The Italian National Institute of Statistics has recently adopted the common vision proposed for the European Statistic al System, envisaging a different production process of the statistical information, based on its standardisation and industrialisation, thus achieving higher efficiency and quality levels together with lower respondent burden. In order to ensure a proper governance of the transition process, a rigorous definition of the “to be” model is needed: for this purpose, Istat has defined a Business Architecture model, clearly stating the characteristics of the statistical value chain, the way the activities in the different domains interact, the general principles informing the whole process, and the infrastructures required so as to ensure its optimality
