 I'm Steve Nunn, President and CEO of the Open Group, welcome to Toolkit Tuesday, where we highlight the various components and leading experts of the Architects Toolkit, a collated portfolio of the most pertinent technology standards for enterprise architects. During the series, I'll be calling on a number of recognised experts who will bring their particular insights on how to most effectively use the various tools in the Architects Toolkit. We'll have a mix of interviews, panel sessions and pre-recorded presentations along the way. While all standards of the Open Group are designed so they can be adopted independently of one another, the greatest value for an organisation can be derived when they're used in unison. The sum of the parts should be greater than the whole. In the Architects Toolkit, we have collated a portfolio of the most pertinent ones for architects together, all in one place. For most of these tools, certification from the Open Group is also available, so practitioners can demonstrate that they have the skills required, and recruiters can take the guesswork out of the recruitment process, all backed up by our Open Badges programme. Whether you have an agile approach to solution delivery these days, or a blend of styles to suit differing needs and domains, the need for all of the disparate change initiatives to reconcile into a single cohesive landscape that supports the end-to-end needs of our organisations and their customers remains constant. One way to govern across the various developments has historically been the use of design authorities. Today, regardless of the style of delivery, any portfolio of significance will command and deserve a properly functioning design authority, or more accurately, a series of interdependent design authorities. Whilst having a design authority won't mitigate all the risks of every change initiative in your portfolio, I can attest that of all the major troubled deliveries I've ever seen over the years, a lack of design authority has been a constant missing component, and 100% has contributed to the scale of the issue, regardless of delivery approach or method. Bottom line, good guidance is always good guidance, whether, whatever way you choose to develop or deliver your solutions, but good governance is essential to exploit that good guidance and needs to be planned in with the DAs in to suit. A fire and hope approach is simply naive. Welcome everybody to this episode of Toolkit Tuesday. It's great to have you with us. Thank you for joining us wherever you are in the world. And a big thank you to Paul Holman there, with wise words as ever. Absolutely, design authority is required whatever your working style or practice. So thank you for sharing that with us, Paul. And for all the others you've done so far on this season and our previous season at Toolkit Tuesday. To our attendees, again, thank you for joining us. Really glad to have you with us. Our main topic today will be the portfolio of digital open standards, which you may have heard about a little before. But what we're going to show you today will be demonstrating the great progress that we've made on this since we first spoke to you about it. So in just a few minutes, I'll start introducing Sonja Gonzalez, who will be our speaker today. But just a little bit of housekeeping beforehand. If you have questions for Sonja today, then please put them in the Q&A the QA channel in the WebEx tool. If you can't see that on your screen right now, then please go to the three dots in the bottom right hand corner of your screen. And that will give you the chance to click on the QA channel. And if you would like to communicate with the other attendees and participants on the broadcast today, then do so please in the chat channel. As regulars will know, we love to hear where people are joining us from. It's usually quite a diverse set of geographies. And we love hearing where you're all joining us from. So please do that. Some of you are doing that in the chat channel. I can see that as I go on. So that's about it for the housekeeping. So without further ado, let's move to our topic today, the portfolio of digital open standards. So we've spoken about this at a number of open group events and we've had a previous episode of Toolkit Tuesday dedicated to this. But we've really worked hard on making progress and making this real. So it's not just a thought in our minds or in our members' minds, but something real. And today we will get a demonstration of real navigation through the portfolio of digital open standards. And to do that today is Sonia Gonzalez-Paredes, who is the digital portfolio manager here at the Open Group. Prior to this, Sonia was the Togaf product manager and she has more than 30 years experience as a business and enterprise architecture consultant in different fields and industry verticals. Sonia's professional experience as a project manager includes leading highly effective teams, applying different frameworks, best practices and tools. And today, obviously, Sonia will be focused on the Open Group portfolio of digital open standards and demonstrating the value that bringing these things together can bring. So a warm welcome from Toolkit Tuesday, please, for Sonia Gonzalez. Over to you, Sonia. Thank you very much, Steve, for that warm welcome and just getting to it, I will start sharing my screen now. Okay, so you're actually seeing here the real thing, which is the portfolio of digital open standards. Let me try to put this in extended modes so you can see