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Introduction

  • The necessity of business models
  • Essential modeling skills

Defining the Scope of Modeling

  • Understanding what constitutes a business model
  • Distinguishing between textual and diagrammatic components
  • Differentiating scope from granularity

Developing a Process to Build a Business Model

  • Executing the core steps: elicitation, analysis, documentation, and validation
  • Iterating through the development steps
  • Moderating requirements workshops
  • Aligning models with project deliverables

Mapping the Multidimensional Aspects of a Business Model

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

Mapping the Business Landscape

  • Assessing the enterprise environment
  • Examining enterprise architecture
  • Breaking down architecture into constituent components
  • Implementing the Component Business Model

Applying Business Rules

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

Initiating the Process via Functional Decomposition

  • Identifying functional hierarchies
  • Differentiating between functions and processes

Creating UML Use Case Diagrams

  • Establishing scope and system boundaries
  • Identifying key actors
  • Refining use cases

Documenting Business Use Cases

  • Choosing the appropriate level of detail
  • Defining preconditions and post-conditions
  • Modeling Business Processes

Applying Process Modeling Techniques

  • Workflows
  • Events
  • Activities
  • Decision points
  • 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 the correct gateways: decision points, forks, and joins
  • Mapping processes to swimlanes and pools
  • Enhancing the model with supporting artifacts

Analyzing the Enterprise Structure

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

Structuring the Enterprise with UML Class Diagrams

  • Identifying object attributes
  • Applying generalization and specialization relationships
  • Establishing associations between classes
  • Packaging elements for domains and functional units

Finalizing the Business Model

  • Achieving full coverage through matrices
  • Prioritizing features
  • Cross-referencing requirements
  • Aligning behavior with specific roles

Contextualizing the Model Through Perspectives

  • Documenting business interfaces
  • Mapping from means to ends
  • Capturing time-related parameters

Communicating the Model to Key Stakeholders

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

Requirements

Proficiency with Windows environments is required; familiarity with Object-Oriented (OO) technology is beneficial.

Intended Audience:

Business Consultants, Business Analysts, Project Managers, and IT Specialists.

 21 Hours

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