This seminar was conducted on July 2, 2012 by Professor John Preston.
Abstract: There are concerns that Britain’s ageing infrastructure will become increasingly inadequate in the 21st century, that this will impact on future economic and environmental performance and insufficient attention is being paid to this issue.
This presentation outlines some of the work of the Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC), a five year research programme that began in January 2011, led by the University of Oxford and including six other Universities and over 40 stakeholders from British Government and Industry.
A presentation conducted by Professor Edward J Blakely, Honorary Professor, Urban & disaster recovery expert, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney.
Presented on Thursday the 3rd of October 2013.
What we term infrastructure today is the built up environment created in the last 100 years to move people and commerce, heat and cool. This infrastructure was created as a buttress against nature. It was built to be solid and immoveable. It also had to be upgraded and repaired in the same places to perform the same functions. Future function were merely linear projections of the past. But the past is no longer prologue. Too much of what we term infrastructure today is not useful for solving today’s problems let along tomorrows. Would we ever create cities on the ocean’s edge, if we knew of sea-level rise? Would we ever create massive non adaptable fixed power stations if we knew fuels would dwindle and centralized systems would be dangerous and unsustainable? We know the answers. But we continue to march backward to the future. In this talk I want to look back to ancient times where cities failed because they were not adaptable and project a future where we will have to create re-generative infrastructure that adapts to its environment and settlement systems that are light on the
environment rather than fixed and heavy. This approach calls for a total re-thinking of urban settlement systems and a new generative infrastructure to support them.
This seminar was conducted on July 2, 2012 by Professor John Preston.
Abstract: There are concerns that Britain’s ageing infrastructure will become increasingly inadequate in the 21st century, that this will impact on future economic and environmental performance and insufficient attention is being paid to this issue.
This presentation outlines some of the work of the Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC), a five year research programme that began in January 2011, led by the University of Oxford and including six other Universities and over 40 stakeholders from British Government and Industry.
A presentation conducted by Professor Edward J Blakely, Honorary Professor, Urban & disaster recovery expert, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney.
Presented on Thursday the 3rd of October 2013.
What we term infrastructure today is the built up environment created in the last 100 years to move people and commerce, heat and cool. This infrastructure was created as a buttress against nature. It was built to be solid and immoveable. It also had to be upgraded and repaired in the same places to perform the same functions. Future function were merely linear projections of the past. But the past is no longer prologue. Too much of what we term infrastructure today is not useful for solving today’s problems let along tomorrows. Would we ever create cities on the ocean’s edge, if we knew of sea-level rise? Would we ever create massive non adaptable fixed power stations if we knew fuels would dwindle and centralized systems would be dangerous and unsustainable? We know the answers. But we continue to march backward to the future. In this talk I want to look back to ancient times where cities failed because they were not adaptable and project a future where we will have to create re-generative infrastructure that adapts to its environment and settlement systems that are light on the
environment rather than fixed and heavy. This approach calls for a total re-thinking of urban settlement systems and a new generative infrastructure to support them.
A presentation conducted by Dr Trevor Chorvat, Independent Researcher, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Presented on Thursday the 3rd of October 2013.
There are many paradigms that could shape this century’s infrastructure in Australia, and indeed the world. This paper outlines one feasible pathway to fill a glaring gap in public transport within our cities, and do this while addressing a number of pressing social, environmental and economic needs including providing transport users an alternative to the car and truck, reduce congestion in cities, promote renewable energy sources, return ‘people space’ to cities and suburbs, and make it a healthier and happier space to name a few. The pathway outlined in this paper involves using a fully-automated small-vehicle system called Gazelle. The system uses linear motors for propulsion and an air cushion for frictionless levitation of the vehicle. Contact-less electromagnetic switching allows the vehicles to be routed across the track network. It is self-sufficient in renewable energy. Use of vertical space facilitates safe automation and allows continued use of most ground vehicles.
Dr Sean Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering, School of Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, UK visited SMART Infrastructure Facility on Thursday, 5 November 2015. During his visit, Dr Wilkinson presented a summary of his research as part of the SMART Seminar Series.
A presentation conducted by Warwick J. McKibbin , Chair, Public Policy, Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.
Presented on Thursday the 3rd of October 2013.