better. Oh, okay, enter for the screen, so here it is. So again, welcome everyone to this session today. Going to lead you to the portfolio of digital open standards and the first question you may be asking yourself, what it is the portfolio of digital open standards and what you should care about is, what's the value of your proposition? And those are exactly the same question that we have been asking ourselves when we put this product together, this digital platform. And the responses like has, we have said before in many other occasions, the open group standards, the portfolio of standard that we offer has open group are meant to be used to transform organization into a digital space and they are very powerful on their own. However, they are become even more powerful when they are used together. So what we are offering with this portfolio is a way to consume them together in one single digital platform, which is the one that I'm showing right now and for doing that, we have put all these standards in one single place to make them more discoverable and easier to be consumed. So that's what are part of the value proposition. The other one, of course, is for this content to be relevant. Therefore, all this content that you will, that I'm going to present in here, it's already in our library, so all this is approved content and I'm going to start the practical demo now. Important also to mention that this portfolio is already in our website, so you can get into there and I'm going to show at the end of the presentation how you can actually navigate and give us your feedback. So first, why is this important and what we should care about this? You will see here in the left part of the menu that I'm showing right now, you will see the whole list of portfolio digital open standards that we are showing. So we are here, the glossaries on the wall, which is something that we have put together to pursue more consistency because also part of the value proposition is consistency. We are here over the years that it is good to have different definitions because every practice will have their own point of view, but it's also important for that to be consistent. So this glossaries on walls is one piece of content that we'll put together that is aimed to do that and I'm going to also show that in the demo. We also have other content in here, we have the digital practitioner body of knowledge, I'm going to refer that as a DP book in the rest of the demo. We have the IKFRIT version three, which we recently also released and launched in October. We have the OpenIr architecture, and we see all the content in here. We have the principle of OpenDigitalStandard, which is one of the fundamental documents and of course we have the TOGAF standard 10 edition included into this portfolio. So the value proposition is all the standard using one single place, of course all of them are very valuable, you have them in the library, but it's easier for them to be consumed in one single place that instead of going into the library and downloading all the different PDFs. So for example, and I'm going to start showing how you can navigate through this platform. In the left menu of this, you will see the list of the standards. So here you will see the digital practitioner body of knowledge, the DP book, and you can start clicking in here and actually you're seeing the actual content of the standard. And you can navigate through the different part of that. Just in the left menu, you can either go to the IT for IT version 3 standard, you can go over the TOGAF 10 standard edition or the OAA or any of the other content. Important also to mention that what we released in January and October is what we have called the medieval Bible product, meaning that this list of standard is meant to be growing. So the more standards we'll be adding into this platform, the more value will be offered to our community and our members. In order to do that, we need members contribution of course, and we are pursuing a lot of cross cutting collaboration between forum. And that's another part of the value proposition, consistency and synergy among the standards. So I mentioned also that all of them are visual and easy to be found. So we already see like all of them are here together. So no need to go into the library or any other place to see the different standards. But the other part of the value proposition I'm going to go back to the main landing page, which is this one, is the possibility of having visualization for this, which is something that I'm sure you're going to find pretty useful. So in here, the ones that you are familiar with the DP book, you will notice that this is the scale model in which we have from the founder all the way to the team, team of teams or the enduring enterprise. So if for example, I'm using the platform, I'm interested to know what it is about the enterprise level just clicking here and I'm making a zoom in another mapping. And this is just not graphics. For example, I went to know what about architecture at the end of enterprise. I click in here and I'm actually seeing the real content of the standard in here. So, and you may notice that in the upper part of the navigation, I'm actually seeing the exact components. So in here, the other part of the value proposition is like, we are the boundaries between standard don't exist anymore in here. You are just solving your problem, your business problem in this case to support digital transformation doesn't matter if the content is in the DP book or in the IT for IT or