10 Questions for the Operations Manager to ask the IT Manager

1. Do we have plans to integrate with our partners using XML?
2. Are we ready to trade with our partners electronically?
3. Are we using standards or proprietary XML? Are we using the XML our partners want?
4. How long will it take to connect 3 partners? 25 partners?
5. How are we addressing non-repudiation?
6. How are we auditing transactions with our partners?
7. Have you looked at tools that will work with our infrastructure to reduce deployment time?
8. What would have to change to connect 50 partners this year?
9. What can we do to help or encourage our partners to connect?
10. After connection, how will we monitor operations? Can the same tools that work for deployment work for operations?