It would be great if you could submit some Use Cases based on Jamcracker's
experience.
On the subject of Use Cases, what Use Cases have been submitted to this
TC so far? The only ones I know of are the XRPM use cases. Have any other
ones been submitted, and if so, where can I get them?
Jeff Bohren
"Ranthidevan, Anand" wrote:
For the last 2 years, Jamcracker has
been helping to create this new ASP marketplace. At Jamcracker, we
aggregate/resell/OEM Web Applications & Web Servcies from many diffrent
providers. Some of these services include Email, VPN, HRMS, CRM,
SFA, etc. And, of course, the *biggest* problem area has been Provisioning
across various systems at various Providers.
We would like to contribute our lessons
learnt over the last 2 years to helping make SPML a success. From
our experience, I think the scope of SPML should cover the following identities
and resources:
IDENTITIES: As *who*
requires to be added, modified, or deleted.
This shouldn't be limited to just Users, as that's too narrow. The main
ones we've come across and have implemented (albeit without the benefit
of a standard) are:
1. Systems
2. Companies
3. Company Structures -- like Divisions,
Departments, Cost Centers, Locations, Employee Types, and so on.
4. Users
5. User Roles
The second and third items in the list
are key in business scenarios where a particular resource (service) needs
to be first provisioned at the Company-level, before it can be provisioned
for Users of that Company. Usually, a manual contract/paper agreement is
signed at this level and many resources (like Email for example) require
a Company-level identification before adding Users. This could well hold
at the organizational structure levels also.
RESOURCES: As
*systems* on which the identity needs to be added, modified, or
deleted. The scope of SPML should strive to cover the entire set of enterprise
resources -- as all these fall under the provisioning ambit. These include,
but are not limited to:
1. Directories
a. Microsoft
Active Directory
b. Novell
Directory Services
c. Sun iPlanet
Directory Server
d. OpenLDAP
2. Operating
Systems
a. MS Windows
2000
b. MS Windows
NT
c. Sun Solaris
d. IBM AIX
e. HP UX
f. Linux
3. Networks
a. Novell
Netware
4. Security
a. VeriSign
PKI
b. Cisco
Secure ACS
c. Tivoli
Policy Director
d. Tivoli
SecureWay LDAP
e. RSA ClearTrust
f. Netegrity
SiteMinder
g. Entegrity
AssureAccess
h. Entrust
getAccess
i. Oblix
NetPoint
j. Baltimore
SelectAccess
5. Enterprise
Email
a. Microsoft
Exchange
b. Lotus
Notes
c. Novell
GroupWise
6. Enterprise
Database
a. Oracle
b. DB2
c. MS SQL
Server
d. Sybase
7. Enterprise
WebServers
a. Apache
b. Microsoft
IIS
8. Enterprise
AppServers
a. IBM WebShere
b. BEA WebLogic
c. Sun iPlanet
d. HP AS
9. Enterprise
Financials
a. SAP Financials
b. PeopleSoft
Financials
c. Oracle
Financials
d. GreatPlains
Financials
e. JD Edwards
Financials
10. Enterprise HRMS
a. PeopleSoft
HR
b. SAP HR
c. Oracle
HR
11. Enterprise CRM
a. Clarify
b. Remedy
c. Siebel
d. Oracle
CRM
12. Mainframe
a. IBM MVS
RACF
b. IBM MVS
ACF2
c. IBM AS/400
13. Pure ASPs
a. http://www.webex.com/home/default.htm
b. http://www.salesforce.com/
c. http://www.upshot.com/
d.
http://www.employease.com/home.php3
e.
http://www.openair.com/home/
f.
http://www.ipass.com/main.php
14. Telco & Wireless
Services
a. Plain
Old Telephone Service
b. DSL
c. T-1
d. 3G
To make this more concrete, I can go ahead
and put together some general business scenarios and use cases. Would
that work for everyone? Should I post them to this list?
-Anand
[Anand Ranthidevan]
Product Manager - Jamcracker Platform
http://www.jamcracker.com
--
Jeff bohren
Product Architect
OpenNetwork Techologies
(727) 561-9500x219