This presentation will use recent World Bank research on the macroeconomic returns to infrastructure to explore the macroeconomic impact of infrastructure spending on the Australian economy. This will combine the World Bank empirical results to the G-Cubed model of the world economy to explore the macroeconomic adjustment to a substantial increase in infrastructure spending in Australia.
We are leading testing laboratory for Cement, Concrete, and steel, Minerals, Ores, Catalyst, soil, water and refractory materials. We believe in system and open management structure. We are ISO 9001:2008 certified company, which works on solid quality management system with scope for improvement at every level.
Joe Branigan, SMART Infrastructure Facility Senior Research Fellow, presented his research on public infrastructure investment as part of the SMART Seminar Series on Thursday, 4th February 2015.
Process-Centric Governance and Information ArchitectureSimon Rawson
All content is produced by processes, intended for the support or consumption of other processes. This is a premise I have propounded for over a decade. I have challenged thousands of people over nearly a decade to disprove this statement and offered $100 to anyone who can find an example which proves otherwise. I still have that $100 tucked away.
This presentation shows a high level process-centric information architecture, and tools to map processes and associate the content inputs and outputs. It shows examples of governance structures for ECM/KM projects, and the topics a governance strategy/plan should cover.
Finally, lessons learned about the common characteristics of highly successful ECM/KM projects are described.
A call to librarians to use their library powers in the community beyond the walls of their institutions as the open data folks need their knowledge!
Title:
Open Sesame: Open Data, Data Liberation and New Opportunities for Libraries
Abstract:
Cities and data producers are quickly embracing Open Data, albeit unevenly. The Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) has been a pioneer in broadening access to data for nearly two decades. This session will examine the relevance of Data Liberation in terms of Open Data and explore how librarians can step up to the plate to make Open Data/Open Government as successful as DLI.
Speakers:
- Wendy Watkins, Data Librarian, Carleton University
- Ernie Boyko, Adjunct Data Librarian, Carleton University
- Tracey P. Lauriault, Post Doctoral Fellow, Carleton University (tlauriau@gmail.com)
- Margaret Haines, University Librarian, Carleton University
This Partners in Technology briefing provided an opportunity for local ICT industry representatives to hear from Shaun Nesbitt, Chief Information Officer, Seqwater
A presentation conducted by Dr Trevor Chorvat, Independent Researcher, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Presented on Thursday the 3rd of October 2013.
There are many paradigms that could shape this century’s infrastructure in Australia, and indeed the world. This paper outlines one feasible pathway to fill a glaring gap in public transport within our cities, and do this while addressing a number of pressing social, environmental and economic needs including providing transport users an alternative to the car and truck, reduce congestion in cities, promote renewable energy sources, return ‘people space’ to cities and suburbs, and make it a healthier and happier space to name a few. The pathway outlined in this paper involves using a fully-automated small-vehicle system called Gazelle. The system uses linear motors for propulsion and an air cushion for frictionless levitation of the vehicle. Contact-less electromagnetic switching allows the vehicles to be routed across the track network. It is self-sufficient in renewable energy. Use of vertical space facilitates safe automation and allows continued use of most ground vehicles.
Dr Sean Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering, School of Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, UK visited SMART Infrastructure Facility on Thursday, 5 November 2015. During his visit, Dr Wilkinson presented a summary of his research as part of the SMART Seminar Series.
A presentation conducted by Warwick J. McKibbin , Chair, Public Policy, Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.
Presented on Thursday the 3rd of October 2013.
This presentation will use recent World Bank research on the macroeconomic returns to infrastructure to explore the macroeconomic impact of infrastructure spending on the Australian economy. This will combine the World Bank empirical results to the G-Cubed model of the world economy to explore the macroeconomic adjustment to a substantial increase in infrastructure spending in Australia.
We are leading testing laboratory for Cement, Concrete, and steel, Minerals, Ores, Catalyst, soil, water and refractory materials. We believe in system and open management structure. We are ISO 9001:2008 certified company, which works on solid quality management system with scope for improvement at every level.
Joe Branigan, SMART Infrastructure Facility Senior Research Fellow, presented his research on public infrastructure investment as part of the SMART Seminar Series on Thursday, 4th February 2015.
Process-Centric Governance and Information ArchitectureSimon Rawson
All content is produced by processes, intended for the support or consumption of other processes. This is a premise I have propounded for over a decade. I have challenged thousands of people over nearly a decade to disprove this statement and offered $100 to anyone who can find an example which proves otherwise. I still have that $100 tucked away.
