Our team is working to ensure that IT engineering meets the same standards as engineering in fields like civil and mechanical engineering. Just as we know the performance characteristics of an new aircraft, or building, or microprocessor before it is built we should have a similar understanding of IT systems. To address this we advocate a formal, model-based approach to designing systems so that we can predict how they will behave under a wide range of circumstances. Without analytical models, and the ability to answer 'what if' questions, enterprises are forced to experience the results of such situations on real systems, with sometimes disasterous results.
We are injecting mathematical rigour into a domain largely bereft of such. The results are always valuable and can often be surprising and counterintuitive; that is, the value in a solution is not always where you expect it to be.
The Model Based Analysis team has been created to develop and apply systems modelling and analysis techniques that enable critical business processes to be linked to their supporting information systems and the underlying IT architecture. The co-development of business process and infrastructure enables robust business systems to be constructed and maintained at costs that reflect both the dynamics and the reliability requirements of processes within the organisation. The team deliver basic mathematical technologies, tools, processes and consulting practices within HP.
Richard Taylor (Technical Lead)
r_taylor@hp.com
+44 117 312 9545
Chris Tofts (Technical Lead)
chris.tofts@hp.com
+44 117 312 8775
Mike Yearworth (Project Manager)
mike.yearworth@hp.com
+44 117 312 8934
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