Infrastructure Information Modeling for Cross-Phase Lifecycle Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Lack of proper information asset management in infrastructure lifecycle phases leads to inefficiencies, such as inconsistent lifecycle management, slower time to market, and reduced flexibility in infrastructure solution engineering, due to lack of information sharing between phases.
Innovation Solution
Implement a unified database library and information modeling management engine to model information assets across lifecycle phases, generating standardized information assets that can be leveraged for systems management services, and extend these assets through an extension services hub to provide unified services across phases.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If information assets are managed separately in each lifecycle phase, then each phase can be managed independently, but information sharing between phases is limited leading to inconsistencies and delays
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges information assets from separate lifecycle phases into a unified information model that spans planning, procurement, deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning phases. This consolidation enables consistent information sharing across all phases while maintaining the ability to manage each phase independently through standardized data structures and relationships.
2Productivity
If manual information management is used across lifecycle phases, then implementation is simple, but time to market increases and manual errors occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a standardized information model that serves as a template or copyable structure for managing information assets across all lifecycle phases. This model can be replicated and adapted to different infrastructure solutions, reducing manual effort and time to market while maintaining consistency through the reusable standardized structure.
3Reliability
If additional resources are allocated to compensate for poor information management, then resource shortages are avoided, but computer processing delays and network congestion increase
Solution Approach 1:
The unified information model enables the system to automatically manage and share information assets across lifecycle phases without requiring additional manual intervention or excessive resource allocation. The standardized structure allows systems to self-serve by retrieving and utilizing consistent information from previous phases, reducing processing delays and network congestion while ensuring resource availability.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for lifecycle management with information modeling functionalities in information processing systems are disclosed. For example, a method models a set of specifications across multiple phases of a management lifecycle associated with an infrastructure solution, based on a set of user inputs, by generating a set of information assets from at least a portion of the set of specifications, wherein one or more of the information assets define relationships between two or more of the specifications. The method utilizes at least a portion of the set of information assets to enable a set of services configured to manage the infrastructure solution.