Download or read book The Practical Guide to Business Process Reengineering Using IDEFO written by Clarence Feldmann and published by Addison-Wesley. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the digital version of the printed book (Copyright © 1998). This book answers the call for a concise, comprehensive introduction to IDEF0 and its application in business process reengineering (BPR) efforts. Here is all the essential information about the IDEF0 method, the function analysis portion of the Integration Definition (IDEF) Methods—its definition, basic rules of usage (including the standard language syntax and semantics as contained in the Federal Standard), and lessons learned from many years of application in the real world. The book features examples based on actual models of commercial clients and government agencies. By studying IDEF0 models, readers learn how the method might be applied to the various aspects of enterprise analysis or systems analysis and what goals and benefits are reasonable to expect from its application. IDEF0 is at the heart of the DoD's version of BPR. In the private sector, industrial organizations that may have initially discovered IDEF through one or more government contracts have adopted it as a method for use with their own corporate BPR efforts. Use this book to apply the techniques of this increasingly popular member of the IDEF family of methods! Three Major Elements of the Method: 1. The concepts are at the foundation of IDEF0, and they preserve the logical sense and intention of the model. These concepts answer why one approach is used over another in the application of IDEF0, and they provide the experienced analyst with the rationale for when it may be necessary to bend the rules. 2. The language of IDEF0 is the analyst's means of describing the activities of an enterprise to other analysts, readers, enterprise management and staff, and others. The language is written in graphical box-and-arrow notation on diagram forms that are structured to form IDEF0 models. 3. The pragmatics of IDEF0 provide the engineering procedures and the do's and don'ts for the use of IDEF0. In many cases, the pragmatics are so closely tied to the concepts and language that they are inseparable, and analysts who have attempted to use IDEF0 without employing the pragmatics have typically been unsuccessful. The most common misuses of IDEF0 are illustrated to show the kinds of problems that can occur if the pragmatics are not followed.

Download or read book Business Process Change written by Paul Harmon and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business Process Change: A Business Process Management Guide for Managers and Process Professionals, Fourth Edition, provides a balanced view of the field of business process change. Bestselling author and renowned expert in the field Paul Harmon offers concepts, methods, cases for all aspects, and phases of successful business process improvement. Students and professionals alike will benefit from the comprehensive coverage and customizable, integrated approach to broad business process management that focuses on improving efficiency and productivity. In this updated Edition, particular attention is paid to the impact of disruptive technology on business and the need for agile transformation. - Covers Business Process Management Systems and the integration of process redesign and Six Sigma - Explores how different process elements fit together, including the human aspects of process redesign - Presents best-practice methodologies that can be applied and tailored to an organization's specific needs - Offers invaluable, detailed case studies demonstrating how these key methods are implemented

Download or read book Data Model Patterns A Metadata Map written by David C. Hay and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data Model Patterns: A Metadata Map not only presents a conceptual model of a metadata repository but also demonstrates a true enterprise data model of the information technology industry itself. It provides a step-by-step description of the model and is organized so that different readers can benefit from different parts. It offers a view of the world being addressed by all the techniques, methods, and tools of the information processing industry (for example, object-oriented design, CASE, business process re-engineering, etc.) and presents several concepts that need to be addressed by such tools. This book is pertinent, with companies and government agencies realizing that the data they use represent a significant corporate resource recognize the need to integrate data that has traditionally only been available from disparate sources. An important component of this integration is management of the "metadata" that describe, catalogue, and provide access to the various forms of underlying business data. The "metadata repository" is essential to keep track of the various physical components of these systems and their semantics. The book is ideal for data management professionals, data modeling and design professionals, and data warehouse and database repository designers. - A comprehensive work based on the Zachman Framework for information architecture—encompassing the Business Owner's, Architect's, and Designer's views, for all columns (data, activities, locations, people, timing, and motivation) - Provides a step-by-step description of model and is organized so that different readers can benefit from different parts - Provides a view of the world being addressed by all the techniques, methods and tools of the information processing industry (for example, object-oriented design, CASE, business process re-engineering, etc.) - Presents many concepts that are not currently being addressed by such tools — and should be

Download or read book The Requirements Engineering Handbook written by Ralph Rowland Young and published by Artech House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathering customer requirements is a key activity for developing software that meets the customer's needs. A concise and practical overview of everything a requirement's analyst needs to know about establishing customer requirements, this first-of-its-kind book is the perfect desk guide for systems or software development work. The book enables professionals to identify the real customer requirements for their projects and control changes and additions to these requirements. This unique resource helps practitioners understand the importance of requirements, leverage effective requirements practices, and better utilize resources. The book also explains how to strengthen interpersonal relationships and communications which are major contributors to project effectiveness. Moreover, analysts find clear examples and checklists to help them implement best practices.

Download or read book Requirements Analysis written by David C. Hay and published by Prentice Hall Professional. This book was released on 2003 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of software projects are doomed because they're based on a faulty understanding of the business problem that needs to be solved. Requirements Analysis: From Business Views to Architectureis the solution. David C. Hay brings together the world's best requirements analysis practices from two key viewpoints: system development life cycle and architectural framework. Hay teaches you the complete process of defining an architecture - from a full understanding of what business people need to the creation of a complete enterprise architecture.

