A PoV on the IIC Industrial Internet Reference Architecture
Cross Cutting Concerns – system characteristics that are important in all viewpoints and
across all types of stakeholders.
General System Characteristics – these are the engineering properties that must be
exhibited by an IIS and concern processes that are necessary to ensure that system
characteristics are engineered into the IIS.
2.
ARCHITECTURAL FRAMEWORK AND VIEWPOINTS
2.1
Stakeholders, Concerns and Viewpoints
The IIRA framework breaks down the architecture of an IIS in terms of stakeholders, concerns
and viewpoints.
Stakeholders are those individuals, entities, and organizations who have an interest in the IIS.
The various types of stakeholders of an IIS in the enterprise context can include the following:
Stakeholder
Examples
Business Decision Makers
These include executives such as CFO, CMO, Unit Heads,
etc. who are dependent on the IIS to get an indication of
operational health, costs, market performance of
connected products, customer insights, opportunities for
improvement, etc.
Operations
These include operational managers and staff responsible
for day to day operations and maintenance, tactical
planning, operations optimization, etc.
Engineering and Design Users
Engineering and development teams use connected IIS
systems for deriving key insights into product and asset
performance in the real world and use the insights as part
of the new product development lifecycle.
Customer Support
Sales and service personnel who use IIS to serve customer
complaints and breakdown support, provide preventive
maintenance, etc.
IT and OT
These are the entities from IT and Operation Technology
parts of the enterprise responsible for the design,
deployment and operations of the IIS itself.
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