Please, I Want come out of this list !!!!
Thanks... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Howlett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 1:13 PM Subject: Re: (ROSE) Business modeling with UML - success stories > > Hi David, > > Kickstart the business process improvement / modeling effort using SWOT > analysis. Develop a Line of Business (LoB) strategy (sometime called a > Program Charter). You want to capitialize on the reusable assets projects > within the LoB can share and co-evolve. We are in a recession after all. > > Start describing light-weight business use cases - main success scenarios > and some extensions. After describing the hows and whys of UML Activity > Diagrams to your business process engineering team (if they already don't > know), have *them* translate the business use cases into Business Workflow > diagrams. They now own this model. Also explain Activity-Based Costing to > then and have them compare business workflow scenarios. > > Using JAD sessions, analyse each activity in the business workflow. Consider > if it requires or could benefit from IT support. If so, underlilne it. > Underlined activities become the name of system use cases. Describe your > system use cases. This way you have clear and simple traceability between > the business and the system requirements. > > After that focus on describing a component specification archtecture. I have > found the ideas from UML Components and Business Component Factory to be > most valuable here. > > Provision, assemble, test and deploy. > > Richard Howlett > Process Engineer, Component-Based Development > Phone: (613) 954-7743 (Ottawa) > (514) 482-6438 (Montreal) > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >From: "Lyalin, David S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Lyalin, David S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: "Lyalin, David S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: (ROSE) Business modeling with UML - success stories > >Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 09:32:53 -0500 > > > > > >I am posting this message again - for some reason it did not appeared on > >the > >forum after I posted it initially on 12/5. > >******************** > >I am looking for the examples - success stories on the subject of Business > >Modeling with UML. > >How companies that implemented this approach were able to streamline / > >improve the > >business operations and develop good IT systems via business modeling. > > > >Unfortunately, there are no real life examples in the book "Business > >Modeling with UML". > >The book is dedicated to modeling techniques and patterns. It has a chapter > >dedicated to > >the specific business modeling example for fictitious company "Bob's Mail > >Order". > >Same for the book "Enterprise Modeling with UML". > >The book - "Reengineering the Corporation" - has many examples, but all of > >them (except one) are merely story telling, without any kind of diagrams. > >It > >is > >more like "inspirational" book for processes reengineering, than book on > >business modeling techniques. > > > >The "success stories" that I was able to locate on the web are oriented on > >CASE tools and software > >development process rather than on technology neutral business modeling > >examples. > > > >If you know some good references - please let me know. > > > >Thank you. > > > >David Lyalin > > > > > >************************************************************************ > >* Rose Forum is a public venue for ideas and discussions. > >* For technical support, visit http://www.rational.com/support > >* > >* Post or Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >* Subscription Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >* Archive of messages: > >* http://www.rational.com/support/usergroups/rose/rose_forum.jsp > >* Other Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >* > >* To unsubscribe from the list, please send email > >* To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >* Subject: <BLANK> > >* Body: unsubscribe rose_forum > >************************************************************************* > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ************************************************************************ > * Rose Forum is a public venue for ideas and discussions. > * For technical support, visit http://www.rational.com/support > * > * Post or Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Subscription Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Archive of messages: > * http://www.rational.com/support/usergroups/rose/rose_forum.jsp > * Other Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * > * To unsubscribe from the list, please send email > * To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Subject: <BLANK> > * Body: unsubscribe rose_forum > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************ * Rose Forum is a public venue for ideas and discussions. * For technical support, visit http://www.rational.com/support * * Post or Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subscription Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Archive of messages: * http://www.rational.com/support/usergroups/rose/rose_forum.jsp * Other Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To unsubscribe from the list, please send email * To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subject: <BLANK> * Body: unsubscribe rose_forum *************************************************************************
