Utilities Strategy Community

  My name is Jeff Bartelli and I'm the Technical Content Manager for the TBM Council. As you may have heard, the TBM Taxonomy is currently being updated to version 5. This is an exciting development and will no doubt lead to new taxonomy extensions. To ensure that future taxonomy extensions meet the needs of the TBM Community, I'm running an effort to establish standards for the extensions. 

  This is where you can help.

  What information do you believe is required to aid the adoption and implementation of a taxonomy extension? Are there specific materials that practitioners need to implement an extension? Are there other materials that executives need? What individual files should be created? And are there approaches or tools that should be documented to validate the use of a taxonomy extension?

  I encourage all of you to comment on this thread with your ideas and suggestions. If there are specific examples or materials you'd like to share with me, feel free to send them to me at jbartelli@tbmcouncil.org.

Thank you

One area to consider is defining what falls under the extension and what constitutes standard business operations, such as workforce management, finance, legal, and sales. Is there a clear distinction between what is included in standard business practices versus what is unique to industry-specific extensions?  I often encounter discussions where sales is treated as an industry-specific extension. But does it have to be? Could sales be defined as a standard function, allowing each organization to apply their unique technological influences, similar to workforce management? This approach could lead to fewer customizations for the extensions and potentially enhance collaboration on standard business areas.

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Monica Braun
Research Director
Marshfield
715-221-5596

Original Message:
Sent: 10-02-2024 13:13
From: Jeff Bartelli
Subject: INPUT REQUESTED: Establishing Requirements for Future TBM Taxonomy Extensions

  My name is Jeff Bartelli and I'm the Technical Content Manager for the TBM Council. As you may have heard, the TBM Taxonomy is currently being updated to version 5. This is an exciting development and will no doubt lead to new taxonomy extensions. To ensure that future taxonomy extensions meet the needs of the TBM Community, I'm running an effort to establish standards for the extensions. 

  This is where you can help.

  What information do you believe is required to aid the adoption and implementation of a taxonomy extension? Are there specific materials that practitioners need to implement an extension? Are there other materials that executives need? What individual files should be created? And are there approaches or tools that should be documented to validate the use of a taxonomy extension?

  I encourage all of you to comment on this thread with your ideas and suggestions. If there are specific examples or materials you'd like to share with me, feel free to send them to me at jbartelli@tbmcouncil.org.

Thank you

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Jeff Bartelli
Engagement Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
Sacramento CA
800-488-3111
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Monica,

I agree and believe that there should be three groups 1) Production Environment Operations, 2) Standard Business Office Operations and 3) IT Operations.  Some Standard Business Office Operations groups such as Sales require a high degree of agility to adjust to market demands vs HR which may require less agility on a day to day basis.

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MaryBeth Creamer
Program Manager
Southern Company
GA
14044571250

Original Message:
Sent: 10-10-2024 14:45
From: Monica Braun
Subject: INPUT REQUESTED: Establishing Requirements for Future TBM Taxonomy Extensions

One area to consider is defining what falls under the extension and what constitutes standard business operations, such as workforce management, finance, legal, and sales. Is there a clear distinction between what is included in standard business practices versus what is unique to industry-specific extensions?  I often encounter discussions where sales is treated as an industry-specific extension. But does it have to be? Could sales be defined as a standard function, allowing each organization to apply their unique technological influences, similar to workforce management? This approach could lead to fewer customizations for the extensions and potentially enhance collaboration on standard business areas.

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Monica Braun
Research Director
Marshfield
715-221-5596

Original Message:
Sent: 10-02-2024 13:13
From: Jeff Bartelli
Subject: INPUT REQUESTED: Establishing Requirements for Future TBM Taxonomy Extensions

  My name is Jeff Bartelli and I'm the Technical Content Manager for the TBM Council. As you may have heard, the TBM Taxonomy is currently being updated to version 5. This is an exciting development and will no doubt lead to new taxonomy extensions. To ensure that future taxonomy extensions meet the needs of the TBM Community, I'm running an effort to establish standards for the extensions. 

  This is where you can help.

  What information do you believe is required to aid the adoption and implementation of a taxonomy extension? Are there specific materials that practitioners need to implement an extension? Are there other materials that executives need? What individual files should be created? And are there approaches or tools that should be documented to validate the use of a taxonomy extension?

  I encourage all of you to comment on this thread with your ideas and suggestions. If there are specific examples or materials you'd like to share with me, feel free to send them to me at jbartelli@tbmcouncil.org.

Thank you

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Jeff Bartelli
Engagement Manager
Apptio, an IBM Company
Sacramento CA
800-488-3111
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