. You can fully address key non-functional requirements such as the amount, quality, and pace of incoming data. Above all, you can create an IT landscape that is coherent, interconnected, efficient, effective, and manageable.   Coverage Includes Understanding how a pattern language can help you address key information management challenges Defining information strategy and governance for organizations and users Creating orderly information flows you can reuse and synchronize as needed Managing information structure, meaning, and lifecycles Providing for efficient information access and storage when deploying new IT capabilities Moving information efficiently and reliably to support your processes Determining how information should be processed and maintained Improving quality and accessibility, and supporting higher-value analytics Protecting information via validation, transformation, enrichment, correction, security, and monitoring Planning new information management projects in the context of your existing IT resources

Table of Contents:
About the Authors    xxix Chapter 1  Introduction    1 Islands of Information    1 Introducing MCHS Trading    2 Improving an Organization’s Information Management    4 Patterns and Pattern Languages    7 Basic Components in the Pattern Language    11 Information Integration and Distribution    12 Pattern Language Structure    15 Summary    22 Chapter 2  The MCHS Trading Case Study    25 Introduction    25 Building an Information Strategy    26 Creating Management Reports    28 Creating a Single View of Product Details    30 Creating a Single View of Customer Details    37 Understanding the Status of Orders    44 Delivering Information Quality Improvements    47 Connecting MCHS Trading into a B2B Trading Partnership    51 Exploiting Predictive Analytics    55 Summary of Case Study    67 Chapter 3  People and Organizations    69 Information Centric Organization Patterns    70 Information Centric Organization    73 Information Management Obligation    78 Information Management Strategy    81 Information Management Principle    83 Information Governance Program    88 Information User Patterns    91 Information User    92 Variations of the Information User Pattern    95 Summary    97 Chapter 4  Information Architecture    99 Information Element Patterns    100 Information Element    101 Entity-Level Information Elements    106 Information Asset    107 Information Activity    110 Information Event    113 Information Processing Variables    114 Information Summary    117 Message-Level Information Elements    119 Information Payload    119 Attribute-Level Information Elements    122 Information Link    123 Information Metric    124 Information Code    126 Summary of Information Elements    129 Information Identification Patterns    129 Information Identification    130 Defining Which Information to Manage and How    133 Subject Area Definition    134 Valid Values Definition    136 Information Configuration    139 Defining How Information Is Structured    141 Information Model    141 Information Schema    143 Locating the Right Information to Use    145 Information Location    146 Semantic Tagging    148 Semantic Mapping    150 Different Reports About Information    153 Information Values Report    154 Information Values Profile    156 Information Lineage    159 Summary of Information Identification    161 Information Provisioning Patterns    161 Information Provisioning    163 Localized Provisioning    166 User Private Provisioning    167 Application Private Provisioning    169 Process-Level Provisioning    171 Daisy Chain Provisioning    172 Service-Level Provisioning    177 User Shared Provisioning    178 Service Oriented Provisioning    179 Linked Information Provisioning    182 Cache Provisioning    184 Collection-Level Provisioning    185 Snap Shot Provisioning    186 Mirroring Provisioning    189 Peer Provisioning    193 Event-Based Provisioning    196 Recovery Provisioning    197 Summary of Information Provisioning    199 Information Supply Chain Patterns    199 Information Supply Chain    200 Variations of the Information Supply Chain Pattern    209 Cascading Information Supply Chain    211 Hub Interchange Information Supply Chain    215 Single View Information Supply Chain    219 Consolidating Information Supply Chain    223 Hierarchical Information Supply Chain    225 Peer Exchange Information Supply Chain    230 Summary of Information Supply Chains    232 Summary    232 Chapter 5  Information at Rest    235 Information Service Patterns    236 Information Service    238 Information Service Implementation Patterns    243 Local Information Service    243 Remote Information Service    246 Triggering Information Service    250 Summary of Information Services    253 Information Collection Patterns    253 Information Collection    254 Location of Information    259 Physical Information Collection    260 Virtual Information Collection    263 Usage of an Information Collection    266 Master Usage    267 Reference Usage    271 Hybrid Usage    274 Sandbox Usage    277 Scope of an Information Collection    279 Complete Scope    280 Local Scope    282 Transient Scope    284 Coverage of an Information Collection    285 Complete Coverage    285 Core Coverage    286 Extended Coverage    286 Local Coverage    287 Summary of Information Collections    287 Information Entry Patterns    288 Information Entry    289 Identifying Information Using the Information Key    292 Information Key    295 Local Key    297 Recycled Key    300 Natural Key    302 Mirror Key    305 Aggregate Key    307 Caller’s Key    310 Stable Key    312 Structures for an Information Entry    316 Locking for an Information Entry    317 Specialized Operations for an Information Entry    