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2. Start and finish Course style
LunchCoffee and breaks
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3.  Good understanding of the domain
Business Information Management (BIM)
 Understanding of role BiSL framework,
processes, activities and products
 Understanding how BiSL connects to
ITIL and other related frameworks
Main goal
 Attempt Foundation exam with confidence
 Begin to apply the framework, tailoring it to
your own organisation’s needs
Secondary goal
 Benefits and value of business information
management and BiSL framework
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4. • Please share with the class:
• Your name and surname
• Your organization
• Your profession (title, function, job
responsibilities)
• Your familiarity with the
project/programme management
• Your familiarity with the
ITSM/ITIL/COBIT5/TOGAF/ASL2
• Your experience with information
management
• Your personal session expectations
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5. • Foundation Exam
• Paper based and closed book exam
• Only pencil and eraser are allowed
• Simple multiple (ABCD) choice exam
• Only one answer is correct
• 40 questions, pass mark is 26 (65%)
• 1 hour exam
• No negative points, no “Tricky Questions”
• No pre-requisite for Foundation exam
• Sample, one mock (official) exam is
provided to you
Candidates completing an examination in a language that
is not their mother tongue, will receive additional time
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6. • Advanced Exam
• Paper based and closed book exam
• Only pencil and eraser are allowed
• Simple multiple (ABCD) choice exam
• Only one answer is correct
• 40 questions, pass mark is 26 (65%)
• 75 minutes exam
• No negative points, no “Tricky Questions”
• Foundation certification is required
• Sample, one mock (official) exam is
provided to you
Candidates completing an examination in a language that
is not their mother tongue, will receive additional time
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7. BiSL syllabus section code and title
BF Business information management and Framework
UM Use Management
FM Functionality Management
CP Connecting Processes
MP Management Processes
SP Strategic Processes
Handbook PageSyllabus
Module slide number / total module slides
Slide number /
total slides
Module number
and name
BiSL
handbook page
BiSL syllabus
section code
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8. See Appendix #2 for more mind maps
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13. 1. Introduction to Business Information Management and BiSL
2. BiSL Framework
3. Use Management
4. Functionality Management
5. Connecting Processes - Operational Level
6. Management Processes
7. Information Strategy
8. I-Organization Strategy
9. Connecting Processes - Strategic Level
10. Use of BiSL and implementation
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14. • Organizations depend on information systems and information
management is therefore critically important
• Essential to be in control of IT outsourcing
• Complex organizations have varied demands – BIM is the central
contact for both the business and IT
• BIM helps to deal with rapid change in organizations and their
requirements
• Operations and strategy must be linked
• BiSL is a generic framework for BIM
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15. • BIM is closely related to Application Management and IT
infrastructure Management
• BIM is part of the user organization
• BIM is portfolio holder for the business
• BIM is a customer for application management and IT infrastructure
management
• BIM represents business management
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16. User
organization
IT
organization
Information
systems
 Infrastructure
 Hardware
 Equipment
 Networks
 Software
 Databases
Maintaining
software:
 Creation
 Maintenances
 Renovation
Provision of
information
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17. Data
Applications
Infrastructure
AM
ITIM
BIM
Business Information
Management
Information provisioning
 User / organizational
perspectives
 Managerial aspects
 System owner & business
information managers
Application Management
Information systems
& applications
 Maintenance
perspective
 Focused on IT
solutions
 Maintenance
organization /
application
management &
development
IT infrastructure
Management
Information technology
 Production perspective
 Technical aspects
 Data centers
 Storage
 Network
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18. Data
Applications
Infrastructure
Mgmt
Users
Serv
Team
AM
ITSM/
ITIM
Demand Supply
Agreements
BIM
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BF
BiSL®
ASL®
ITIL®
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19. BF
Information
provisioning
for the
business
Automated
information
provisioning
(IT) and IT
support
The BIM
organization
The policy of
the
organization
Specifying the
organization’s
information
requirements
Ordering IT
services and
monitoring IT
provider
Function that
controls the
information
provision for the
organization
BIM translates
demands into
automated and
non-automated
information
provisioning
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23. 1. Introduction to Business Information Management and BiSL
2. BiSL Framework
3. Use Management
4. Functionality Management
5. Connecting Processes - Operational Level
6. Management Processes
7. Information Strategy
8. I-Organization Strategy
9. Connecting Processes - Strategic Level
10. Use of BiSL and implementation
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24. • Effective BIM requires operational, managing and strategic processes
• BIM framework divided processes into 7 process clusters
• BIM success is strongly determined by interfaces between the various
process clusters and the various process levels
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25. • Vendor independent public domain library for the implementation of
business information management
• BiSL offers guidance for the BIM domain, which deals with actively
managing, maintaining and supporting the functionality of
information systems
• BiSL assumes a business point of view and describes the processes and activities
related to information management that are a business responsibility
• BiSL aims to professionalize the demand function
• Not only within an organization, but also as a unifying factor between different
organizations
• One of the most important benefits of the framework is that a
common language and reference is provided to the market,
facilitating a better understanding and communication between the
involved parties
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26. • The library is promoted and supported by the
ASL BiSL Foundation and sponsored by both
IT service providers and user organizations
that benefit from sharing their best practices
and using a knowledge platform for
application management.
• www.aslbislfoundation.org
• In 2005, the Business Information Services Library Library (BiSL) was
launched into the public domain as a library for business information
management
• In 2012 a revised version of BiSL was published in which some of the
terminology was slightly updated
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27. BiSL: A Framework for
Business Information
Management - 2nd
Edition
BiSL Pocket Guide - 2nd
Edition
BiSL Self-assessment -
Diagnosis for Business
Information Management
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28. Management Processes
Information
Strategy
I-Organization
Strategy
Functionality
Management
Use
Management
Connecting
Processes -
Strategic
Level
StrategicOperationalManaging
Connecting
Processes -
Operational
Level
BF
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29. Planning and
Resource Management
Financial
Management
Demand
Management
Contract
Management
Use Management Functionality Management
Information StrategyI-Organization Strategy
Connecting processes -
Operational Level
Strategic User
Relationship
Management
Information
Coordination
Change
Management
Transition
Management
Strategic
Information
Partner
Management
Strategic
Supplier
Management
End User
Support
Business Data
Management
Operational
Supplier
Management
Specify
Information
Requirements
Design
Non-automated
Information
Systems
Prepare
Transition
Review
and Testing
Management
Processes
Define
I-Organization
Strategy
Connecting Processes -
Strategic Level
StrategicOperationalManaging
Information
Lifecycle
Management
Information
Portfolio
Management
Establish
Business
Process
Developments
Establish
Information
Chain
Developments
Establish
Technological
Developments
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30. Controlling the provisioning of information
Future of the content
of the information
provisioning
Organizing
the information
provisioning
Functionality
management
Use
management
Operational
Key user
Business information
administrator
Managing
Product manager
System owner
In line with policy
CIO
Information
manager
BF
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