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Introduction
Why do you need business models?
Modeling skills
Defining the Scope of Modeling
What is a business model?
Separating textual and diagrammatic elements
Contrasting scope with level of detail
Crafting a process to develop a business model
Applying the steps: elicit, analyze, document, validate
Iterating the steps
Facilitating requirements workshops
Mapping models to deliverables
Charting the multidimensional aspects of a business model
Applying the five Ws approach: who, what, where, when, why and how
Selecting the right modeling approach
Employing CASE tools and simulation
Mapping the Business Landscape
Analyzing the enterprise
Exploring the enterprise architecture
Decomposing the architecture into its components
Usage of a Component Business Model
Applying business rules
Documenting the constraints: operative and structural
Representing rules with decision tables
Scoping Business Functions
Initiating the process with functional decomposition
Determining the functional hierarchies
Distinguishing between functions and processes
Drawing UML use case diagrams
Defining scope and boundary
Identifying the actors
Refining the use cases
Documenting business use cases
Selecting the appropriate level of detail
Specifying preconditions and post-conditions
Modeling Business Processes
Applying process modeling techniques
Workflows
Events
Activities
Decisions
Sequencing
Messaging
Roles
Leveraging Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)
Benefits from a standardized approach
Sequencing and classifying activities
Categorizing events
Emulating a Business Process
Refining business process diagrams
Choosing the right gateway: decisions, forks and joins
Mapping the processes to swim lanes and pools
Supplementing the model with artifacts
Analyzing the Enterprise Structure
Establishing the business domain
Documenting the workers and organization units
Modeling systems, documents, information and tools
Structuring the enterprise with UML class diagrams
Determining object attributes
Generalizing and specializing relationships
Constructing associations between the classes
Packaging for domains and functional units
Finalizing the Business Model
Achieving complete coverage with matrices
Prioritizing features
Cross-referencing requirements
Correlating behavior with roles
Contextualizing the model with perspectives
Documenting business interfaces
Mapping from means into ends
Capturing time parameters
Communicating the Model to Key Stakeholders
Knowing your audience
Selecting the right level of detail
Choosing the right model for your audience
Converting business models into user requirements
Delivering your models