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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Introduction

  • The importance of business models
  • Modelling competencies

Defining the Modelling Scope

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

Developing a Process for Business Modelling

  • Executing the cycle: elicit, analyse, document, and validate
  • Iterating through process steps
  • Facilitating requirements workshops
  • Aligning models with deliverables

Exploring Multidimensional Aspects of Business Models

  • Applying the five Ws approach: who, what, where, when, why, and how
  • Selecting an appropriate modelling approach
  • Utilising CASE tools and simulation

Mapping the Business Environment

  • Analyzing the enterprise structure
  • Investigating enterprise architecture
  • Breaking down architecture into constituent components
  • Implementing the Component Business Model

Implementing Business Rules

  • Documenting constraints: both operational and structural
  • Representing rules via decision tables
  • Defining the scope of Business Functions

Initiating the Process via Functional Decomposition

  • Establishing functional hierarchies
  • Distinguishing between functions and processes

Creating UML Use Case Diagrams

  • Defining the scope and system boundary
  • Identifying relevant actors
  • Refining use cases

Documenting Business Use Cases

  • Selecting the suitable level of detail
  • Specifying preconditions and post-conditions
  • Modelling Business Processes

Applying Process Modelling Techniques

  • Workflows
  • Events
  • Activities
  • Decision points
  • Sequencing
  • Communication flows
  • Roles

Utilising Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN)

  • Advantages of a standardised methodology
  • Ordering and classifying activities
  • Categorising events
  • Simulating a Business Process

Refining Business Process Diagrams

  • Selecting appropriate gateways: decisions, splits, and merges
  • Mapping processes to swimlanes and pools
  • Enriching the model with auxiliary artefacts

Analyzing the Enterprise Structure

  • Establishing the business domain
  • Documenting personnel and organisational units
  • Modelling systems, documentation, information, and tools

Structuring the Enterprise with UML Class Diagrams

  • Defining object attributes
  • Generalising and specialising relationships
  • Establishing associations between classes
  • Grouping elements by domain and functional units

Finalising the Business Model

  • Achieving complete coverage using matrices
  • Prioritising features
  • Cross-referencing requirements
  • Aligning behaviour with assigned roles

Contextualising the Model Through Different Perspectives

  • Documenting business interfaces
  • Mapping means to intended outcomes
  • Capturing temporal parameters

Communicating the Model to Key Stakeholders

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

Requirements

Familiarity with Windows operating systems is beneficial; knowledge of Object-Oriented technology is also useful.

Target Audience:

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

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  • Customized Content: We adapt the syllabus and practical exercises to the real goals and needs of your project.
  • Flexible Schedule: Dates and times adapted to your team's agenda.
  • Format: Online (live), In-company (at your offices), or Hybrid.
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Price per private group, online live training, starting from 3900 € + VAT*

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