Download or read book The Practical Guide to Business Process Reengineering Using Idefo written by Clarence G. Feldmann and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the digital version of the printed book (Copyright © 1998). This book answers the call for a concise, comprehensive introduction to IDEF0 and its application in business process reengineering (BPR) efforts. Here is all the essential information about the IDEF0 method, the function analysis portion of the Integration Definition (IDEF) Methods-its definition, basic rules of usage (including the standard language syntax and semantics as contained in the Federal Standard), and lessons learned from many years of application in the real world. The book features examples based on actual models of commercial clients and government agencies. By studying IDEF0 models, readers learn how the method might be applied to the various aspects of enterprise analysis or systems analysis and what goals and benefits are reasonable to expect from its application. IDEF0 is at the heart of the DoD's version of BPR. In the private sector, industrial organizations that may have initially discovered IDEF through one or more government contracts have adopted it as a method for use with their own corporate BPR efforts. Use this book to apply the techniques of this increasingly popular member of the IDEF family of methods! Three Major Elements of the Method: 1. The concepts are at the foundation of IDEF0, and they preserve the logical sense and intention of the model. These concepts answer why one approach is used over another in the application of IDEF0, and they provide the experienced analyst with the rationale for when it may be necessary to bend the rules. 2. The language of IDEF0 is the analyst's means of describing the activities of an enterprise to other analysts, readers, enterprise management and staff, and others. The language is written in graphical box-and-arrow notation on diagram forms that are structured to form IDEF0 models. 3. The pragmatics of IDEF0 provide the engineering procedures and the do's and don'ts for the use of IDEF0. In many cases, the pragmatics are so closely tied to the concepts and language that they are inseparable, and analysts who have attempted to use IDEF0 without employing the pragmatics have typically been unsuccessful. The most common misuses of IDEF0 are illustrated to show the kinds of problems that can occur if the pragmatics are not followed.

Download or read book Handbook of Wireless Sensor Networks Issues and Challenges in Current Scenario s written by Pradeep Kumar Singh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-08 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores various challenging problems and applications areas of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), and identifies the current issues and future research challenges. Discussing the latest developments and advances, it covers all aspects of in WSNs, from architecture to protocols design, and from algorithm development to synchronization issues. As such the book is an essential reference resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as scholars and academics working in the field.

Download or read book Case Studies in Reliability and Maintenance written by Wallace R. Blischke and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-03-27 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a groundbreaking companion book to a bestselling reliability text Reliability is one of the most important characteristics defining the quality of a product or system, both for the manufacturer and the purchaser. One achieves high reliability through careful monitoring of design, materials and other input, production, quality assurance efforts, ongoing maintenance, and a variety of related decisions and activities. All of these factors must be considered in determining the costs of production, purchase, and ownership of a product. Case Studies in Reliability and Maintenance serves as a valuable addition to the current literature on the subject of reliability by bridging the gap between theory and application. Conceived during the preparation of the editors' earlier work, Reliability: Modeling, Prediction, and Optimization (Wiley, 2000), this new volume features twenty-six actual case studies written by top experts in their fields, each illustrating exactly how reliability models are applied. A valuable companion book to Reliability: Modeling, Prediction, and Optimization, or any other textbook on the subject, the book features: * Case studies from fields such as aerospace, automotive, mining, electronics, power plants, dikes, computer software, weapons, photocopiers, industrial furnaces, granite building cladding, chemistry, and aircraft engines * A logical organization according to the life cycle of a product or system * A unified format of discussion enhanced by tools, techniques, and models for drawing one's own conclusions * Pertinent exercises for reinforcement of ideas Of equal value to both students of reliability theory as well as professionals in industry, Case Studies in Reliability and Maintenance should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand how reliability and maintenance issues can be addressed and resolved in the real world.

Download or read book After sales Service of Engineering Industrial Assets written by Vicente González-Prida Díaz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the practical implementation of an advanced after-sales management framework devoted to warranty management. The framework is intended for companies producing either standardized or customized products and such a management tool will facilitate organizational improvement and support innovative decision making processes for technical assistance in after-sales services. “After–sales Service of Engineering Industrial Assets” comprises a proposal for a warranty management framework, with an account of the different methods that can be used to improve decision making in the different stages of the after-sales service management process, and strategies for strengthening the structure and foundations of the framework. A review of the fundamental issues and current research topics in warranty management and after sales services is also provided, which is exemplified by a case study. This book is intended for postgraduates, researchers and engineers who are interested in after sales management, assets engineering and warranty management.

