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September 11, 2024

Every quarter, the CHEFS Team provides a Common Service Enterprise Architecture session for our non-technical audience in the morning and holds a discussion with our technical audience in the afternoon. Below, you will find information about the morning and afternoon sessions, including videos and high-level summaries of the transcripts.


Common Service Enterprise Architecture Morning Session Video - Complete Video

  1. Introduction & Guiding Principles and Strategy
    Start: 0:00 > End: 30:00

  2. Vision for CHEFS and Common Components
    Start: 30:00 > End: 1:00:00

  3. Organizational Restructuring
    Start: 1:00:00 > End: 1:35:15

  4. Expansion and Collaboration Across Canada
    Start: 1:35:15 > End: 2:00:00

  5. Measuring Success
    Start: 2:00:00 > End: 2:15:00

  6. Closing Remarks & Open Discussion
    Start: 2:15:00 > End: 2:30:00

Morning Session Transcript

 Integration Challenges with CHEFS:

  • Issues are primarily related to integration with external systems.

  • Current workflows are isolated, causing difficulties when integrating forms into broader business processes.

 Example: Fishing License Application:

  • CHEFS can manage form creation, submission, review, and approval.

  • Payment processing is external, and roles for personnel are manually assigned.

  • The current process requires separate handling of each form, causing redundancy and inefficiency when personnel are involved in multiple forms.

 Limitations of the Current System:

  • Forms become large and complex, especially when accounting for multiple business processes.

  • Role assignments must be repeated for each form, creating duplication.

  • Workflows are linear with limited collaboration capabilities, and role-based security can be too broad.

  • Notifications and integrations, while automated via webhooks, are limited to one endpoint and cannot scale across multiple systems.

 Architectural Improvements Needed:

  • User management and role assignment need to be unified across multiple forms and applications to reduce redundancy.

  • A more flexible workflow system is needed to accommodate complex, multistep processes.

  • The goal is to move user management outside of CHEFS so it can apply across different forms and applications.

 Next Steps:

  • Re-architect CHEFS to address these integration and scalability issues, including improving role assignment, user management, and workflow flexibility.

Common Service Enterprise Architecture Afternoon Session Video - Complete Video

  1. Introduction & Guiding Principles and Strategy

    • Start: 0:00

    • End: 36:51

  2. Workshop with Q &A

    • Start: 38:00

    • End: 1:17:40

  3. Roundtable Discussion

    • Start: 1:17:40

    • End: 2:22:23

  4. Matt Hall Closing Remarks

    • Start: 2:22:23

    • End: 2:28:45

Afternoon Session Transcript

 Introductions and Contact Information:

  • Matthew Hall is the Chief Product Owner for the CHEFS product team.

  • Contact for follow-up questions: Matthew Hall, Ari Hershberg, or Mohammed.

 Guiding Principles and Strategy:

  • Focus on using open standards and avoiding "Big Bang" implementations (Chris Robinson).

  • Encouraging a collaborative contributor model where team members feel valued and appreciated.

 Vision for CHEFS and Common Components:

  • The primary goal is to reduce the time and cost associated with standing up services for citizens of BC.

  • Teams are encouraged to think beyond individual components, focusing on the larger goal of delivering value efficiently.

  • There is an emphasis on eliminating unused features and focusing on what truly adds value.

 Organizational Restructuring:

  • The need for teams working on common components to collaborate more closely across organizational boundaries.

  • Advocating for restructuring to facilitate better cooperation and streamline the development of solutions.

 Expansion and Collaboration Across Canada:

  • Long-term vision includes expanding the program across Canada.

  • Some components, like the digital trust framework, are already part of Pan-Canadian discussions.

  • BC aims to share its learnings with other provinces, helping them adopt similar solutions and tools.

 Measuring Success:

  • Success is measured by the ability to share and deploy components across provinces without heavy customization.

  • Continuous evolution of tools and processes is necessary to keep pace with changing needs and technologies.

 Closing Remarks:

  • Collaboration is key to pushing the agenda forward, with opportunities to contribute to the broader vision.

  • Encouragement for feedback and ongoing dialogue with participants.

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