the open-rider architecture or the Toga standard. So this is one way to navigate and you can also come back to the previous. Let me go back again. Probably it's easy to make this and not in full screen to order to show the navigation. So you can go back into the previous one and navigate also using arrows. The other important element for this besides the navigation is cross linking. You know, right now, if you're using a PDF version of the standard and you click, for example, you are in the open-rider architecture in the OAA and you click to see the Toga of content you will be directed to the library, which is great. You can download the PDF or use the HTML or digital version but you need to go over other documents. So what we are also using in this platform, by the way, the technology we are using is JITLAB and Entora which are both open source and we are heavily working on that is to pursue two scrolls and cross-linking between content. And I'm going to show you an example. Let's say, for example, this one, which is the principles document and let's try this on. For example, here, this is another document that we have in the portfolio. Also, approve and publish content. And in here, you will notice that this is one, one link we have in here, origins and practice of agile development. So if I click in here, I will be actually seeing the real content which is in this case into the DP book. So instead of having to go into the library, I can navigate between standards. You may be asking, how are you going to do this because you have several forums and several standards in here. So the reason is we need to start working together to make this cross-cutting and cross-linking more effective. Going back to the visuals, again, we have several visuals. The ones that you that are familiar with the IT for IT standard may be familiar with this. So again, this is another way to explore the standards. For example, if I'm interested in the exploring value stream, I just click in here and I can see the actual content which is showing up in the top part of the menu. You will see this is the explore value stream into the IT for IT standard, which is exactly the same that is showing up in the left menu. So going back to the navigation, you can navigate using the visual mapping we are offering that is also something that we are interested in growing. The more visual we have, the more appealing this would be initiative to be used. You can either use that, you can use the left menu if you want to navigate either through the same standard or through the different standards. And also, since all of this, you may have noticed that all this is web-based, it's HTML content, you can also use either go into here and browse into the same content or you can also use the right menu to move into a different part of the same page. So there are very dynamic ways of doing this. Some of these pages are very large, so this right menu is very useful for that. The other value proposition, which is very important is to start working in components. As you know, some of our standards are big components, big documents, big bodies of knowledge because they hold practices like enterprise architecture or IT management. So they are big. And over the years we are struggling trying to release sooner into the market. So what we are doing, and it's happening in all forums connected with this strategy is to go for a smaller component and to be delivered faster into the market following an agile approach. And we are also working to offer a platform that will allow us to do that along with our forums. And we have had a few pilots on this. So that's the other big element in the value proposition. Componentized, searchable, discoverable, easier to be used and visual. Again, the engagement of our members, it's important for us. If you're not a member, also your feedback and your adoption is very important for us. I'm also going to show something for me it's my favorite, which is the search facility. And in order to do that, let's suppose that I'm a practitioner and I want to pursue digital information in my organization. And I know, okay, I need to start first trying to define new digital offering. So that is appealing for me to be giving into the market. So I can make a search, for example, experiment design. And you may notice that already I have content and that's related with experiment design. Content comes from the open agile architecture, definitions and the glossaries and roles, and also content from the IT for IT standards. So if I click in this one, just the first one, this is the actual content. So in here I can find, okay, problem space, solution space. I can also use either navigate into the page using this, or I can also use the right menu. So, okay, what about jobs to be done? This is information about jobs to be done. This information about how to design my digital products. If I want to know what it is in another standards, I can use this arrow in here and I'm back again into the search and I can also navigate in other content. For example, I also have a product design functional component in the IT for IT standards. So I click in here and I'm actually seeing the content of the standard where this lives. You may have noticed that in the navigation I'm already positioning in here so you can easily navigate through the standard and again you can go into the rest of the different components in this page. So this search facility is really the best way to find information quickly and again, no boundaries anymore. It doesn't matter