Architecting the Industrial Internet

Solution definition

With an agreed-upon scope and use case, the project team can begin the process of defining the solution and selecting technologies to be used. The solution definition focuses on the system usage and the functional viewpoint. In addition, the information domain guides the data and analytic requirements for the solution.

The solution definition describes the market segment and business value, the current situation from an IT and OT perspective, the challenge, and the proposed solution. The solution definition also maps the functional requirements to the cross-cutting functions and system characteristics, security being the most important. 

A gap-fit analysis is useful to identify existing capabilities and gaps that need ...