Executive Summary

Boundaryless Information Flow achieved through global interoperability in a secure, reliable, and timely manner

Foreword

Countries and organizations are moving towards open standards. These have a highly significant role in enabling global collaboration, international exchange of products and services, strengthening regulatory requirements, realizing interoperability, facilitating market competition, channeling organizational efforts towards differentiated services based on innovation by standardizing the foundational aspects, and minimizing vendor lock-in resulting from proprietary solutions.

Since launching in 2017, The Open Group India Awards (the India Awards) has recognized organizations and teams in the South Asia, Middle East, and African regions that have reached the pinnacle of achievement in applying The Open Group standards, open-source software, and best practices in Enterprise Architecture, IT Management, Cybersecurity, and Digital Transformation. The central essence of the India Awards is aptly captured by the four Ds – namely, Digital Innovation, Delivery Reliability, Data-Driven, and Dynamic Workforce.^[1]

This document is a case study derived from the submission made by the Government of Meghalaya to the India Awards 2022. The India Awards provide a platform for organizations to demonstrate their experience in the adoption of the open standards developed by The Open Group. This case study documents the state’s journey to Digital Transformation using the TOGAF^® Standard, a standard of The Open Group. The aim is to infuse practical wisdom and understand how open standards are put into practice in various contexts.

Executive Summary

The UN award-winning e-Proposal System (ePS) under the Meghalaya Enterprise Architecture (MeghEA) is the first of its kind in the Indian state of Meghalaya. This case study discusses the key business problems addressed, implementation approach, outputs and outcomes, and key success factors during the implementation of the project.