Product Overview
From Follett
Title proper from title frame.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index.;Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1: What's the issue and why should I care? -- 2: Why are tools to understand business so inadequate? -- 2.1 How did we get here? -- 2.2 Business definition a la 20th century -- 2.3 But we have had some (limited) success -- 3: OK (enough already), so What must be done? -- 3.1 Purpose-based thinking -- 3.2 How we answer the W5 questions -- 4: What do genetic business models (xBML) look like? -- W1: the What dimension -- W2: the Who dimension -- W3: the Where dimension -- W4: the Which dimension -- W5: the When model -- W5I (Integrated): the How model -- 5: How do we (quickly) create xBML models (aka Business Co-FormulationTM) -- 6: The 'So what' (where's my darn ROI?) -- 6.1 Some quantifiable types of business gain -- 6.2 Some more very real but less quantifiable types of business gain -- 7: How do I implement this? -- 7.1 Enterprise deployment? -- 7.2 But how do I implement or manage my xBML projects? -- 8: What about BPM (Business Process Management)? -- 9: What the heck is the difference between BPEL, BPMN, UML, IDEF and xBML? -- 9.1 BPEL -- 9.2 BPMN -- 9.3 UML -- 9.4 IDEF -- 9.5 xBML -- 10: Based on (anticipated) popular demand, more on auto-business requirements generation -- 11: COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software selection -- 12: An added big, big takeaway -- 13: A quick last summary -- Appendices -- Appendix A: xBML example -- 'Fill a vacant job position' -- Appendix B: Potential knowledge sources -- Appendix C: Some government laws governing commerce -- Appendix D: Sample Enterprise Deployment What model -- Appendix E: BRD -- Appendix F: Can xBML be automated? -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Last Page.;Print version record.;Description based on print version record.