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Introduction

  • The necessity of business models
  • Modeling competencies

Establishing the Scope of Modeling

  • Defining a business model
  • Distinguishing between textual and diagrammatic components
  • Differentiating scope from level of detail

Designing a process for business model development

  • Executing the workflow: elicit, analyze, document, validate
  • Iterative refinement of steps
  • Moderating requirements workshops
  • Aligning models with deliverables

Addressing the multidimensional nature of business models

  • Utilizing the five Ws framework: who, what, where, when, why, and how
  • Choosing the appropriate modeling strategy
  • Utilizing CASE tools and simulation

Mapping the Business Landscape

  • Enterprise analysis
  • Examining enterprise architecture
  • Breaking down the architecture into constituent components
  • Implementing a Component Business Model

Implementing business rules

  • Recording constraints: operational and structural
  • Expressing rules via decision tables
  • Defining the scope of Business Functions

Initiating the process through functional decomposition

  • Defining functional hierarchies
  • Differentiating between functions and processes

Creating UML use case diagrams

  • Setting scope and boundaries
  • Recognizing actors
  • Refining use cases

Recording business use cases

  • Selecting the suitable level of detail
  • Defining preconditions and post-conditions
  • Modeling Business Processes

Applying process modeling techniques

  • Workflows
  • Events
  • Activities
  • Decisions
  • Sequencing
  • Messaging
  • Roles

Utilizing Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)

  • Advantages of a standardized methodology
  • Sequencing and categorizing activities
  • Classifying events
  • Simulating a Business Process

Refining business process diagrams

  • Selecting appropriate gateways: decisions, forks, and joins
  • Assigning processes to swim lanes and pools
  • Enhancing the model with additional artifacts

Analyzing the Enterprise Structure

  • Defining the business domain
  • Recording personnel and organizational units
  • Modeling systems, documents, information, and tools

Organizing the enterprise with UML class diagrams

  • Defining object attributes
  • Generalizing and specializing relationships
  • Establishing associations among classes
  • Grouping by domain and functional units

Finalizing the Business Model

  • Achieving comprehensive coverage using matrices
  • Prioritizing features
  • Cross-referencing requirements
  • Aligning behavior with roles

Contextualizing the model through perspectives

  • Documenting business interfaces
  • Mapping from means to ends
  • Recording time parameters

Communicating the Model to Key Stakeholders

  • Understanding your audience
  • Selecting the appropriate level of detail
  • Selecting the suitable model for your audience
  • Translating business models into user requirements
  • Presenting your models

Requirements

Familiarity with basic Windows operations and Object-Oriented (OO) technology concepts is beneficial.

Target Audience:

Business consultants, Business Analysts, Project Managers, and IT professionals.

 21 Hours

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