Method and Computer Program Product for Modeling an Organization

• US 20080140472A1
• Filed: 12/12/2006
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Gilat, Dagan, Sharon, Guy, Fisher, Amit, Rackham, Guy
• Application Number:
  US11/609,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20080140472A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A method and computer program product for modeling an organization, the method includes: defining a set of component business modeling (CBM) templates, each includes multiple components, wherein the set of CBM templates includes at least one first level CBM template, multiple second level CBM templates and multiple third level CBM templates; receiving a request to generate a CBM representation of a certain business; and allowing a user to utilize at least one CBM template to provide the CBM representation of the certain business.

Claims

1. A method for modeling an organization, the method comprises:

defining a set of component business modeling (CBM) templates, each comprising multiple components, wherein the set of CBM templates comprises at least one first level CBM template, multiple second level CBM templates and multiple third level CBM templates;

receiving a request to generate a CBM representation of a certain business; and

allowing a user to utilize at least one CBM template to provide the CBM representation of the certain business.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the allowing comprises:

allowing a user to select a CBM template out of the set of CBM templates; and

allowing a user to selectively define business components of the selected CBM template such as to provide the CBM representation of the certain business.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the allowing comprises presenting to a user business components out of multiple business components that belong to the set of multiple CBM templates.

4. The method according to claim 3 wherein the allowing comprises presenting to a user multiple business components that belong to the set of CBM templates and modifying at least one business components in response to modification information provided to the user.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the defining comprises defining at least one component relationship between at least one business component and at least one other business component.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the method comprises:

receiving information selecting a business component; and

if the selected business component is associated by a relationship to another business component, providing the user an indication about the relationship.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein a defining of a business component comprises defining at least one business component entity that belongs to the business entity.

8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the defining comprises indexing multiple business components that belong to the set of CBM templates by at least one type of business component entities.

9. The method according to claim 8 wherein the at least one type of business entities comprises a resource required form providing the business component.

10. The method according to claim 8 wherein the at least one type of business entities comprises a service provided by the business component.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein the first level CBM template represents a group of businesses and a second level CBM template represents a sub-group of the group of businesses.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein the utilizing comprises searching for at least one business component that belongs to a second level CBM template that represents a first sub-group of businesses that comprises the certain business.

13. The method according to claim 1 wherein the utilizing comprises searching for at least one component that belongs to a second level CBM template that represents a second sub-group of businesses that is associated with a first sub-group of business that comprises the certain business.

14. The method according to claim 1 further comprising generating a new second level CBM template if the certain business does not belong to any sub-group of classes represented by second level CBM templates.

15. The method according to claim 1 wherein the first level CBM template is a global CBM template while a second level CBM template is an industry CBM template or a sub-industry CBM template.

16. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

defining a set of component business modeling (CBM) templates, each comprising multiple components, wherein the set of CBM templates comprises at least one first level CBM template, multiple second level CBM templates and multiple third level CBM templates;

receive a request to generate a CBM representation of a certain business; and

allow a user to utilize at least one CBM template to provide the CBM representation of the certain business.

17. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

allow a user to select a CBM template out of the set of CBM templates; and

allow a user to selectively define business components of the selected CBM template such as to provide the CBM representation of the certain business.

18. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to present to a user business components out of multiple business components that belong to the set of multiple CBM templates.

19. The computer program product according to claim 18, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to present to a user multiple business components that belong to the set of CBM templates and modify at least one business components in response to modification information provided to the user.

20. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to define at least one component relationship between at least one business component and at least one other business component.

21. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive information selecting a business component; and

if the selected business component is associated by a relationship to another business component, to provide the user an indication about the relationship.

22. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to define at least one business component entity that belongs to the business entity.

23. The computer program product according to claim 22, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to index multiple business components that belong to the set of CBM templates by at least one type of business component entities.

24. The computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to index multiple business components that belong to the set of CBM templates by a resource required form providing the business component.

25. The computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to index multiple business components that belong to the set of CBM templates by a service provided by the business component.

26. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the first level CBM template represents a group of businesses and a second level CBM template represents a sub-group of the group of businesses.

27. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to search for at least one business component that belongs to a second level CBM template that represents a first sub-group of businesses that comprises the certain business.

28. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to search for at least one component that belongs to a second level CBM template that represents a second sub-group of businesses that is associated with a first sub-group of business that comprises the certain business.

29. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to generate a new second level CBM template if the certain business does not belong to any sub-group of classes represented by second level CBM templates.

30. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the first level CBM template is a global CBM template while a second level CBM template is an industry CBM template or a sub-industry CBM template.

31. A method for providing a service to a client, the method comprises:

defining a set of component business modeling (CBM) templates, each comprising multiple components, wherein the set of CBM templates comprises at least one first level CBM template, multiple second level CBM templates and multiple third level CBM templates;

receiving, over a network, a request to generate a CBM representation of a certain business; and

allowing a user to access, over the network, the set of CBM templates and to utilize at least one CBM template to provide the CBM representation of the certain business.

32. The method according to claim 31 wherein the allowing comprises presenting to a user business components out of multiple business components that belong to the set of multiple CBM templates.

33. The method according to claim 32 wherein the allowing comprises presenting to a user multiple business components that belong to the set of CBM templates and modifying at least one business components in response to modification information provided to the user.

34. The method according to claim 31 comprising presenting to a user business components out of multiple business components that belong to the set of multiple CBM templates.

35. The method according to claim 34 comprising presenting to a user multiple business components that belong to the set of CBM templates and modifying at least one business components in response to modification information provided to the user.