Download or read book Engineering and Management of IT based Service Systems written by Manuel Mora and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-19 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intelligent Decision-Making Support Systems (i-DMSS) are specialized IT-based systems that support some or several phases of the individual, team, organizational or inter-organizational decision making process by deploying some or several intelligent mechanisms. This book pursues the following academic aims: (i) generate a compendium of quality theoretical and applied contributions in Intelligent Decision-Making Support Systems (i-DMSS) for engineering and management IT-based service systems (ITSS); (ii) diffuse scarce knowledge about foundations, architectures and effective and efficient methods and strategies for successfully planning, designing, building, operating, and evaluating i-DMSS for ITSS, and (iii) create an awareness of, and a bridge between ITSS and i-DMSS academicians and practitioners in the current complex and dynamic engineering and management ITSS organizational. The book presents a collection of 11 chapters referring to relevant topics for both IT service systems and i-DMSS including: problems of selection of IT service providers, optimization of supply chain systems, IT governance decisions, clinical decision support, dynamic user-interface adaptation, re-engineering of processes, and generic decision problems. Advanced IT technologies used in some chapters are: fuzzy multi-criteria mechanisms, semantic processing, data mining processing, and rough sets. Other chapters report traditional DSS mechanisms but used or suggested to be used in innovative mode for IT service engineering and management tasks.

Download or read book Process for System Architecture and Requirements Engineering written by Derek J. Hatley and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2013 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the digital version of the printed book (Copyright © 2000). Derek Hatley and Imtiaz Pirbhai-authors of Strategies for Real-Time System Specification -join with influential consultant Peter Hruschka to present a much anticipated update to their widely implemented Hatley/Pirbhai methods. Process for System Architecture and Requirements Engineering introduces a new approach that is particularly useful for multidisciplinary system development: It applies equally well to all technologies and thereby provides a common language for developers in widely differing disciplines. The Hatley-Pirbhai-Hruschka approach (H/H/P) has another important feature: the coexistence of the requirements and architecture methods and of the corresponding models they produce. These two models are kept separate, but the approach fully records their ongoing and changing interrelationships. This feature is missing from virtually all other system and software development methods and from CASE tools that only automate the requirements model. System managers, system architects, system engineers, and managers and engineers in all of the diverse engineering technologies will benefit from this comprehensive, pragmatic text. In addition to its models of requirements and architecture and of the development process itself, the book uses in-depth case studies of a hospital monitoring system and of a multidisciplinary groundwater analysis system to illustrate the principles. Compatibility Between the H/H/P Methods and the UML: The Hatley/Pirbhai architecture and requirements methods-described in Strategies for Real-Time System Specification -have been widely used for almost two decades in system and software development. Now known as the Hatley/Hruschka/Pirbhai (H/H/P) methods, they have always been compatible with object-oriented software techniques, such as the UML, by defining architectural elements as classes, objects, messages, inheritance relationships, and so on. In Process for System Architecture and Requirements Engineering, that compatibility is made more specific through the addition of message diagrams, inheritance diagrams, and new notations that go with them. In addition, state charts, while never excluded, are now specifically included as a representation of sequential machines. These additions make definition of the system/software boundary even more straightforward, while retaining the clear separation of requirements and design at the system levels that ...

Download or read book Designing and Evaluating Value Added Services in Manufacturing E Market Places written by Giovanni Perrone and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the 'extended enterprise' paradigm, and more specifically the need of innovative tools for managing the operations in enterprise networks. It reports the results of a research project funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) during the period 2001-2003. The aim of the research was to design, implement and test an agent-based architecture able to support transaction, information sharing and exchange and even collaboration in a manufacturing enterprise network organized through a neutral linear e-marketplace (EM) business model. The results presented in this book testify how the proposed architecture is able to provide true value to the EM participants; and can therefore be a valid support tool for the 'extended enterprise'. Audience: This volume will be of interest to operations managers, IT specialists and supply chain managements researchers.

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Download or read book Data Model Patterns written by David C. Hay and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2013 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Automated Enterprise Systems for Maximizing Business Performance written by Papajorgji, Petraq and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integration of recent technological advances into modern business processes has allowed for greater efficiency and productivity. However, while such improvements are immensely beneficial, the modeling and coordination of these activities offers a unique set of challenges that must be addressed. Automated Enterprise Systems for Maximizing Business Performance is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the modeling and application of automated business systems. Featuring extensive coverage on a variety of topics relating to the design, implementation, and current developments of such systems, this book is an essential reference source for information system practitioners, business managers, and advanced-level students seeking the latest research on achievements in this field. This publication features timely, research-based chapters within the context of business systems including, but not limited to, enterprise security, mobile technology, and techniques for the development of system models.

Download or read book Business Process Reengineering written by Graham Sturdy and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an important text for all students and practitioners of Business Process Reengineering. It provides a comprehensive resource for understanding and implementing BPR as relating to the needs of each individual business, and it places particular emphasis on the importance of the OHandS function within the commercial environment. This volume provides an in-depth coverage of all the key areas which are essential to the implementation of BPR. It provides unique practical guidance on implementing BPR strategies as formulated by the author and a range of academic practitioners and industry experts. Importantly, it demonstrates how these initiatives can be implemented in a real-world environment and in accordance with stated business objectives, so as to effect positive and productive change. The advantages of a newly-developed business tool known as the “Sturdy BPR Matrix” are carefully considered, as is guidance on the implementation of BPR in any situational context.