 Use Case 2. Digital organizations face challenges connecting tools and exchanging information due to a complex and fragmented landscape of processes. Vendors offer siloed solutions, but integration is often expensive and cumbersome, with product service vendors having their proprietary integration platforms. Tool vendors struggle to convince clients that new tools will integrate with their existing tool chain and have difficulty integrating inbound data for customer success. Rationalizing their portfolio can also be a challenge. The IT for IT standard provides a solution to the challenges faced by digital organizations in connecting tools and exchanging information. Vendors can use IT for IT to provide standardized interfaces and data models in their tool sets. In contrast, customers can use the standard to analyze their current and future state to direct investment in tool functionality and interfaces. Vendors and digital practitioners can also use the IT for IT standard to create a blueprint for the desired state of their tool chain, integration landscape and product lifecycle traceability. This allows for a more consolidated and automated tool chain, reducing costs and complexity in digital product delivery.