Guiding principles define the underlying general rules and guidelines (across the big data architecture environment) that an organization will use to utilize and deploy all business and IT resources and assets. The principles in this document are intended to:
- Provide an effective framework within which the business can make decisions about how it uses and implements big data architecture technology.
- Provide a guide to establishing evaluation criteria, and exert an influence on the selection of suppliers, business partners, components, and products or product architectures used for big data.
- Drive the functional requirements of a big data solution’s architecture.
- Assist in the assessment of the existing big data architecture environment to provide insights into the transition activities needed to strategically implement the principles, in support of the business goals and priorities.
Use the guiding principles in this document as is or modify them specifically for your organization.