This presentation shows a high level process-centric information architecture, and tools to map processes and associate the content inputs and outputs. It shows examples of governance structures for ECM/KM projects, and the topics a governance strategy/plan should cover.
Finally, lessons learned about the common characteristics of highly successful ECM/KM projects are described.
A call to librarians to use their library powers in the community beyond the walls of their institutions as the open data folks need their knowledge!
Title:
Open Sesame: Open Data, Data Liberation and New Opportunities for Libraries
Abstract:
Cities and data producers are quickly embracing Open Data, albeit unevenly. The Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) has been a pioneer in broadening access to data for nearly two decades. This session will examine the relevance of Data Liberation in terms of Open Data and explore how librarians can step up to the plate to make Open Data/Open Government as successful as DLI.
Speakers:
- Wendy Watkins, Data Librarian, Carleton University
- Ernie Boyko, Adjunct Data Librarian, Carleton University
- Tracey P. Lauriault, Post Doctoral Fellow, Carleton University (tlauriau@gmail.com)
- Margaret Haines, University Librarian, Carleton University
This Partners in Technology briefing provided an opportunity for local ICT industry representatives to hear from Shaun Nesbitt, Chief Information Officer, Seqwater
Richard Skarbez presented a seminar titled "Cognitive Illusions in Virtual Reality: What do I mean? And why should you care?" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on the 4th March 2019.
More information:
https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/cognitive-illusions-in-virtual-reality-what-do-i-mean-and-why-should-you-care/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility
Dr Ricardo Peculis presented a seminar titled "Trusted Autonomous Systems as System of Systems" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 19th February 2019.
More information:
https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/trusted-autonomous-systems-as-system-of-systems/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility"
David Kennewell presented a seminar titled " "The Evolution of the Metric System: From Precious Lumps of Metal to Constants of Nature" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 1st November 2018.
More information:
https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/the-evolution-of-the-metric-system-from-precious-lumps-of-metal-to-constants-of-nature/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility"
Dr Ilya Budovsky presented a seminar titled "The Evolution of the Metric System: From Precious Lumps of Metal to Constants of Nature" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 1st November 2018.
More information:
https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/the-evolution-of-the-metric-system-from-precious-lumps-of-metal-to-constants-of-nature/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Dr Johan Barthelemy presented a seminar titled "Using AI and edge computing devices for traffic flow monitoring" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 11th October 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/using-ai-and-edge-computing-devices-for-traffic-flow-monitoring/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Prof Willy Susilo presented a seminar titled "Blockchain and its Applications" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 20th September 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/blockchain-and-its-applications/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Prof Theirry Monteil & Fabian Ho presented a seminar titled "From an IoT cloud based architecture to Edge for dynamic service" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 24th August 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/from-an-iot-cloud-based-architecture-to-edge-for-dynamic-service/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Dr Bobby Du and Paul-Antonin Dublanche presented a seminar titled "Is bus bunching serious in Sydney? Preliminary findings based on Opal card data analysis" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 2nd August 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/is-bus-bunching-serious-in-sydney-preliminary-findings-based-on-opal-card-data-analysis/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Dr Nicolas Verstaevel presented a seminar titled "Keep it SMART, keep it simple! – Challenging complexity with self-organising software" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 24th July 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/keep-it-smart-keep-it-simple-challenging-complexity-with-self-organising-software/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Dr Boulent Imam presented a seminar titled "Risk-based bridge assessment under changing load-demand and environmental conditions" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 17th July 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/risk-based-bridge-assessment-under-changing-load-demand-and-environmental-conditions/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Dr Rohan Wickramasuriya presented a seminar titled "Deep Learning: Fundamentals and Practice" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 29th May 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/deep-learning-fundamentals-and-practice/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Dr Sarah Dunn presented a seminar titled "Infrastructure Resilience: Planning for Future Extreme Events" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 12th April 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/infrastructure-resilience-planning-for-future-extreme-events/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Dr George Grozev presented a seminar titled "Potential use of drones for infrastructure inspection