where the content is, you're just solving your problem. Another one, for example, product design is another one that is also design thinking, which is, as you know, an important part when you are designing and going to provide more innovation. Let's say that, okay, what about agile, agility? Okay, I want to find something about agility. So I click in agile and of course the first one that will pop up in here is the open agile architecture, agile organization, agile governance, agile and architecture. So again, I can navigate in here and I can either use the right or left menu. In terms of agility, of course, we have a lot of agility into the Toggle Standard 10 Edition. So the Toggle Standard 10 Edition is also a key part of this portfolio. You may be familiar with this, which is the Toggle Standard 10 Edition. And we have several guys now around that. For example, I have in here the agile methods enabling enterprise agility, which talks a lot about agility and product management. And the other element that it is important, as you know, to be addressed whenever you are becoming digital is complexity and what better to address complexity than using the Toggle of ADM to address with complexity, and scope management and all that. So again, all this is content that is into the portfolio. Coming back to our search facility, let's make another one. What about the digital backbone? I need to have a digital backbone in order to offer my products and services in a digital way. So let's try that, digital backbone. And here again, I have definition, but it is a digital product backbone. From there, in this case, the IT for IT version three standard, I have more definitions in here. And also, I can look for further definition in the glossary zone roles, also in the distribution of volume of knowledge and in the rest of the standard. So let's go into the open loop. This is the definition that we have in the IT for IT standard, and we can also go further and continue browsing. This is again more definitions, but you can also go into the actual content of the standard for something here. We already have some examples what it is a digital platform. So I wish I would have more time to show you this, but I think you will have an idea about how to navigate, how to use the surf facility. Again, this is already live in our website. So just I invite you to go ahead and try it out and give us your feedback. And you may be asking, how am I to give you feedback? So in here, that's the beauty of this, you will see this small icon in here that is visible. It doesn't matter in which page you are. You can click in here and you will be seeing a very simple form in which you can add your comments. It doesn't matter if they are around content or the structure of usability of the customer experience of the platform or any other, you just can send your feedback, you will receive an email that your feedback has been received. And this will create an issue into G-Lab that we are going to address with our members or internally depending on the kind of issue. So this will allow us to continue improving this in an incremental way. So again, wrapping up a little bit, you know, all of our open group standards are powerful, they are relevant, they are fit for purpose, but they are even more relevant whenever they are used together and they are being leveraged each other and working in synergy. Finally, before going into the Q&A, I'm going to show you where you can find this in our website and you may be familiar with this page, which is our digital portfolio page into the website. So in here, you will find this banner. And if you click in here, you will see that you are growing the digital organization. You will be, first, you need to accept this term. Some conditions, which for us are very important. You need to see that you agree on them. Then you submit this and in this case, I was already logged in, but you need to log in. And meaning that if you are new and you have an account for us, you can create an account that's completely free, by the way, if you are a non-member, you can create your account and that will also give you access to the library and resources. And whenever you have done that, this is exactly what I was showing. This is the landing page. And again, you can start playing around with this. So this is what I have for today. I would really like to give some time for Q&A. And again, if you need to know more and send us your feedback, you can drop me an email and we'll be more than happy to provide a response for that. Over back to you now, Steve, in case we have some questions. Sonja, thank you very much. I've seen you demo this live at our Edinburgh event and thought that was brave, but doing it over the internet as well is very brave to do, but it just shows that it works. So great job on demonstrating it. And thank you for talking us through it. I know it's a very brief time allotted, but you've given people a real sense of how navigable it is. And like you, I love the search facility and the cross-linking. It really does make a difference to the usability of the standards. So thank you for that. And to everyone involved in really driving us forward, it's been a lot of work and there's a lot still to do, but great progress. So in terms of questions, one of the ones that we get asked have been asked before is how does the standards in the portfolio, how does that relate to the Open Group Library? Because we always point people to the Open Group Library to get Open Group content. So how do they relate or