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Admin
task log
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FqWpxV2q1EcZVvL02bC_y7r2EqxM7PiG
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Key Points
Paramount Blogs on Food chain and more
References
Key Concepts
Client Solution Delivery Process
Paramount-Services-Delivery-Process-v1.docx
- Client identification
- EngagementDiscovery
- Assessment
- Plan
- Design
- Deliver
- Support
The SDP is a partnership between the Client and the Provider
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While there is no hard rule on the size of a phase, it's expected that:
- Assessment
- Discovery about 5 to 10 work days ( not calendar days )
- Assessment - TBD length
- Solution Definition ranges from 1 to 4 months depending on scope scope often including a POC
- Solution Delivery has no set range
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Discovery Phase ( non billable ) - understand client needs - what to do?
- Client Engagement Discovery Goals
- Provider understands client needs
- Client understands conceptual benefits of a solution in their business sector
- Define the Key Stakeholders for the Assessment and the Solution
- Gain client commitment to a Solution Definition or an Assessment
- Outputs
- Client needs summary to explore together
- Provider capabilities summary
- Meeting to set next steps - Assessment, Solution Definition or ?
- Checkpoint Decisions
- Are the needs well defined?
- Are the solution concepts understood?
- Have the deliverables and responsibilities for the Solution Assessment or Definition been agreed to?
- Are both parties committed to a Solution Assessment or a Definition?
- Activities
- Clarify Expectations on our process and potential value delivered
- Opportunity Assessment, Roles, Expectations, Solution Process
- Client Need identification, Alternatives tried, Alternatives available
- Stakeholders
- who are the key stakeholders: business sponsors, solution owner, solution champion, solution providers, solution customers, competing stakeholders ( internal, external )
- what are their relative decision making impacts at each stage of the process?
- expectations on opportunity definition, scope, resources, timelines
- who are the key stakeholders: business sponsors, solution owner, solution champion, solution providers, solution customers, competing stakeholders ( internal, external )
- Client Qualification for Assessment or Definition Phase
- Provider offers potential solution value for technologies - FBR - feature - benefit - response
- blockchain, data services, automation, analytics, IoT integration, machine learning
- Handle concerns immediately or schedule follow-up actions
- provide relevant references when needed
- Set Next Steps together
- If client is committed, move to Definition Phase
- if client has open concerns, move to Assessment Phase to resolve concerns
Assessment Phase ( if needed, non-billable ) - define client opportunity - why do this?
- Client Assessment Goals
- Define the client opportunity assessment
- Gain client commitment to a Solution Definition or an Assessment
- Outputs
- Create Opportunity Assessment report with stakeholders as a team project
- Meet to review Assessment and set next steps - Solution Definition or Solution Delivery or ?
- Checkpoint Decisions
- see the Key Question list below
- Activities
- Clarify
- Opportunity Assessment, Roles, Expectations, Solution Process
- Define phases for analysis, design, delivery, support
- Kickoff Analysis Project
- Assessment is normally a pre-sale activity and no charge unless work is expected to be extensive
- Assessment project results delivered at an assessment meeting with key stakeholders
- Define the solution strategies
- Review related solution features to assess value, costs, risks, support ( VCRS ) concepts
- Answer Key questions
- Who are the key stakeholders?
- What is the current state ? factur3.i
- What has worked? hasn't worked?
- What's the driver for change?
- What's the target state ? factur3.o
- What's the VCRS required?
- What's the Solution strategy?
- What's the Solution scope?
- What are the suggested system interfaces?
- What is the suggested runtime environment?
- What are the next steps ?
- Proofs as needed
- References
- Proof of Technology
- Create SOW for Definition or Delivery Phase
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Plan Phase ( billable ) -
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plan client services or solution - how to do this?
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Given
- the assessment is completed
- a completed Statement of Work for the responsible parties
- access to supporting teams ( in-house, external )
- current prioritization of the project by all parties
The project team should be able to complete the Project Plan now
Tools like Jira or other templates are useful for shared project plans accessible by authorized parties
Design Phase ( billable ) - design client services or solution - how to do this?
- Definition Goals
- Get Commitment to Deliver Solution
- Get Resource commitments for Solution
- Outcomes
- Define Solution Detail Requirements
- Define Solution Design
- Define Project Plan
- Define Solution Architecture
- Checkpoint Decisions
- Answer or Confirm Key Questions with data, input
- Who are the key stakeholders?
- What is the current state ? factur3.i
- What has worked? hasn't worked?
- What's the driver for change?
- What components, services and resources can be reused?
- What's the target state ? factur3.o
- What's the VCRS required?
- Who will sign off on the production deliveries?
