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This section is designed for automation architects, power system
planners, project engineers, information specialists, and system engineers who
wish to understand how best to utilize the IntelliGrid Architecture,
including the UML Model and IntelliGrid Architecture website. The specific objectives of this
section are to:
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Describe how, and by whom, the IntelliGrid Architecture is expected
to be used.
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Provide guidelines for using the electronic IntelliGrid Architecture
UML Model and website.
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Provide an example of using the IntelliGrid Architecture website.
The IntelliGrid Architecture project has taken the first steps to frame an
enterprise and industry architecture for future distributed computing systems.
The framework includes both recommendations that can form the basis for system
designs, as well as gaps and seams that were identified in existing
infrastructure development.
The IntelliGrid Architecture provides a documentation
style and framework that is comprehensive for application development. IntelliGrid Architecture
includes a starting set of Use Cases for requirements, functionality, and
nomenclature, and provides links from requirements to standards, technologies and best practices. In addition, IntelliGrid Architecture includes
in-depth discussions of the state-of-the-art of information engineering and
technologies.
The IntelliGrid Architecture is a roadmap that can be
used for many purposes by diverse groups of people. An industry and
enterprise-level architecture primarily addresses issues related to enterprise
integration, data and applications sharing across
domains and the implementation of security and management policies. The issues
addressed in IntelliGrid Architecture are also concerned with integration with consumers and
business entities outside of any given company. These issues are typically handled
by systems architects, automation architects or
systems engineers that may report to strategic corporate planners and chief
information officers. The IntelliGrid Architecture project results are also applicable to power
system planners, power engineers and automation engineers to help define
functional and information requirements for advanced automation systems and
specific implementations in the near term. System engineers or system
architects can utilize IntelliGrid Architecture models in the preparation of implementation
specifications and in the systems engineering of actual applications.
IntelliGrid Architecture provides several potential jumping off points for
different types of users, for example, power system planners may work
exclusively with the Use Cases, while project engineers and information specialists
can select various environments to review. Specific uses include:
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Power system planners and project engineers will use IntelliGrid Architecture to
help define their functional and information requirements for specific, near
term implementations
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Automation architects and information specialists - Chief
Information Officers (CIOs),,
vendors, and IT specialists will use IntelliGrid Architecture to develop strategies and migration
plans for long range objectives
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System engineers or system architects can utilize IntelliGrid Architecture models to
prepare implementation specifications and in the systems engineering of actual
applications.
Individual user groups and their potential use of the
IntelliGrid Architecture are depicted in Figure
16 and are discussed in more detail in the following sections.
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Figure
16: Ways the IntelliGrid Architecture can be used.
This drawing
depicts the four major components of the deliverables set and suggests
potential
audiences for each along with suggested uses.
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Note:
It is obvious that the 2004 IntelliGrid Architecture will require
continual expansion and upgrading to improve the set of Use Cases and to take
into account new standards and technologies. It is therefore incumbent on all
users of the IntelliGrid Architecture to indicate where expansion and
upgrades need to be undertaken.
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