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Publication summary

Author(s): James Nell

Publication date: August 1997

Citation: James Nell: "Standardization and Enterprise Integration," NISTIR 6049, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 1997.

Key words: enterprise integration, horizontal standards, information technology, standards, strategic standardization

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Abstract:

This paper presents an analysis of what it means for an enterprise to be integrated, what enterprises are really trying to achieve by integrating their processes, what is really going on among their processes, and how integration may, or may not, change that. Then the attention turns to standards. The premise of the paper is to create a standardization strategy for integration that matches the way enterprises operate. If that is not done, the effort to produce the standards largely will be wasted. This is because ill-conceived standards will not alter the way enterprises actually operate. Finally, there is a suggestion that, perhaps, enterprise-integration-related standards are in a category different from the usual standards for hardware, software, and protocols. Because they affect the entire enterprise, and even interacting enterprises, they are more in the category of horizontal standards such as quality and environmental standards.

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