317 Summary of Information Entries    318 Information Node Patterns    319 Information Node    320 Business Information Nodes    324 Application Node    326 Information Content Node    330 Search Node    332 Information Store    334 Information Mart    337 Information Cube    340 Integration Nodes    343 Information Broker    343 Queue Manager    349 Staging Area    353 Look-Up Table Node    356 Event Correlation Node    358 Operational Data Stores and Hubs    360 Information Mirror Store    361 Information Event Store    364 Operational Status Store    366 Information Asset Hub    368 Information Activity Hub    372 Big Data Information Processing Nodes    376 Information Warehouse    377 Streaming Analytics Node    380 Map-Reduce Node    382 Analysis Information Nodes    385 Information Analysis Node    386 Information Mining Store    389 Summary of Information Nodes    393 Summary    394 Chapter 6  Information in Motion    395 Information Request Patterns    396 Information Request    396 Variations of the Information Request Pattern    398 Summary of Information Requests    401 Information Flow Patterns    401 Information Flow    403 Routing Information Flows    406 Staged Routing    407 Partitioned Routing    410 Buffered Routing    413 Filtered Routing    416 Summarized Routing    418 Consolidating Information Flows    420 Synchronized Consolidation    421 Filtered Consolidation    424 Ordered Consolidation    427 Independent Consolidation    429 Distributing Information Flows    432 Synchronized Distribution    433 Partitioned Distribution    436 Ordered Distribution    439 Independent Distribution    441 Broadcast Distribution    444 Summary of Information Flow Patterns    446 Summary    447 Chapter 7  Information Processing    449 Information Trigger Patterns    450 Information Trigger    450 Variations of the Information Trigger Pattern    453 Manual Information Trigger    453 Scheduled Information Trigger    455 Information Service Trigger    458 Information Change Trigger    460 External Sensor Trigger    462 Summary of Information Triggers    465 Information Process Patterns    465 Information Process    466 Business Processes    469 Bespoke Application Process    471 Packaged Application Process    472 Agile Business Process    474 State Driven Process    476 Collaborative Editing Process    479 Information Reporting Process    481 Quality Information Processes    483 Information Profile Tracking Process    484 Clerical Review Process    487 Information Remediation Process    489 Information Validation Process    491 Information Matching Process    493 Information Ever-Greening Process    496 Information Archiving Process    497 Provisioning Information Processes    499 Information Replication Process    500 Information Deployment Process    502 Information Relocation Process    505 Information Federation Process    507 Information Queuing Process    509 Information Broadcasting Process    511 Information Summarizing Process    513 Information Scavenging Process    515 Analytics Processes    517 Information Pattern Discovery Process    518 Information Decision Definition Process    521 Information Pattern Detecting Process    523 Search Processes    525 IT Service Management Processes    526 Operational Health Monitoring Process    527 Information Node Management Process    528 Scheduling Process    530 Summary of Information Processes    531 Summary    532 Chapter 8  Information Protection    533 Information Reengineering Step Patterns    534 Information Reengineering Step    534 Specialist Information Reengineering Steps    538 Restructure Data    539 Standardize Data    542 Enrich Data    545 Classify Data    546 Check Data    548 Correct Data    550 Link Entries    553 Merge Entries    556 Separate Entries    558 Derive Value    560 Derive Relationship    562 Smooth Data    563 Sample Data    565 Information Guard Patterns    566 Information Guard    567 Variations of the Information Guard Pattern    570 Information Probe Patterns    572 Information Probe    572 Variations of the Information Probe Pattern    575 Summary    576 Chapter 9  Solutions for Information Management    577 Information Solution Patterns    578 Information Solution    578 Patterns for Changing Information Nodes    582 New Information Node    583 Information Node Upgrade    587 Patterns for Integrating Information Nodes    590 Distributed Activity Status    590 Semantic Integration    593 Partner Collaboration    597 Patterns for Master Data Management    599 Shared Master    601 Centralized Master    604 Information Registry    607 Golden Reference    610 Synchronized Masters    613 Patterns for Big Data and Warehouses    618 Historical System of Record    619 Workload Offload    624 Patterns for Business Intelligence and Analytics    626 Performance Reporting    626 Operational Analytics    628 Next Best Action    630 Patterns for Information Protection    633 Managed Archive    634 Information Access Audit    636 Information Monitoring    638 Summary of Information Solutions    642 Final Thoughts    642 Appendix 1  Glossary    643 Appendix 2  Summary of MCHS Trading’s Systems    649 Appendix 3  Related Pattern Languages    651 Appendix 4  Bibliography    653 Information Centric Organization    653 Enterprise Architecture    653 Enterprise Application Architecture    654 Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services    655 Information Architecture    655 Data Models    655 Metadata Management    656 Information Warehouse    657 Information Integration    657 Information Quality    658 Master Data Management    659 Big Data    659 Analytics and Reporting    660 Information Security and Privacy    660 Information Life-Cycle Management    661 Patterns Index    663 Index    669