Introducing

The OBASHI Methodology

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OBASHI is not one of those mysterious Japanese
efficiency techniques from the 1990s, but rather, it is a
structured approach for mapping logical and physical
relationships between IT assets and resources.

Think of it as the OSI Model for business services.

OBASHI is the acronym for the layers it tracks.
OBASHI is a new way of thinking about ICT
enabled business change.

The OBASHI Methodology

is published by the UK Government, TSO

The OBASHI Accreditation

is managed globally by APMG International

OBASHI Software
automates the OBASHI methodology (but not
essential)
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Enhances business clarity & removes
ambiguity from decision making
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Creates a visual map of how your
business works
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Identifies how data flows between your
people, process and technology
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Allows you to visualise & calculate the $
per second value
of how data flows through
your business.
Benefits ...?

• Provides a standard way of thinking about ICT

• Creates the “Big Picture” of how your business works

• Helps join the dots of how data flows between your

people, process and technology

• Makes ICT easier to understand and communicate across

the business.
How OBASHI works: the core components
Business & IT Dataflow Analysis
Methodology diagrams View diagrams
(B&IT) (DAV)

A way of thinking The Big Picture Join the dots

OBASHI Methodology: A framework that puts people,
process and technology in context

Owner – Accounts

Business Process – Monthly Balance

Application – Excel, Sage or bespoke software

System – Windows, Ubuntu, Redhat, etc

Hardware – PC, Servers etc.

Infrastructure - Routers , Switches, Hubs etc

B+IT diagram: communicate the business
‘Big Picture’ in a standard way.
Data Flow Analysis View: identify the value of information
and connect business silos
OBASHI’s roots are in the Oil + Gas industry

Pipe + Instrumentation Diagrams

Engineered Approach

$ per second flow

OBASHI was born from a common problem

Reality Wish
• Communication • See the big picture
gap identified
• Increase understanding of the
• No single document linked relationships between its
their data, information, data/information, assets and
business process and IT resources in a business context
assets
• Understand the cost and value
of the assets and people that
• The Business and the IT supported its information and
department were unable to data flows
collaborate effectively
...which is even more prevalent today

• Dataflow & information flow is the life blood of every

modern business

• Most business activity is underpinned by and can be related

to single or multiple data flows

• Over 90% of cash is electronic

• It makes sense to understand, model, document, engineer,

analyse and re-engineer data flows... and follow a
traditional engineering approach to mapping information
Common languages make sense
Architecture

P+ID

CAD
OBASHI is a common language for data.

Methodology Software
 The OBASHI methodology dovetails with management best
practice.*

Universal
Language

Common
Delivery platform

* As detailed in the OBASHI Methodology manual

 OBASHI software automates the methodology

• Intelligent, Dynamic Modelling tool

• Drag and Drop Swim lane U.I.

• Overcomes the constraint of the ‘column to column join’ in

traditional RDBMS*

• We invented six new ways to relate information to ensure

the methodology could be automated easily and quickly.

* Relational Data Base Management System

OBASHI software allows you to...

Build your own B&ITs

Create your own

Data-Flow Analysis Views
Append critical data into the elements on your B&ITs.
Run meaningful visual and statistical reports to facilitate
decision making ...
... across all aspects of business decision making.

Business Design

Business Business
Monitoring Optimisation
Understanding your business DNA means more effective
planning ...
Strategic Planning

SaaS Outsourcing
Supporting change Data proliferation
Business Design
Security Connect silos
... improving your chances of delivering efficiencies in a
changing environment ...

Connect silos
Consolidation

Maximise IT value

Reduce IT waste

Business Transforming
Optimisation productivity

Legacy Asset
Identifying sweating
Management redundancy
.. and building the platform to make your business
operations more effective.

Security

Compliance

Governance

Risk Mgt
Business
Monitoring
Green IT
Legacy
Business
Management
Continuity
OBASHI can help you solve the problems which inhibit
business performance.
Strategic Planning

SaaS Outsourcing
Supporting change Data proliferation
Business Design
Security Connect silos
Consolidation
Compliance
Maximise IT value
Governance
Reduce IT waste
Risk Mgt
Business Business Transforming
Monitoring Optimisation productivity
Green IT Asset
Legacy Identifying
Business sweating
Management redundancy
Continuity
In summary… OBASHI

• allows you to see the big picture of how your

business works

• understand how data flows through your

people, process and technology

• means you will be able to design, optimise

and monitor your business better.