Connectivity Framework 6: How to Assess a Connectivity Technology?
6.2 Business Viewpoint
6.2.1 Purpose( Section 6.2.1)
6.2.2 Pedigree( Section 6.2.2)
6.2.3 Variants( Section 6.2.3)
6.2.4 Maturity( Section 6.2.4)
6.2.5 Stability( Section 6.2.5)
6.2.6 Standards
Body( Section 6.2.6)
6.2.7 Openness( Section 6.2.7)
Give the general motivation and expectation for the Connectivity Technology. This section provides the business rationale. It communicates the fundamental " why and what " for the project.
Describe the derivation, origin or history of the system. The objective is to understand the brief evolutionary context of this technology.
Describe the options and variants from the original generic description of the technology.
Estimate the technology maturity, state of development and condition relative to perfection. How refined are the connectivity concepts, requirements and demonstrated capabilities? Is the technology consistent and uniform?
Describe whether the connectivity technology has been in use for long enough that most of its initial faults and inherent problems have been removed or reduced; how easy is it to use for both non-experts and professionals? Has there been a reduction in the rate of new breakthrough advances related to it?
List the relevant organizational bodies developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting or otherwise producing technical standards and guidelines intended to address the needs of the base of affected adopters.
Is it an open standard? Who can participate? Are the specifications freely available? Are open source implementations available? Does it require any single component from any single vendor?
6.3 Usage Viewpoint
6.3.1 Architecture( Section 6.3.1)
6.3.2 Technology
Options( Section 6.3.2)
6.3.3 Applications( Section 6.3.3)
6.3.4 Typical
Usage( Section 2.2)
6.3.5 Operations( Section 2.3.8)
6.3.6 Security( Section 2.3.5)
6.3.7 Safety( Section 2.3.9)
6.3.8 Gateways( Section 3.3)
Summarize the main concepts, and high-level architecture, and terminology. Describe the end-to-end information exchange path.
List the choices to be made for using the connectivity technology in a system.
A general statement of the typical applications that rely on this connectivity technology and the reason for using the connectivity technology.
What function or where in the system this technology is typically used?
Can one monitor, manage, and dynamically replace elements of the connectivity function?
What are the system security implications of this connectivity technology? For systems that need it, are certifiable implementations available?
List of gateways to core connectivity standards and other relevant connectivity technologies.
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