Getting Results with the Object-Oriented Enterprise Model
Published on 1. January 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
648 pages
978-1-884842-16-0 (ISBN)
Description
Enterprise modeling is the primary tool used in business re-engineering. Historically, the number one problem with enterprise modeling has been the lack of formalism. Getting Results with the Object-Oriented Enterprise Model tackles this dilemma head-on and prescribes a formal methodology based on object technology. This book will help create a reliable enterprise model by assessing the enterprise's current operations as well as its future operations. Developing the model within the context of object-orientation will provide an ideal framework as each object will represent a behavior that is analogous to the issues addressed within the model and the enterprise itself. Getting Results with the Object-Oriented Enterprise Model will then help the reader prioritize and execute the changes suggested by the model. The authors synthesize paradigms from conceptual modeling, information theory, computer theory and business theory to develop a comprehensive and formal description of the enterprise that works. By combining their considerable expertise in both IT and business theory, the authors are able to define the rigorous methodology needed to successfully model any enterprise.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 177 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-884842-16-0 (9781884842160)
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Content
Part I. The General System: 1. Modeling; 2. Introduction to general systems theory; 3. Introduction to hierarchical-multilayer systems; 4. Information processing networks; Part II. Modeling the Real World: 5. The object-oriented paradigm; 6. Conceptual modeling; 7. The conceptual process and its subtypes; 8. Object-oriented modeling; 9. Putting it all together; Part III. Business Foundations of Object-Oriented Enterprise Modeling: 10. General business foundations; 11. Five constructs for the enterprise systems; 12. Two pivotal constructs; Part IV. Enterprise Architectural Views: 13. The function view of the enterprise; 14. The abstract business process (ABP); 15. The structural view of the enterprise; 16. The behavioral view of the enterprise; Part V. Future Strategy Business Planning Methodology: 17. An object-oriented enterprise modeling method; 18. Business definition; 19. Market and product planning; 20. Public policy strategy; 21. Enterprise model; 22. Business operations planning; 23. Infrastructure architecture; 24. Infrastructure objects definition; Part VI. Conclusions: 25. Enterprise modeling meets software engineering; 26. Conclusion to the book; Part VII. Backmatter: Appendix A. Starter set: structural paradigms; Appendix B. Starter set: enterprise modeling classes; Appendix C. Object-flow diagrams; Appendix D. Comparative evaluations using matrices.