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Duration 21 hours
Course Outline
Introduction
- The necessity of business models
- Modeling competencies
Defining the Scope of Modeling
- What constitutes a business model?
- Differentiating textual and diagrammatic components
- Comparing scope against level of detail
Crafting a process to develop a business model
- Executing the steps: elicit, analyze, document, validate
- Iterating the process
- Moderating requirements workshops
- Aligning models with 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
- Using CASE tools and simulation
Mapping the Business Landscape
- Evaluating the enterprise
- Investigating the enterprise architecture
- Breaking down the architecture into its parts
- Implementing a Component Business Model
Applying business rules
- Recording constraints: operative and structural
- Illustrating rules using decision tables
- Defining the scope of Business Functions
Initiating the process with functional decomposition
- Establishing functional hierarchies
- Differentiating functions and processes
Drawing UML use case diagrams
- Setting the scope and boundary
- Recognizing actors
- Refining use cases
Documenting business use cases
- Selecting the suitable level of detail
- Defining preconditions and post-conditions
- Representing Business Processes
Applying process modeling techniques
- Workflows
- Events
- Activities
- Decisions
- Sequencing
- Messaging
- Roles
Leveraging Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)
- Advantages of a standardized method
- Ordering and classifying activities
- Grouping events
- Simulating a Business Process
Refining business process diagrams
- Selecting appropriate gateways: decisions, forks and joins
- Aligning processes with swim lanes and pools
- Enhancing the model with artifacts
Analyzing the Enterprise Structure
- Defining the business domain
- Recording workers and organization units
- Representing systems, documents, information and tools
Structuring the enterprise with UML class diagrams
- Defining object attributes
- Generalizing and specializing relationships
- Creating associations between classes
- Packaging for domains and functional units
Finalizing the Business Model
- Achieving full coverage using matrices
- Prioritizing features
- Cross-referencing requirements
- Aligning behavior with roles
Contextualizing the model with perspectives
- Recording business interfaces
- Mapping means to ends
- Recording time parameters
Communicating the Model to Key Stakeholders
- Understanding your audience
- Selecting the appropriate level of detail
- Choosing the suitable model for your audience
- Translating business models into user requirements
- Presenting your models
Requirements
Foundational Windows proficiency; understanding of OO technology is advantageous.
Target Audience:
Business consultants, Business analysts, Project Managers, IT professionals.
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