Using the Business Ontology and Enterprise Standards to Transform Three Leading Organizations

Abstract

This case story covers the exciting journey of three growth organizations and how they applied the Global University Alliance developed Business Ontology and various enterprise standards to innovate and transform their organization. The paper does so by firstly elaborating on the theory, then it introduces the three organizations, discussed the challenges and issues at hand. Followed by a discussion of their journey and the solution description. Various details about the journey and how enterprise standards where used will be shared, including how these standards assisted these organizations in rethinking their business model, the operating model which effected both the value, revenue and service model as well as the performance and cost model. The case concludes with detailed lessons learned and how the business ontology and standards helped the organizations changed.