and survey: as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 27th March 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/potential-use-of-drones-for-infrastructure-inspection-and-survey/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Professor Timoteo Carletti presented a seminar titled "A journey in the zoo of Turing patterns: the topology does matter as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 8th March 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/a-journey-in-the-zoo-of-turing-patterns-the-topology-does-matter/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Dr Carole Adam presented a seminar titled Human behaviour modelling and simulation for crisis management as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 1st March 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/human-behaviour-modelling-and-simulation-for-crisis-management/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Professor Graham Harris presented a seminar titled Dealing with uncertainty: With the observer in the loop as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 13th February 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/dealing-with-uncertainty-with-the-observer-in-the-loop/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Senior Professor Pascal Perez presented on Smart Cities; The Good, The Bad & The Ugly as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 30th January 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/smart-cities-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/events/category/smart-infrastructure-facility/
Visiting PhD student, Morgane Dumont presented on how to improve the order of evolutionary models in agent-based simulations for population dynamics as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 15 December 2017.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/how-to-improve-the-order-of-evolutionary-models-in-agent-based-simulations-for-population-dynamics/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/tag/smart-infrastructure/
Professor Tierry Monteil, professor in computer science at INSA – University of Toulouse and researcher at LAAS-CNRS presented on OneM2M and the interoperatbility of the IoT as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 13 December 2017.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/onem2m-towards-end-to-end-interoperability-of-the-iot/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/tag/smart-infrastructure/
Professor Peter Bridgewater, Chair of Landcare ACT and Adjunct Professor in Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Governance at the University of Canberra, presented on blue-green vs grey-black infrastructure and which is the best way forward, as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 24 November 2017.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/blue-green-vs-grey-black-infrastructure-which-is-best-for-c21st-survival/
Keep updated with future events: http://www.uoweis.co/tag/smart-infrastructure/
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Azure Interview Questions and Answers PDF By ScholarHat
SMART Seminar: The Information Organisation: An Infrastructure Perspective
1.
2. The Information Organisation:
An Infrastructure Perspective
Dr. John Beckford
The SMART Institute
University of Wollongong
29/01/2014
3. Dr. John Beckford
PhD, MMS, FCybS, FRSA
• Consultant
–
–
–
–
HM Treasury, BIS, DeFRA, DfT
Northumbrian Water – Asset Management Strategy and Systems
Railway Safety & Standards Board – TRaCCA2
Core Cities – Data and Information Sharing
• Visiting Professor
– STEaPP, University College London
– Centre for Information Science, Loughborough University
• Author
– Reports to Government on Infrastructure Systems
– Quality, Routledge, 2010, 3rd Edition
– The Information Organisation, Routledge, Forthcoming
4. The Information
Organisation
• If you always do what you have always
done, you will always get what you have
always got!
Mark Twain
• Madness – keeping on doing the same thing
and expecting a different result
Albert Einstein
5. The Information
Organisation
• The Information Challenge
• The Value of Information
• The Information Organisation
– Generating Value
– Enabling Value
• The Information Factory
• Managing Performance
• The Infrastructure Challenge
7. The Information
Challenge
• Infrastructure Context –UK
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–
–
–
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Ageing Infrastructure
Chronic Historic Under-Investment
Privatised – Profit Motive
Economic & Performance Regulation
Limited Telemetry
• Water
–
–
–
–
–
Separation of Underground and Overground Assets
Functional Structure
Distorting effect - ‘Capex is good, Opex is bad’
Scale – 4500 asset sites, 14000+miles of pipe
Challenge – more effective investment, more effective operations
8. The Information
Challenge
• Data is overwhelming our ability to process it
– BEFORE ‘big data’ happens!
• Organisational revolution since the 1940’s has been
technological not informational
• Stupendous growth in ability to
process, retrieve, store, transmit data
• Making effective use? Wombats are quicker!
• Too much data, not enough information
• Dysfunctional organisations rooted in historic structures
– Centralising, bureaucratic, unaware, internally focused
• Information IS the organisation.
12. The Value of
Information
•
•
•
•
Information is valuable
Investment in infrastructure, software and hardware is treated as a cost
Benefit of information not measured!
Water Utility – IS budget, £10m Capital, £12m operations – benefit –
unmeasured!
• Logistics – Realisation of value of Information saved £4m+ per annum
through better decisions
• What is:
–
–
–
–
–
The value of a happy customer?
The value of time in the market?
The true cost of failure?
The true benefit of failure prevention – think infrastructure & utilities!
The systemic organisational measure of productivity as opposed to the silo?
