

SIO offers consultancy and training services to provide short term benefits in design, requirements and integration specifications in any outsourcing or software project
In the medium term, the effort accumulates a library of best practice within the organisation for future projects
When shared across the sector, best practice transforms into sector-wide standards for interoperability
Contributions and access to the library is by subscription

Tooling will support development of both common and Proprietary OIS Contracts and will be available as part of the subscription service
SIO takes responsibility for quality control of contributed material. It curates the body of common standards in each sector and this body of work gives OIS constancy and endurance, even beyond the lifetime of SIO itself
A critical value of SIO is that it is independent of in-sector competitive pressure. It acts purely as an authority to promote converged operational excellence
Market Engagement Model

The Value of an External Authority
Only an independent, authoritative approach to operations can deliver true operational excellence
SIO is free from in-sector competitive pressure
Standard InterOperations' mission is to develop a body of expertise that systematically covers the operations of a market sector; such as telecoms, healthcare, government and armed forces. The method is to capture the know-how of Subject Matter Experts using consistent principles and an ever-developing architecture. The resulting library endures beyond the churn in consultants, strategists and executives in any individual organisation

- there is no duplication,
- that naming conventions are clear and common
- there is sufficient coverage of operations in the sector
Solutions and Business Process designers generate designs by sequencing OIS Contracts. These define supply chains, both internally and between organisations.
System functions and features are fully defined by OIS Contracts. OIS finally unites the operations, business processes and systems by using the language of operations
Innovation
OIS encourages the small, new innovative organisations to develop a presence in a sector
The value of sharing

- There is little opportunity to reduce cost and encourage innovation through convergence and reuse
- The genuinely valuable trade secrets are lost among all the common material
SIO is well positioned to help establish a norm for what is best contributed to the common standards and what should remain proprietary
The ideal situation is where an organisation recognises certain operational activities are necessary, but non-the-less not differentiating. They contribute these to the common OIS and in so doing, help other organisations come to the same conclusion and drive towards convergence, reuse and off-the-shelf supportThe OIS Library...for each Sector
OIS Contracts can be extended to produce more sophisticated, more specific, or feature enhanced Contracts. The results are likely to be proprietary, but the intention is to fold them back into the common standards when it becomes more valuable for the owners to do so

Models of Contribution
- Experts from different organisations and different territories in a sector work together to crowd source shared best practice. This generates Common OIS Contracts
- Organisations work internally across different divisions and different territories to consolidate and refine their differential value. This generates Proprietary OIS Contracts
- Organisations work together as partners to enhance OIS Contracts with shared differentiating features. Client, supplier, or both organisations may enhance the specifications to include their own differentiating value