Integrations Inventory and Attributes - Strategic attributes for the Integrations Inventory
Integrations Inventory and Attributes
Chapter 14. Strategic attributes for the Integrations Inventory
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Core Concepts
| Concept | Definition & Strategic Role |
|---|---|
| Business Criticality | Business Criticality rates how important the integration is to enterprise operations if it fails, independent of whether the integration is currently risky or stable. |
| Governance Prioritization | Strategic classification helps decide which integrations warrant stronger controls, closer review, better retry logic, or more aggressive modernization. |
Quick Q&A
Question: How is Business Criticality different from risk?
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Strategic attributes capture the enterprise’s assessment of each Integration’s importance to business operations.
| Attribute Name | Maturity | Description and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Business Criticality | Crawl | Description — The assessed criticality of this integration to business operations if it fails or is unavailable. Distinct from Assessed Risk — an integration can be Mission-Critical and low-risk (stable, well-governed) or low-criticality and high-risk (fragile implementation of a non-critical feed). Benefit(s) — Prioritizes monitoring, incident response, and governance investment. Mission-Critical integrations warrant different SLA commitments, retry logic requirements, and change management controls than Low integrations. Source — Manual. Examples — Mission-Critical, High, Medium, Low Notes — Valid values: Mission-Critical | High | Medium | Low. Assessed by the Accountable Party and reviewed annually. |
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