- What are the next steps ?
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- Design
- Define architecture decision log
- Define detail infrastructure and services
- Define detail test plans
- Design workships as needed
- Schedule deliverables into Products, Release Plan, Features, Sprints
- Sprints have concurrent activities for - design, test, develop, infrastructure, acceptance
- Plan
- Define the project governance team
- Define the project budget
- Define delivery strategy and implementation rollout
- Define delivery roadmap > products > releases > features > sprints
( time period - vertical, responsibility swim lanes - horizontal, deliverables in cells, color code for risk - RGY, background color for status: completed, open ) - Define delivery plan and calendar
- Define ECT - Engineering Change Template - what, why, who, how, when, how much, approvals
- Delivery Cost, Time, Criteria, Budget, Change process finalized with client
- Project Management Model - Agile ? Scrum ? Test-Driven Delivery ? Functional - Non-functional KPI ?
- Define training, documentation and testing plans
- Proofs as needed
- Proof of Concept
- Proof of Value
- Create SOW for Delivery Phase
Delivery Phase ( billable ) - deliver client services or solution - how are we delivering this?
- Delivery Goals
- Deliver the Solution
- Integrate the Solution
- Test the Solution
- Implement the Solution
- Outcomes
- Solution and Sprint roadmaps
- Solution Architecture Decisions Log
- Checkpoint Decisions
- Has the solution strategy changed?
- Have the solution resources changed?
- Have the solution objectives and metrics changed?
- Has the solution been validated?
- Have the functional requirements been fully addressed?
- Have the non-functional requirements been fully addressed?
- What adjustments are needed for the solution, the rollout?
- Activities
- if Definition Phase NOT done separately then include the deliverables from that phase here ...
- Definition above
- Design above
- Plan above
- Manage Plan
- Test workships workshops as needed
- Program with Sprints:
- Program planning for Sprints
- Features and Deliverables as Epics, Stories, Bugs, Estimates with Planning Poker,
- Standups on Sprint execution - Sprint cycle ( plan, deliver, test, retro )
- Sprint Demos - functions, designs, tests etc
- Sprint Retros - what was done well ? what can be improved ?
- Define EDC - Engineering Design Change when needed in EDC log
- Define ECR - Engineering Change Requests when needed
- Deliver
- Program phase kickoff / completion planning
- Release plan updates
- Sprint execution - plan, build, demo, review – DOR, DOD
- Project updates
- Test execution and acceptance
- Implement
- Project infrastructure setup
- Solution and test IAM
- Solution and test build setup
- Deployments
- Infrastructure quality checks
Implementation Phase ( billable ) - how to implement this?
- Goals
- define implementation use cases and requirements
- update environment strategy
- define rollout strategy
- define rollout teams
- Outcomes
- Checkpoint Decisions
- Activities
Support Phase ( billable ) - how to support this
- Goals
- operations
- support
- maintenance
- governance
- training and onboarding
- Outcomes
- Checkpoint Decisions
- Activities
- Support
Solution Delivery Concepts - Selected Roles
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1t8aIUOcZGIDt19FkQ9fQDBGQD7zUh3Z1
- TSE - Technical Sales Engineer -
- assess solution needs
- scope deliverable, roles, responsibilities
- assess blockchain need, requirements
- SA - Solution Architect
- solution design - UX, APIs, data services, other services, IAM
- SOW for solution - tasks, deliverables, design concepts
- test specifications
- System Architect
- low level design, details for implementation
- systems integration client, cloud, other
- platform and services integration, deployment, support
- PM
- project definition, management, tracking, plan with WBS
- deliverables, roles, budgets, timelines, risk mitigation
- Agile management
- more
- , other
- platform and services integration, deployment, support
- PM
- project definition, management, tracking, plan with WBS
- deliverables, roles, budgets, timelines, risk mitigation
- Agile management
- more
Paramount Project Process Standards
- It will be amazing if all group meetings could comply with proposed time with an emphasis on greater engagement and value creation
- Key outcome/result of the important group meetings to be noted down
- Designs TBD by mutual consensus among Architect,Product Owner and Product Manager
- Any deviation in the implementation from the design needs to be justified and documented to appraise others of the logic driving that change
- JIRA to be embedded as a strategy for product development assessment and better appreciation of the team contribution
- A documented artifact on the individual products will be highly valuable for all the new members to be at sync with the team and start contributing
- A periodic update for appraising Pramod on the works in progress will be excellent
EBC MVP followed all these practices and more
except we did our use cases and stories in GDocs for most of the project before moving to Jira
EBC succeeded because we had key user input continuously.