•
Paper manufacturing - +30% in output through optimising whole system performance - £105m per annum
13. The Information
Organisation
• ‘The purpose of an organisation is what it does’ (Beer, 1985)
• Consists in two principal interacting parts
– A Value Generating Organisation
– A Value Enabling Organisation
• Value?
14. The Information
Organisation
Water – Extraction, Treatment, Distribution - Region One
Sewage – Collection, Treatment, Disposal – Region One
Generating
Value
Customer Services (inc Billing)
Water – Extraction, Treatment, Distribution - Region Two
Sewage –Collection, Treatment, Disposal – Region Two
16. The Information
Organisation
Enabling
Value
Senior Management
Water – Extraction, Treatment, Distribution - Region One
Sewage –Collection, Treatment, Disposal – Region Two
Finance
Water – Extraction, Treatment, Distribution - Region Two
HR
Customer Services (inc Billing)
Marketing
Generating
Value
Engineering
Sewage – Collection, Treatment, Disposal – Region One
17. The Information
Organisation
Market
Corporate Strategy
Enabling
Value
Senior Management
Water – Extraction, Treatment, Distribution - Region One
Sewage –Collection, Treatment, Disposal – Region Two
Finance
Water – Extraction, Treatment, Distribution - Region Two
HR
Customer Services (inc Billing)
Marketing
Generating
Value
Engineering
Sewage – Collection, Treatment, Disposal – Region One
18. The Information
Organisation
Market
Corporate Strategy
Enabling
Value
Senior Management
Water – Extraction, Treatment, Distribution - Region One
Finance
HR
Customer Services (inc Billing)
Marketing
Generating
Value
Engineering
Sewage – Collection, Treatment, Disposal – Region One
Water – Extraction, Treatment, Distribution - Region Two
Sewage –Collection, Treatment, Disposal – Region Two
‘Senior Management’ only exists to enable Value Generation to work!
Does it add value?
41. Enabling Value:
Functions of Leadership
where we are going
Vision, strategy, business
development, renewal and
succession
creating
the future
leadership resides
at the intersection
who we are
nurturing
identity
Allocation and
management of resources,
optimising performance,
delivering results
managing
the present
what we do
Purpose, values,
behaviours, belief
s, policies, standa
rds
42. Information Organisation
Creating
the Future
Future Environment:
Market, Society
Technology, Customers
UKCP’nn’, IPCC
Nurturing
Identity
Managing
the Present
Market, Technology,
Customers
Market, Technology,
Customers
Market, Technology,
Customers
Market, Technology,
Customers
Market, Technology,
Customers
44. The Data Proliferation
Engine
• How has this come about?
– Our ability to process data has increased exponentially
– Data is multiplied, often hundreds of times
• Email chains?
– We put so much time into data processing we have no
time left for turning it into information
45. The Data Proliferation
Engine
• How has this come about?
– Our ability to process data has increased exponentially
– Data is multiplied, often hundreds of times
• Email chains?
– We put so much time into data processing we have no
time left for turning it into information
• Enablers?
– Cheap, powerful devices
– Cheap, fast, data transmission
– Cheap, easy storage
46. The Data Proliferation
Engine
• How has this come about?
– Reductions in cost, increases in speed!
– It is, relatively, easy to explain and justify grey boxes and
bellwire
• And they can be admired, polished, depreciated and pictured in the
annual report
• And they can be fitted into a ‘rolling replacement’ cycle!
47. The Data Proliferation
Engine
• How has this come about?
– Reductions in cost, increases in speed!
– It is, relatively, easy to explain and justify grey boxes and
bellwire
• And they can be admired, polished, depreciated and pictured in the
annual report
• And they can be fitted into a ‘rolling replacement’ cycle!
– It is, relatively, hard to explain information!
•
•
•
•
it is, largely, invisible
It is difficult to ‘count’ (so we don’t bother)
very hard to admire
it’s ‘value’ is poorly understood and, after the first report, the
audience always wants more
– ‘can you make it do……………..?’
– The ‘customer’ is always disappointed!
48.
49. 150k excel spreadsheets
Board Meeting
5000 access databases
Exec Group
103 business systems
507 locations
Direct 1 to 1s
352 managers
Department Meetings
5 regulators
Section Heads
9 functions
Individual Performance
6 layers
Project Reviews
Business Review Group
51. Beckford’s Law!
• Moores Law
– processing speed doubles every 2 years
– a driver of the growth in cheap, fast machines
– we get a lot more bang for our buck!
