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Procedure Modelling eBook
I am just starting to write Procedure Modelling, the fifth book in the series for the Integrated Modelling Method and would welcome your input.
The purpose of this book is to:
Define “Procedure” and how it differs from Process
Define the elements of a procedure:
Triggers and outcomes
Controls
Method
Knowledge & skills
Resources
Evidence
Functionality vs Functon
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 meet its objectives and continue in existence. ‘Functionality’ is a general English phrase that is generally used when referring to a computerised system in defining what Business Functions the system fully or partly supports.”
What is Process Modelling?
Is This a Silly Question?
Before we can say what business process modeling is we need to know what a Business Process is! This may seem like stating the obvious, however, “process” is one of the most widely misunderstood and misused terms in business and business modeling! Managers and analysts alike often use the term “process” [...]
Tuning Processes is a Waste of Time!
Most Process Improvement Projects Fail.
Around the world businesses spend vast amounts of time and money trying to tune their existing processes and procedures in order to make their businesses more efficient.
Sadly, in far too many instances their efforts result in no improvement at all or, worse still, in an actual degradation of performance - and always in a huge bill.
All of this can be avoided by first building a Function Model for the business.
Business Models are Like Building Plans
Each business model helps portray a different aspect of a business.
For this reason it is important to select the most appropriate business model to portray the specific facet in question.
Does Capability Equate to Process?
Capability is a measure of the capacity of an organisation to provide a product or service that fulfills an existing or envisaged need to a customer or a market.
In this sense, Capabilities are derived by bring together existing functions, data, services, products, technologies, skills, etc. to effect the delivery of the need in the form [...]
BTM - Business Transaction Modelling
Brand New Business Modelling Technique
Business Transaction Modelling (BTM) is the latest technique to be added to the Integrated Modelling Method. Like all other techniques in IMM, BTM is fully integrated with the core techniques of the overall method.
What is a Business Transaction?
A business transaction is a series of steps (Business Functions) that must be carried [...]
Modeling the “As Is” then “To Be” is a waste of time
[I wrote the following comments in response to a blog that was advocating starting off by modeling the "as is" processes in the business as the starting point for business improvement.]
One of the major errors taken in business analysis and modeling is that of modeling the “As Is”, then the “To Be” and then trying [...]
Process, Function, Mechanism, Procedure: Which One?
[This post also comes as a Podcast - Please scroll to bottom of page]
One of the greatest areas for confusion in the world of business systems modeling is the terminology used to name the activities performed by a business.
Are these activities Processes, Functions, Mechanisms or Procedures?
The answer is “all of the above”. Does this mean that these terms are synonyms? No [...]
Process Decomposition: 300% more Models 30% Business Missed
[This Post has a Podcast - scroll to bottom of page]
In a recent response to a blog article I made the assertion that decomposing processes was a cumbersome and costly technique that added no value to the business. Further, that it actually produces up to 300% more diagrams than are necessary and misses out up to 30% [...]
Use a Fad to Fix What’s Bad!
[See podcast at bottom of page][See youtube video here]
“Use a Fad to Fix What’s Bad” - the new mantra of business process modeling and IT worlds.
In these worlds as new approaches emerge they quickly turn to fads that are seen as the panacea for all of the ills that plague these worlds.
These “advanced”, and often [...]