We ran 1 week sprints normally with 2 user meetings weekly to update designs, review progress.
Rapid Solution Delivery concepts - RSD
assumes quick cloud standups for ...
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- write transaction to MySQL return tid
- if needed, link files to MySQL tid
- write transaction to Fabric with tid return bid
- update MySQL tid with bid
Potential Value Opportunities
Candidate Blockchain Applications
data compliance on personal data in applications
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simple payment service via ???
references to compare
IBM DATF
Data Governance using Blockchain
Context - define a domain to analyze
- Describe the domain of interest, network participants, key successes, challenges and opportunities
- for each role, complete a factur3.io analysis
- Does the virus impact increase or decrease the need for collaboration across orgs and individuals?
- Are there incentives for participants to work together?
- Does collaboration on the supply chain, medical delivery, drug development involve significant regulations, jurisdictions?
- Is there value in identity proofs in the network?
- Is there value in transaction proofs in the network?
- Are there escrow transactions in the network that are reversible?
- Are there assets, services or maintenance that needs to be ordered, scheduled, tracked, billed?
- Are there contract services that need to be verified, insured, contracted, assigned, scheduled, login, logout, inspected?
- Is private data important?
- Is shared data important?
- Do transactions have a lot of associated data or documents?
- Are there specific transactions where response time is critical?
- Are there
Opportunity
- usually it's a multi-party issue ( eg internal lead tracking system uses identities of external users, orgs etc )
- handling data correctly is now a legal issue in many instances ( HR, sale, service, testing, inspection, transactions etc )
- usually a combination of case management and data governance on blockchain is enough
- can reduce liability in many cases for companies
Solution
- entitities ( users or orgs ) are tracked as cases in 360 view
- can be omnichannel inputs ( voice, email, data, sms etc )
- key events are defined ( enrollment, termination, removal, subscriptions, consents, transactions, requests, contracts .. )
- metadata driven forms, services ( DOM - Grails )
- identity options: direct w PKI, OpenId, LDAP, )
- authorization options: roles, business units
- user networks
- incentives for data sharing, reporting, community activity
- STEAR - search, track, escalate, audit, remediate
- online, api, batch scheduled
Expected Impacts
- transparency with clients ( potential self service options for clients )
- trustless model for data handling
- easy audits
- lower operations costs when automated inline
- accuracy
- utility
- timeliness
- resource, risk, revenue efficiencies
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COVID related solutions
Tracking services work orders, contractors, fulfillment, supplies, certifications on work completed
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Beyond related services and logistics supporting COVID efforts, I expect there may be a need ESPECIALLY at state and local levels ( eg Georgia, Atlanta etc ) to track compliance with regulations on businesses that are re-opening. Think a simple mobile "inspection" app that can certify a business meets the local criteria for re-opening and receives an approval from the local authorities ( a restaurant, salon, school etc that enforces proper social distancing and specific protective measures ). The certification can be for a set period, for a set specific set of criteria for that organization type. Think of a bar that has a liquor license etc. This is a simple certification that a business meets the current regulations for safety management in that jurisdiction. Businesses can self-certify as an option. Local officials can do inspections to validate. Violations can be reported, remediations tracked etc. This should have very high value.
Paramount contact with IBM on partnerships
Saptarshi input on IBM opportunities
Fwd: IBM Follow Up -- thanks for lunch!
Inbox
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Saptarshi Choudhury
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Hi Pramod and Michael,
I enjoyed meeting with you today. I believe that IBM and Paramount Software will do great things in the future. As promised, here's a short list of next steps that we discussed over lunch.
1. IBM Software and Services Catalogue - Please visit this link and browse the solutions/services that you think would fit best in your Embedded Contract. We can schedule some time to review your choices after you complete the online agreement. https://www.ibm.com/products
2. Review your Tech Broker (Distributor) options. I've attached a Tech Broker Catalogue to this note for your review.
- Arrow
- Tech Data
- Ingram
- Insight
3. Sign up for the Embedded Agreement - I've attached the instructions PDF to this note. Please follow slides 14 - 19. Please skip slide 16 and use Option 2 on slide 17.
4. Please send a paragraph explaining your Value Add - the value IBM's technology provides when embedded in your services.
Once these items are complete, we'll schedule time with your Tech Broker and my technical counterpart to discuss which solutions/services you'd like to embed, pricing, and strategy. I will also introduce you to the Blockchain and marketing team.
Best,
Ally Dawson
Embedded Solutions
IBM Global Business Partners
Phone: 1-678-372-8835
E-mail: allandria.r.dawson@ibm.com
linkedin.com/in/allandria-dawson
My blockchain strategy ideas .... to Saptarshi
Hi Saptarshi
I agree we need to focus our blockchain business partnership on Hyperledger and IBM initially. Collectively, they have the largest portfolio of enterprise blockchain projects ( vs crypto projects ) that covers many verticals - a great business opportunity for Paramount to build a growing practice on.
