IIC Business Strategy and Solution Lifecycle
Figure 5: IIC BSSL Framework
The IIC BSSL Framework consists of the following three parts:
(1) IIoT Business Strategy: This part provides guidance on defining the IIoT Strategy,
managing a portfolio of IIoT opportunities and projects, and providing the required shared
infrastructure on the enterprise level.
(2) IIoT Solution Lifecycle: This part consists of three pieces:
a. Idea2Funding: This piece focuses on IIoT-related ideation management, as well as
IIoT-related Business Model Architectures, including IIoT business case and IIoTspecific ROI calculations
b. Plan/Build/Run: This piece focuses on all aspects required to set up an agile
organization to plan, build and operate IIoT solutions
c. Validation and Improvements: This piece helps closing the loop of the Business
Solution Lifecycle by providing support both for the business model as well as for
solution validation and improvement
(3) Template and Metrics Library: This part aims at building up a library of IIoT-specific best
practices and templates that can be re-used by IIoT project managers and solution
architects to more efficiently manage their projects. These practices also include
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