OBASHI is a methodology and way of thinking that provides clarity and vision through visual maps and diagrams. These diagrams show how a business works by linking ownership to assets, processes, applications, systems, hardware and infrastructure. OBASHI diagrams are used across organizations to develop strategy, deliver programs and projects, and improve performance through a better understanding of interdependencies and flows of data. Case studies demonstrate how OBASHI has helped organizations meet compliance standards, develop disaster recovery plans, and manage complex IT changes.

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OBASHI™
GeBng the Big Picture
Karen Ferris, Director

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What is OBASHI?

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What is OBASHI?
§ Ownership
§ Business process
§ Applica-on
§ System
§ Hardware
§ Infrastructure

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What is OBASHI?
“The understanding of the flow of data is fundamental to an
organisa5on’s financial well-being” obashi.co.uk

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What is OBASHI?
“Through clarity and vision you can develop and improve” obashi.co.uk
CLARITY Easy-to-read diagrams – remove
ambiguity from business decision-making
VISION An-cipate issues and challenges
DEVELOP Enhance business capability through
successful programme and project
implementa-on
IMPROVE Enhance business performance through
beZer opera-onal management

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Building Blocks
Methodology
A way of thinking
B+IT Diagram
The Big Picture
Data Flow
Join the dots

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Business and IT (BIT)
Diagrams

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Business and IT (BIT)
Diagrams

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Business and IT (BIT)
Diagrams

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Business and IT (BIT)
Diagrams

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Dataflow Analysis View
(DAV)

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Why are pictures
important?
Graphic
Descrip:on
Textual
Descrip:on
A curved line
with every
point equal
distance from
the centre

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Case Study
• Cyber security objec-ves – become globally PCI DSS (Payment Card
Industry Data Security Standard) compliant
• Clear communica-on between business and IT personnel was cri-cal
to project success
• OBASHI B&IT diagrams used to model the Card Data Environment
and Card services
• OBASHI Dataflow Analysis View diagrams solves PCI DSS
requirement 1.1.3

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Case Study
• Government legisla-on – new disaster recovery plan
• Meter to Billing system – no documenta-on
• 4 week period – OBASHI captured and portrayed the system
• Interface points, data ownership and dataflow ascertained
• Used as a communica-on tool across silos
• Unearthed SPOFs
• Iden-fied required updates to DR plan (exis-ng DR plan would not
have worked)

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Case Study
• Complexity of sokware, hardware and comms infrastructure layers
had built up in order to service flows of cri-cal engineering and
business data
• More clarity on the business impact of IT change
• Clear and simple communica-on
• Change control process development
• OBASHI embedded within change control process
• No IT project is authorised without OBASHI diagrams

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OBASHI and ITIL
Service
Strategy
Service Design
Service
Transi-on
Service
Opera-on
Con-nual Service Improvement
IT Service Lifecycle
Develop ‘big
picture’
Develop ‘what-if’
scenarios and agreed
future business
architecture
Develop
blueprint
Develop detailed
diagrams
OBASHI
Opera-ons
and
governance
OBASHI Business Knowledge
OBASHI Connec-vity

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GeBng Started

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GeBng Started -
Resources
• Pick a pilot
• Start small and rollout
• OBASHI.co.uk
• OBASHI manual
• OBASHI case studies
• Macantatraining.com

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Benefits
Ownership
Process
Applica-ons
Systems Hardware
Infrastructure
The ability to link
ownership to your assets
The ability to iden-fy
waste
The ability to build
business con-nuity
The ability to specify
disaster recovery
more accurately
The ability to deliver
programmes more
effec-vely
The ability to
deliver projects
more efficiently
The ability to deliver
service more robustly
The ability to iden-fy
latency

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What?
Why?
Where?
When?
How?
Who?
OBASHI
A methodology and way of thinking
allowing you to develop a clear
picture of how your business works
With clarity and vision
you can develop and
improve
Across the
organisa-on…top
to boZom…side
to side
Whilst developing strategy and delivering
programmes, projects and services
A visual map of
how the business
works;
the assets needed
to make it work;
the inter-
dependencies
between the assets
Used by…
CEO, CFO, CIO,
Directors, Head of
Strategy, Portolio
Analyst, Business
Analysts,
Infrastructure
management &
Programme/Project
Managers

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Contact Details
• Karen.ferris@macanta.com.au
• +61 (0) 425 728 598
• www.macanta.com.au
• www.macantatraining.com
• www.karenferris.com
• @karen_ferris