Business Strategy and Innovation Framework
parallel analysis to identify best practices for the deployment of IIoT concepts among competitors and the wider industry as a whole .
Ideally , the scope of an IIoT maturity assessment should not be restricted to the industry in which the enterprise operates . It should include within its remit the identification of best practices from other industries , in particular adjacent and broadly comparable industries .
A context in which an IIoT maturity assessment is particularly useful is the CoE . It provides input for several different areas within the organization , including :
� strategy planning , � IIoT project portfolio planning and ideation , � business case and scenario planning , � achieving internal stakeholder and third-party buy-in , � internal change management and � a range of specific overall corporate development and project-based issues .
The CoE is best positioned to develop and ‘ own ’ the maturity assessment tool . Internal consultants in particular , and other CoE staff in general , are ideally placed to analyze the overall level of IIoT development prevailing within their industry , and the degree to which it might apply to their own organization .
In particular , members of the IIoT consulting group should devote part of their time to analyzing the wider industry in which their enterprise operates . They should seek to identify best practices and assess the overall maturity of IIoT concepts within the industry , with a view to outlining a long-term IIoT scenario for their industry .
6.1.6 IIOT GOVERNANCE
To embrace the shift toward IIoT , enterprises must harness the combined value of IT and OT . Necessary considerations include appropriate governance and common methodologies .
In practice , enterprises may well continue to plan for IT and OT separately to account for the specific day-to-day objectives of each domain . Governance structures should optimize using elements in both . These elements include :
� operational objectives and data , � overall business strategy and market objectives and data , � more specific objectives for lines of businesses ( LOBs ) within the company , � existing and developing standards for OT , IT and IIoT within the company , � IIoT strategy and objectives and � any internal program development .
This approach is particularly relevant and necessary for data that might flow to and from both IT and OT domains , and may provide a unified view of all data across the organization .
The governance structures put in place within an enterprise should include both IT and OT representatives within the IIoT solution team . Input from the various lines of business ( LoBs )
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