ChaordicLedger: Digital Transformation and Business Intelligence via Data Provenance and Ubiquity

Digital Transformation manifesting as the revitalization of business operations and procedures allows companies to realize greater efficiency and significantly increased customer value; by questioning existing processes and remaining aware of procedural shortcomings, actionable ideas are captured and implemented. The direction of a company’s procedural revolutions is driven by Business Intelligence that considers the needs of the customer, the needs of the product, and the needs of the employee. These three considerations are rooted in how the product is produced, delivered, maintained, and proven to remain relevant. By maintaining relationships between relevant specifications and test execution evidence in the distributed and automated Evidence Management and Auditing platform known as ChaordicLedger, transparency is afforded to all stakeholders in product development and fine-grained change estimates become available to customers without requiring deep domain-specific knowledge. Further, new and existing employees and partnering business entities may use the artifacts stored in this platform to immediately appreciate the complexities and scope of any given product, regardless of whether development is ongoing, was recently completed, or was completed long ago. The provenance and protection of critical objects like specifications and test evidence is afforded through Smart Contracts that embody and enforce tailorable business rules, while artifact ubiquity is provided by a permissioned distributed file system.