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Course Outline

Introduction

  • The necessity of business models
  • Essential modeling skills

Establishing the Scope of Modeling

  • Understanding the concept of a business model
  • Differentiating between textual and diagrammatic components
  • Distinguishing between scope and level of detail

Developing a Methodology for Business Model Creation

  • Executing key steps: elicitation, analysis, documentation, and validation
  • Iterating through these steps effectively
  • Facilitating requirements workshops
  • Aligning models with expected deliverables

Exploring the Multidimensional Elements of a Business Model

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

Mapping the Business Landscape

  • Analyzing the enterprise environment
  • Investigating enterprise architecture
  • Breaking down architecture into manageable components
  • Utilizing a Component Business Model

Implementing Business Rules

  • Documenting constraints: operational and structural
  • Depicting rules via decision tables
  • Defining the boundaries of Business Functions

Starting with Functional Decomposition

  • Identifying functional hierarchies
  • Differentiating between functions and processes

Creating UML Use Case Diagrams

 
  • Defining scope and system boundaries
  • Identifying relevant actors
  • Refining use cases

Documenting Business Use Cases

  • Selecting the suitable level of granularity
  • Specifying preconditions and post-conditions
  • Modeling Business Processes

Utilizing Process Modeling Techniques

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

Harnessing Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)

  • Advantages of adopting a standardized approach
  • Sequencing and classifying activities
  • Categorizing events
  • Simulating a Business Process

Refining Business Process Diagrams

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

Analyzing Enterprise Structure

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

Structuring the Enterprise Using UML Class Diagrams

  • Defining object attributes
  • Establishing generalization and specialization relationships
  • Building associations between classes
  • Grouping elements for domains and functional units

Finalizing the Business Model

  • Achieving comprehensive coverage through matrices
  • Prioritizing features
  • Cross-referencing requirements
  • Linking behavior to specific roles

Contextualizing the Model with Various Perspectives

  • Documenting business interfaces
  • Mapping means to ends
  • Capturing time parameters

Presenting 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
  • Delivering your models effectively

Requirements

Familiarity with basic Windows operations; prior knowledge of Object-Oriented (OO) technology concepts may be beneficial.

Target Audience:

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

 21 Hours

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