This document discusses the disruption of traditional technology silos through continuous and progressive information sharing across the life cycle using open standards. It argues that digital transformation is not about individual point solutions but continuous data availability and linking across domains like geospatial, engineering, asset management and more. True disruption comes from liberated data through life cycle information management rather than isolated systems or proprietary formats that don't interconnect. Organizations must manage change carefully to adopt technologies contributing to information continuity rather than disruptive solutions that work only in isolation.

1. Disrupting the Disrupters
Phil Jackson

2. “Government as a client can derive
significant improvements in cost,
value and carbon performance
through the use of open
sharable asset information”
GeoBusiness Conference 23rd May 2017 2

3. People ProcessTechnology
BInformationM
Contract Standards
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4. GIS BIM AIM
INFORMATION
Technology Silos

5. Shiny new technology or more?
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• Point to Point Solutions
• Software that solves an isolated problem
• Appeals to the individual user, domain or team
• Visually
• Mature Standards Goals
• Information continuity
• Data widely available and accessible
• Data linking

6. Lonely Tech – Domain/Discipline Point Solutions
Geospatial
engineering
Asset
management
Coordination and
clash detection
Construction
sequencing
Multi-disciplinary
3D planning & design
Engineering
analysis
Construction
Content
management
Fabrication
Construction
documents
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7. Sticking Plaster Chainlink

8. Life Cycle Tech – Continuous Progressive Information
Geospatial
engineering
Asset
management
Coordination and
clash detection
Construction
sequencing
Multi-disciplinary
3D planning & design
Engineering
analysis
Construction
Content
management
Fabrication
Construction
documents
Design
Operat
e
Build
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9. Overused Term?

10. Digital transformation
• Is not about
– 3D visualisation
– Clash detection
– 4D, 5D ………
– BIM
– Point clouds
• It is all about

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12. The FT May 2007

13. Liberated Data

14. Data Continuity – Not Spilling a Drop

15. Joining up the Cycle
Asset
Information
Management
Based on ARC Advisory Group
Life Cycle
Information
Management
Project
Portfolio
Information
Management
Project
Information
Management
Integrated Data Life Cycle
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16. EXPLORE DEVELOP DELIVER OPERATE
CAPEX
PHASE
OPEX PHASE
PLAN

17. Develop
Business
Requirements
EXPLORE DEVELOP DELIVER OPERATE
CAPEX
PHASE
Develop Functional Requirements &
Specification
Satisfy
Functional
Requirements
Progressive
Information
Maturity
Maintain
Functional
Requirements
PLAN

18. Data is the disrupter
• Add value to service
• Reduce risk, predict and mitigate
• Carry out analysis
• Cross domain information availability
• Future planning
• Social interaction

19. Non Standard Data is Not SMART

21. Classic S-Curve of Technology
AdoptionGrowth&Performance
Time

22. Disruptive S-Curves of Technology
AdoptionGrowth&Performance
Time

23. Changing the Organisation Challenge
Change
Time
Technology changes
exponentially
But organisations
change more slowly
This
challenge
gets harder
with time
Choose carefully which
changes are adopted

24. Adopting Technology - beware the disrupters
• Does the technology contribute to the life cycle of
information?
• Does it work in isolation?
• How and what value does it add to my process?
• Does it let me add value to my stakeholders and
clients?
• Does adopt open standards or is it yet another
proprietary format

25. Managing Change
• Be agile
• Be evolutionary
• Join the dots
• Beware individual point solutions
• Beware management consultants
• Beware the IT department
• Beware software vendors
• Beware the shiny new thing