The capsule based DPI device is a low resistance device, suitable for use by patients with a wide range of COPD severities, delivering a consistent dose irrespective of disease severity and age. The device provided consistent delivery of indacaterol with no reported device failures in clinical trials.
Abstract. In the field of Enterprise Architecture, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is a well known framework, that links Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Application Architecture, Technology. A key concept within Business Architecture domain is Business Capabilities, that are delivered by Business Component (BC). A BC is a business unit that encompasses a coherent set of activities, supported by assets including people, processes and technology. Current TOGAF version recognizes the BC requirements but misses how to bridge those requirements with a data, application and technology architecture. Defining the bridge is specifically the purpose of our extension called Business Capabilities Centric Enterprise Architecture (BCCE), where we adapt some TOGAF phases, extend the core TOGAF meta-model and add architectural contents. We have validated our approach on a telecommunication example taken from literature. A major benefit of the proposed extension is to link changes of business to data, application and technology architectures.
We illustrate a conceptual framework for business oriented Service Level Management (SLM). Currently IT systems are complex objects that support business operations. To be meaningful, a control system should link business and IT performances. This need, though recognized by most IT management frameworks, is not specifically analyzed. Defining a methodology capable to identify this link is the purpose of our work. The proposed methodology identifies relevant IT systems supporting business activities. The key novelty is that the integration between business Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and IT systems KPIs is performed through a new uptake of Use Case approach. The paper illustrates the conceptual framework, the method and its use in a large transportation organization. The proposed approach has been successfully used by an organization.
Abstract:We illustrate a model to define information requirements for the whole Enterprise. The key novelty is that the model is a normative one. Actually it assists the analyst in defining the contents data bases should have. The approach is founded on some key ideas. First, an enterprise processes information on domain families, that include stakeholders, products, process and contexts. By specializing these domain families the analyst identifies domains specific to an individual enterprise. Second, information of a given domain includes different information types, namely master information, that defines structural properties, transaction information, performance / analytical indicators. By crossing information domains and information types the analyst identifies normative entities, that can be used to assess effectiveness and coverage of actual data bases and other IT strategy issues and, of course, to design a top-down design of the data base. The model develops and generalizes the Aggregate Business Entity incorporated the e-TOM framework, a reference model developed for telecommunications, and it has been tested in a pilot project in health care.
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