are they connected in some way? Okay, first is the same content. So like I mentioned, all these that you see here is approved content and the same will happen whenever we are increasing with more standards and more information in here. So the same content is in the library. The library has always been and will be relevant and important for us because it's a very rich collection of information for you. So for example, you can use this platform to navigate to the standard of the dynamic way. But for example, they say that in one of the searches, I found a lot of information about experience design, for example. But then I want to know more about offline so I can download the PDF. Or I can just, if I'm just interested in that specific standard, I can also use the digital version, digital edition, that also has searches by the way. So either way, in both cases, information is there, it's the same information is equally valuable so they're both are connected in that sense. And actually the other important of the library is like, you may have noticed that in here and that's part of the intent, there is no more book structure because this is not a book structure, it's a platform, it's a digital portfolio platform. In the PDF, you will see the formal structure, which is very important for us for certification because of course, for learning outcomes and all that, you need to map with a formal structure. That's why we are keeping both the two different outputs, either the one in the portfolio or the ones in the library. Okay, next question, Sonya, probably the last one given the time, but we have a very global community at the open group and indeed here at our toolkit Tuesday broadcast. So question, how does the localization activities that we do for our standards and other publications, how will that feed into the portfolio? Okay, that's an excellent question and actually that is something that is in our roadmap I had by next year, even though you may imagine there's a lot in that roadmap but since localization is one of the things that it's most important for us in general, not only for the portfolio, but in general to pursue adoption and awareness. So what we are going to do is like, we are going to continue working with our members and contributors in the translation of this and probably going a step further away on that and putting this in different languages. That is something that we can do. The technology is there, which is need to have contribution for our members for translation and other contributors that we have over the years and of course, also that implies internal work for us maintaining this platform to make that happen. So the response is yes, it is in our roadmap, it is ahead for next year. It will take a time and effort of course, but above all, it will take also our members engagement. Right, which leads me, I will, this is right on cue, questions come in. I like the initiative. How do I get involved in the activity? Okay, great question. The one that I want to hear first, if you're a member, you can, the digital petitioner working group which is the one that maintains this platform is open to all members, so working group. So drop me an email and I can move my happy to onboard you. If you're not a member, you can send us your feedback because this is open, this feedback is public. The one that I show, this small icon that is in here is for the public, it's not only for members. And of course, if you are interested in becoming a member, you can also drop me a note and I will be sure to address your needs with your well-visited development team. So either way, you can contribute to us. The other thing that also will be very valuable if we are, you are a non-member is that we are also open to receive use cases and case studies and you don't need to be a member for doing that. Also blogs are something that we can receive and participation in our either virtual or face-to-face event is another one. The other thing that also, even though we have done that for now only with Archimate, we have an Archimate Open Community that also the word is saying is open to the public. And if you're interested on that, let me know and I can connect you with Kelly Cannon, Markology, she's the one working on that. And probably it will sense that that is something that is interesting. We can create other open communities as well. Great, great Sonya. We will leave it there. Thank you very much for showing us the great progress and again, well done to the members and staff involved in this great job. Thank you for joining us Sonya. Thank you very much everyone for attending today. I think Steve, take care everyone. You're welcome, thank you. So that's largely it for today. Just a plug for next week, in fact, two weeks time doing something a little different. So December the 13th, I'm gonna be host and presenter because we've had really quite a significant number of major releases of new versions of standards and updates to our certification program in the last six months or so. And although we've covered some of those on Toolkit Tuesday, I'm gonna take the time to do a whistle stop tour of some of the highlights of those in case you've missed things and probably some new things that haven't been covered previously. So in two weeks time, December 13th, you'll get more of me, I'm afraid, but for now, thank you for joining us today and hope to see you in two weeks and appreciate your attendance and questions and all your contributions. I'm Steve Nunn, this is Toolkit Tuesday. Thank you for joining.