The area I’m looking at this from is that of supporting JISC Programmes and part of that – for me – is making it easier to identify what projects are doing and, from there, see the connections between projects across different programmes. At the moment we have the CRM/SLRM (Relationship Management), Workforce Development and Curriculum Design & Delivery programmes. It’s quite easy to spot that there are overlapping themes and processes at work in all.

But how do you get the picture of what it is projects are doing? Well…without having to pore over reams of bids, project plans, work package documents, etc…?

Modelling could give us a means of being able to represent the people, processes and supporting technology and how these relate to one another in the world of the project.

But then do we always have to head down the complex path of formal modelling languages and tools, etc? Sure, it’ll be suitable for some but certainly not all I wouldn’t have thought. But does this more casual approach to modelling get dismissed in favour of the more technical/high-brow flavour of BPMN, SSM, VSM, Archimate, etc…?

I’d like to see both avenues explored.