54. Beckford’s Law!
• Beckford’s Law
– Data proliferates as a function of:
• the number of users
• multiplied by the number of devices
55. Beckford’s Law!
• Beckford’s Law
– Data proliferates as a function of:
• the number of users
• multiplied by the number of devices
• multiplied by the number of applications
56. Beckford’s Law!
• Beckford’s Law
– Data proliferates as a function of:
•
•
•
•
the number of users
multiplied by the number of devices
multiplied by the number of applications
multiplied by ease of transmission (the propagation rate)
57. Beckford’s Law!
• Beckford’s Law
– Data proliferates as a function of:
•
•
•
•
the number of users
multiplied by the number of devices
multiplied by the number of applications
multiplied by ease of transmission (the propagation rate)
– Information proliferation is the inverse function!
58. Beckford’s Law!
• Beckford’s Law
– Data proliferates as a function of:
•
•
•
•
the number of users
multiplied by the number of devices
multiplied by the number of applications
multiplied by ease of transmission (the propagation rate)
– Information proliferation is the inverse function!
• Data proliferation is therefore exponential in volume
and frequency
59. Beckford’s Law!
• Beckford’s Law
– Data proliferates as a function of:
•
•
•
•
the number of users
multiplied by the number of devices
multiplied by the number of applications
multiplied by ease of transmission (the propagation rate)
– Information proliferation is the inverse function!
• Data proliferation is therefore exponential in volume
and frequency
• Information declines in proportion
• Upshot – the more data, the less information!
60. Beckford’s Law!
• And, ‘as evry fule kno’ this:
– Answers to the law of second law of thermodynamics
– Reflects the notions of entropy (chaos) and negentropy
(organisation):
•
•
•
•
Chaotic systems are higher energy/less organisation
Stable systems are lower energy/higher organisation
Data is free (unconstrained) energy – generating chaos
Information is constrained energy – generating order
61. Beckford’s Law!
• And, ‘as evry fule kno’ this:
– Answers to the law of second law of thermodynamics
– Reflects the notions of entropy (chaos) and negentropy
(organisation):
•
•
•
•
Chaotic systems are higher energy/less organisation
Stable systems are lower energy/higher organisation
Data is free (unconstrained) energy– generating chaos
Information is constrained energy – generating order
– Order is the basis of management
– The key to consistency, coherence, performance
64. Information Projects
Understand the information
needed to manage the business
Understand the value to the business
of having that information
Business Effectiveness
Business Financial Performance
65. Information Projects
Understand the information
needed to manage the business
Understand the value to the business
of having that information
Business Effectiveness
Business Financial Performance
Develop an Information Strategy
66. Information Projects
Understand the information
needed to manage the business
Understand the value to the business
of having that information
Business Effectiveness
Business Financial Performance
Develop an Information Strategy
Determine what hardware and
systems are needed
67. Information Projects
Understand the information
needed to manage the business
Understand the value to the business
of having that information
Business Effectiveness
Business Financial Performance
Develop an Information Strategy
Determine what hardware and
systems are needed
Commission Information Projects
68. Information Projects
Understand the information
needed to manage the business
Understand the value to the business
of having that information
Business Effectiveness
Business Financial Performance
Develop an Information Strategy
Measure
the
Information
Payback
Determine what hardware and
systems are needed
Commission Information Projects
69. Information Projects
Understand the information
needed to manage the business
Understand the value to the business
of having that information
Business Effectiveness
Business Financial Performance
Develop an Information Strategy
Measure
the
Information
Payback
Determine what hardware and
systems are needed
Commission Information Projects
Measure
