Ali Vojdani - IEEE

Summary• A major challenge in the Intelligent Grid is integration and management of DR• DR management (DRM) is complex and unless we get much better at it, it willbecome the limiting factor in DR growth• To get better at DRM, we need to• Understand what DR processes are, assess/troubleshoot their performance, and comeup with a realistic DR Process Improvement Roadmap that we can successfullyexecute over time• Implement a Dynamic DRM Software that can automate and efficiently manage theDR business network• Design and execute a DR Organization Change Enablement Program to managethe people dimension• We need to follow a Smart Integration Approach to ensure the DR systems andprocesses are flexible and can easily incorporate the never ending changes inDR business rules• Request flexibility• Perform flexibility test• Build flexibility into interfaces• Meeting these challenges will not be easy but is worth it--there is no betteralternative21 Proprietary