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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Introduction

  • The necessity of business models
  • Acquiring modeling capabilities

Defining Modeling Scope

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

Developing a Process for Business Model Creation

  • Executing key steps: elicitation, analysis, documentation, and validation
  • Refining steps through iteration
  • Moderating requirements workshops
  • Linking models to project deliverables

Mapping the Multidimensional Aspects of Business Models

  • Utilizing the five Ws methodology: who, what, where, when, why, and how
  • Selecting the most appropriate modeling strategy
  • Utilizing CASE tools and simulation technologies

Mapping the Business Environment

  • Assessing the enterprise structure
  • Investigating enterprise architecture
  • Breaking down architecture into constituent parts
  • Implementing the Component Business Model

Implementing Business Rules

  • Recording constraints: operational and structural
  • Illustrating rules via decision tables
  • Defining the scope of 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 participants (actors)
  • Refining use cases

Documenting Business Use Cases

  • Choosing 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

Utilizing Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)

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

Optimizing Business Process Diagrams

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

Assessing Enterprise Structure

  • Establishing the business domain
  • Recording personnel and organizational units
  • Modeling systems, documentation, information, and tools

Structuring the Enterprise with UML Class Diagrams

  • Identifying object attributes
  • Defining generalization and specialization relationships
  • Building associations among classes
  • Grouping into domains and functional units

Finalizing the Business Model

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

Contextualizing the Model Through Perspectives

  • Recording business interfaces
  • Mapping from means to objectives
  • Recording temporal parameters

Communicating the Model to Key Stakeholders

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

Requirements

Foundational familiarity with Windows operating systems; knowledge of object-oriented technology is advantageous.

Intended Participants:

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

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