http://www.integrated-modeling-method.com All your business systems and data modeling solutions on one website Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:30:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Functions: The Essential Starting Point All good analysis and modelling is achieved by starting in the right place.  That is with the core activities of the enterprise - its Business Functions. If you have not started in the right place, then you need to know how to get back there. The Hierarchy ... http://www.integrated-modeling-method.com/imm-approach/business-modelling-architecture New eBook on Business Procedure Modelling I am just starting to write Procedure Modelling, the fifth book in the series for the Integrated Modelling Method and would welcome your input. I have included an outline of the proposed contents of the book below and would appreciate your feedback on it. Is there any ... http://www.integrated-modeling-method.com/process-modeling/procedure-modelling-ebook In response to a recent post I did on Function vs Functionality, I received a comment from Dennis Stevens at www.dennisstevens.com in which he said: “For about the last decade I have been using Capabilities to be what you are calling Function here. A capability is something a business does - ... http://www.integrated-modeling-method.com/q-a/capability-function Is a Function the Same a Functionality? I was recently asked by Jan van Bon from the Netherlands to define "the difference between a Function and Functonality". My reply was, "A Business Function (or Function) is a core activity of an enterprise. It is something that the enterprise must do in order to ... http://www.integrated-modeling-method.com/function-modeling/functionality-activity-functon Have some Data Quality practitioners lost the plot?  When recently reading an article by a DQ practitioner I was tempted to think so. Many of the points being made in the article were valid and sensible and then it read, "Each organization must align their processes, programs, and people to accomplish ... http://www.integrated-modeling-method.com/dataquality/data-quality-management-assurance I have put together a quick two minute video to explain how to remove duplicate functions from a Function Hierarchy.  This technique, although very simple, will work for a hierarchy of any size and will always give the correct results. Click to access the video on Removing Common Functions from  Hierarchy. If ... http://www.integrated-modeling-method.com/imm-approach/removing-duplicate-functions At first glance the subject and practice of Data Quality can seem hugely complex and about as difficult to unravel as the Gordian Knot. The main reason for this is that most of the current efforts in this area go into trying to clean up the data quagmires that ... http://www.integrated-modeling-method.com/as-is-to-be/data-quality-is-essentially-simple I am passionate about bringing power and clarity to the worlds of Business and Data Modeling. The Integrated Modelling Method (IMM) combines a complete set of modeling techniques in a uniquely integrated manner that no other method does. This will enable you to consistently deliver high quality products, first time, every ... http://www.integrated-modeling-method.com/imm-approach/welcome-to-the-world-of-imm In a recent post Dylan Jones of DataQualityPro, commented on a job description for a Data Quality Director that cited 17 key areas of responsibility across 4 functional areas and not one mention of the enormous support team that would be required to help this leader, no matter how energetic ... http://www.integrated-modeling-method.com/dataquality/improve-data-quality-raise-the-titanic Do We Need a Data Quality Profession? In a recent article on Data Quality Arkady Maydanchik was suggesting that a key solution to the current data quality issues that plague business everywhere is the creation of a dedicated Data Quality profession. In a reply to the article I suggested that, far from solving ... http://www.integrated-modeling-method.com/data-modeling/a-data-quality-profession