the
Value
Added
70. QD08
QD06A
Performance
Information
Finance
Tracker
ncial
Fina and
ome ata
Inc
eD
Invoic
QD07A
,
cts
spe cts
p ro p ro j e
es
sa l e l i n e
pip
TES
Training C
ourses /
Jobs Opp
ortunities
VS
Manager
Finance
Tracker
CSCS
EP
QD07B
TES
VS
Prospects
ce
an
rm tion
rfo a
Pe form
In
Cou
r se
p r o / Jo b
info cess
r ma
tion
Procurement
Projects
TES
System
QD06B
cy
an
ult ts
ns jec
Co Pro
Finance
Tracker
Pro
p r o j e ct
info cess
r ma
tion
Consultancy
Proce Project
ss info
rmati
o
BusImp, R&D,
Corp Serv
Business Planning
Project process
information
Procurement
Project
Tracker
Pe
In rfo
fo rm
rm a
at nc
io e
n
Pr
oc
Pr ure
o j e me
cts nt
Pe
In rfo
fo rm
rm a
at nc
io e
n
Sales Admininstration
Process:
Prospecting, Networking
KAM, Framework Mgt
Relationship Building
n
VS
Developer
QD05
N
C o e xt
Ob rpo FY
j e c ra t
tiv e
es
VS
Manager
ate
por
Cor jects
Pro
Finance
Tracker
Manual
Automated
71. Look into
the ‘I’
• Information Systems Redesign (Process Management)
Income Generation
Processes
Products
Services
Personal Info Corporate Info
Training
Employment
Procurement
Jobs
Courses
Processes
Quality
H&S
Risk
Environment
Finance
Recruit
Pay
IT
Train
Facilities
72. Activity Data
VS Manager
Process Data
Performance Outputs:
Business Performance
Board
SMT
Unit
Business Streams
Individual
Business Planning
Core Data
Flows
Core Data
CRM
Performance
Data
Finance
Tracker
(exists)
Managerial
Data
Regulatory Data
Finance
Core Data &
vol, £££, etc
Marketing
Process
Performance
Process Level
Exists
Exists
CSCS
S1
Rich Data
Exists
EP
Rich Data
TES
Rich Data
Convert from Excel*
Project Tracker
Rich Data
CORE DATA TABLES & APPLICATION
SPECIFIC TABLES
VS Dev**
Consultancy
VS Dev**
BusImp, R&D,
Corp Serv
VS Prospects
Sales Admininstration
Process:
Prospecting, Networking
KAM, Framework Mgt
Relationship Building
* Use VS Developer
** Use VS Developer
83. IS Asset Systems
• Critique:
–
–
–
–
–
–
Multiple systems (57 in one case)
Inadequate Telemetry (esp on Waste Water Systems)
Duplication (and more) of data, Hard to store, hard to use
Questionable accuracy
Inappropriate hierarchy
Not optimised to support the business
• Lots of demand for ‘better information’ :
–
–
–
–
–
–
Does not support ISO55000
Not aligned to Business Processes
Not helpful to maintenance and operational management
Inadequate for capital planning and investment delivery
Increases workload for data users
Not supportive of BIM
84. Asset Management
Strategy
• Whole Life Asset Value Management
– supports ISO55000, BIM
– Reduce totex over time
• Reliability Centred, Adaptive
– Driving Up Overall Performance, Driving Down Overall Cost
– Manage the whole as a network NOT as a set of independent
parts
• Build, Maintain and Operate all assets in a manner which meets the
business objectives
• Generate appropriate information to drive fact-based decisions at all
levels
• Eliminate Rework, Minimise Unplanned Work, Maximise ‘first time
fix’
• Multiple approaches, appropriately informed
– Reliability Centred
– Blending Break fix, Condition based, Time based
85. Scope
Utilisation
Disposal
Business Objectives
Asset Management Strategy
Asset Planning
Investment Delivery
Maintenance
Operations
Data Integrity & Utilisation
Asset Related Information
Asset Hierarchy
Organisation, Structure, Processes
Data Integrity, Information Aggregation
Procurement
Pas55
BIM
FS
CC
86. Leading Enterprisewide
Asset Management
Regulatory Requirements
Shareholder Expectations
ARI
BIM
ISO55000
requires
Business Drivers
informs
Asset
Management
Strategy
Business
Performance
drives
Asset
Performance
drives
Asset
Performance
Data
Capital Asset
Projects
Investment
Performance
Asset Financial
Data
Asset
Operations
Operations
Performance
Asset Data
Asset
Maintenance
Maintenance
Performance
F
S
C
C
87. Business Benefits
• Optimised Performance for Customers
• Optimised Management of the Network
• Optimised across:
– Capital
– Maintenance
– Operations
• Target Benefits:
– Capital £50m per annum, Operations £5m per annum
88. The Information
Organisation
• The Information Challenge
• The Value of Information
• The Information Organisation
– Generating Value
– Enabling Value
• The Information Factory
• Managing Performance
• The Infrastructure Challenge