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Duration 21 hours
Course Outline
Introduction
- The necessity of business models
- Modeling capabilities
Establishing the Scope of Modeling
- Definition of a business model
- Differentiating between textual and diagrammatic components
- Distinguishing scope from level of detail
Developing a Process for Business Model Creation
- Implementing key steps: elicit, analyze, document, and validate
- Refining steps through iteration
- Conducting requirements workshops
- Aligning models with deliverables
Illustrating the Multidimensional Aspects of Business Models
- Utilizing the five Ws: who, what, where, when, why, and how
- Selecting an appropriate modeling methodology
- Utilizing CASE tools and simulation
Mapping the Business Landscape
- Assessing the enterprise
- Examining enterprise architecture
- Breaking down architecture into constituent parts
- Application of a Component Business Model
Implementing Business Rules
- Recording constraints: operational and structural
- Depicting rules via decision tables
- Defining Business Functions
Commencing with Functional Decomposition
- Identifying functional hierarchies
- Differentiating between functions and processes
Creating UML Use Case Diagrams
- Setting scope and boundaries
- Identifying actors
- Refining use cases
Documenting 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 method
- Ordering and classifying activities
- Categorizing events
- Simulating a Business Process
Refining Business Process Diagrams
- Selecting appropriate gateways: decisions, splits, and merges
- Mapping processes to swim lanes and pools
- Enhancing the model with artifacts
Evaluating 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
- Identifying object attributes
- Generalizing and specializing relationships
- Building associations among classes
- Grouping by domains and functional units
Completing the Business Model
- Achieving full coverage using matrices
- Setting priorities for features
- Cross-referencing requirements
- Aligning behavior with roles
Applying Contextual Perspectives to the Model
- Documenting business interfaces
- Mapping means to ends
- Recording time parameters
Presenting the Model to Key Stakeholders
- Understanding your audience
- Selecting the appropriate detail level
- Choosing models suited to your audience
- Translating business models into user requirements
- Presenting your models
Requirements
Familiarity with Windows and Object-Oriented (OO) technology is beneficial.
Target Audience:
Business consultants, business analysts, project managers, and IT specialists.
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