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Let me know your thoughts.
Jim
Goal - Build Paramount Software as a leading Blockchain Solutions Provider
SWOT Analysis
Strengths
Paramount is a strong
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Strategy 1 - Build our brand as a leading blockchain solutions provider in our target market segments
- Direct marketing to clients
- Partner with reps, agents
- Promote brand through conferences, webinars, articles, partnerships, Hyperledger teams, industry working groups, YouTube
- Responses to RFPs for blockchain solutions
Strategy 2 - Increase our delivery capabilities to match the opportunities
- Basic blockchain certifications from Linux Foundation edx courses
- Cloud platform certifications
- Hyperledger Fabric certifications
- Other certifications
Strategy 3 - Develop key partnerships for blockchain solutions and services
- Hyperledger Fabric
- Hyperledger Industry SIGs
- Other blockchain related product companies
- Other non-blockchain product companies
- Larger service integrators without blockchain expertise and resources
- Larger blockchain service providers needing subs
Strategy 4 - Deliver a growing portfolio of solutions leveraging blockchain and related key technologies
- Services engagements drive reusable frameworks and components
- Services engagements drive candidate products
Related Certifications
Hyperleger Certified Services Provider progam
https://www.hyperledger.org/resources/hcsp
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Questions or issues? Please email membership@hyperledger.org
Potential Challenges
Useful Delivery capabilities for
- Grails
- Composer
- Java, Spring Boot, REST
- Fabric v2x admin, dev
- Data Services - Kafka, Spark, Beam
- Data Analytics - any toolset using data services, resources - descriptive, predictive, prescriptive
- some blockchain - Besu, Corda tutorials
- some languages - Node.js, Python, Go??
- some cloud - AWS, IBM, Google
- some integrations - ERP, CRM, payments
- some IoT - RFID, QR codes, ultrasonic sensors
- some ML - categorization, forecasts, decision optimization
- some Devops - cloud, VMs, containers, K8s
- some Security - IAM, pki, cryptography,security layers, threat vectors, attack surfaces
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- DMX paid base membership of $5000 per year
- VID 1 - defined Vehicle Identity Standard and related business cases where I was part of the core team
- I've been elected to the core team for these 2 follow on MOBI projects
- VID 2 is 2nd phase of Vehicle Identity Standard with potential proof-of-concept solutions across large segment of mobility market
- CMDM is the Connected Mobility and Data Marketplace project defining use cases and standards for vehicle connectivity
- My team members include Ford, GM, BMW, Volkswagen, Honda, IBM, Accenture and more
Option 1 - Move to Paramount Software full time cutting all ties to MOBI projects
- probably only need 1 week notice
- Impacts
- Full time Paramount role
- Lose opportunity to deliver MOBI projects: VID 2 and CMDM building tier 1 blockchain credibility
Option 2 - Move to Paramount Software full time but continue MOBI work through DMX label
- requires 3 hours per week to support MOBI projects on the side at least through March
- Impacts
- Full time Paramount role
- Deliver MOBI projects: VID 2 and CMDM building tier 1 blockchain credibility globally as a part of Paramount Software
DMX considerations on MOBI investment
- They can't focus on blockchain delivery in any area now
- They are getting a new CEO with a mission to focus on cash generation from their current platform
- They have invested in Hyperledger and MOBI and may want to continue the branding with MOBI for the next 6 months to deliver the 2 projects underway ( or not )
Candidate Solutions
Candidate Software Stacks for Blockchain Solutions
Project Definition and Management
Project Charter => GAPS
Project Definition => requirements GAPS details - bpt
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Test cases - Selenium Web Driver, Cucumber, Postman, Openapi
Software Development
Jira for development task tracking
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javascript / nodejs stack
react front-ends
Software Runtime
on premise
cloud IAAS
cloud PAAS if needed
Farm to Plate Solution
F2P Product Plan
psoft-Farm2Fork-product-plan.pdf
psoft-Farm2Fork-product-plan.pdf glink
Incomm partnership on payments for sales, services ?
Paramount developed product
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a> Incomm meeting to define relationship & roles - value propositions - responsibilities
Paramount Presentations
101Blockchains Keynote
101Blockchain_Keynote-v3.pptx
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fXpjZtjsXlp0GkY_tAzJZtV8_MRc7vTy/view?usp=sharing
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how important is defining your business case and governance strategy for a blockchain solution now?
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