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Course Outline

Introduction

  • The necessity of business models
  • Modeling competencies

Defining the Scope of Modeling

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

Creating a process to develop a business model

  • Implementing the workflow: elicit, analyze, document, validate
  • Iterative refinement of steps
  • Conducting requirements workshops
  • Aligning models with specific deliverables

Charting the multidimensional aspects of a business model

  • 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 architecture into constituent parts
  • Application of a Component Business Model

Applying business rules

  • Recording constraints: operational and structural
  • Visualizing rules via decision tables
  • Defining Business Functions

Initiating the process with functional decomposition

  • Establishing functional hierarchies
  • Differentiating between functions and processes

Creating UML use case diagrams

  • Setting scope and boundaries
  • Identifying key actors
  • Refining use cases

Documenting business use cases

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

Applying process modeling techniques

  • Workflows
  • Events
  • Activities
  • Decision points
  • Sequencing
  • Messaging
  • Roles

Leveraging Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)

  • Advantages of a standardized methodology
  • Ordering 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
  • Documenting personnel and organizational units
  • Modeling systems, documentation, information, and tools

Structuring the enterprise with UML class diagrams

  • Identifying object attributes
  • Generalizing and specializing relationships
  • Creating associations between classes
  • Organizing packages for domains and functional units

Finalizing the Business Model

  • Ensuring complete coverage using matrices
  • Feature prioritization
  • Interlinking requirements
  • Aligning behavior with roles

Contextualizing the model with perspectives

  • Documenting business interfaces
  • Tracing means to ends
  • Recording temporal parameters

Communicating the Model to Key Stakeholders

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

Requirements

Familiarity with basic Windows operations; knowledge of OO technology is advantageous.

Target Audience:

Business consultants, Business analysts, Project Managers, IT professionals.

 21 Hours

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