Tribal Nation Reference Architecture
Capability maps, value streams, and strategy maps for tribal nations.
- Tribal nations are often unclear as to how strategic decisions are made, why priority is given to certain objectives, and how the overall strategic planning process is achieved.
- Tribal nations require a unified and validated view of tribal capabilities that aligns initiatives, investments, and strategy in order to further their nation building efforts.
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Critical Insight
- The Tribal Nation Reference Architecture provides a basis for the development of IT solutions that encompass all departments, programs, and services that deliver the greatest value, eliminate duplication, increase efficiency, and reduce cost.
- Successful nation building requires planning that:
- Accurately reflects your tribal nation capabilities.
- Is traceable so all levels can understand how decisions are made.
- Makes efficient use of your tribal nation’s resources.
- To accomplish this, the reference architect must engage contributors to document the current state of your tribal nation and drive planning with a customized reference architecture.
Impact and Result
- Demonstrate the value of IT’s role in supporting your tribal nation’s capabilities while highlighting the importance of proper alignment between nation building and IT strategies.
- Recognize the opportunity for architecture work, analyze the current and target states of your tribal nation’s strategy, and identify and engage the appropriate contributors.
- Apply reference architecture techniques such as strategy maps, value streams, and capability maps to design usable and accurate blueprints of your tribal nation.
- Assess your initiatives and priorities to determine if you are investing in the right capabilities. Conduct capability assessments to identify opportunities and to prioritize projects.
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Guided Implementation 1: Engage
- Call 1: Introduce Info-Tech’s Tribal Nation Reference Architecture methodology.
- Call 2: Develop a contributor engagement strategy.
- Call 3: Review the contributor engagement strategy.
Guided Implementation 2: Model
- Call 1: Create a strategy map and define value streams that are unique to your tribal nation.
- Call 2: Model your tribal nation capability maps.
- Call 3: Map value streams to your tribal nation capabilities.
Guided Implementation 3: Drive
- Call 1: Introduce Info-Tech's capability assessment framework.
- Call 2: Create and assess your tribal nation capability map.
- Call 3: Analyze your nation building strategy through capability maps.