SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A THRESHOLD OF DECOMPOSITION FOR ENABLING INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF PERSISTENT AND REUSABLE BUSINESS COMPONENTS AND CONTROL STRUCTURES IN AN ASSET BASED COMPONENT BUSINESS MODEL ARCHITECTURE
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1. A method of developing an architecture for a business, comprising:
- decomposing an asset based model of the business to a threshold level, the asset based model being comprised of business components, each business component being defined by an asset type of the business and a mechanism for commercializing said asset type to produce a value for the business, where each decomposed asset type and corresponding commercialization mechanism at the threshold level and levels above the threshold level has one and only one parent, and at least two decomposed assets and corresponding commercialization mechanisms at the threshold level have at least one child in common;
associating each asset type and corresponding commercialization mechanism at the threshold of decomposition with an elemental design element from a component business model (CBM) map of an industry within which the business competes.
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A method and system for generating a business architecture by decomposing an asset based model of the business to a threshold level of decomposition, at which level the decomposition resolves into elemental design elements having asset types which are commercialized by corresponding elemental control structures. At this level of decomposition the elemental design elements and their elemental control structures are reusable in other businesses. This decomposition technique may be applied incrementally to gradually displace legacy systems in the course of developing an asset based architecture for the business.
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1. A method of developing an architecture for a business, comprising:
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decomposing an asset based model of the business to a threshold level, the asset based model being comprised of business components, each business component being defined by an asset type of the business and a mechanism for commercializing said asset type to produce a value for the business, where each decomposed asset type and corresponding commercialization mechanism at the threshold level and levels above the threshold level has one and only one parent, and at least two decomposed assets and corresponding commercialization mechanisms at the threshold level have at least one child in common; associating each asset type and corresponding commercialization mechanism at the threshold of decomposition with an elemental design element from a component business model (CBM) map of an industry within which the business competes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for developing an architecture for a business, comprising:
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means for incrementally decomposing an asset based model of the business to a threshold level, the incremental decomposition being directed to assets and corresponding commercialization mechanisms associated with adapting the business to a particular market change, there being one or more elemental design elements encompassing the assets and corresponding commercialization mechanisms, each elemental design element having a stable and persistent commercial role and being defined by an asset type of the business and an elemental control structure for commercializing the asset type to produce a value for the business; means for associating each elemental design element at the threshold of decomposition with a corresponding elemental design element from a component business model (CBM) map of an industry within which the business competes. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer implemented system for developing an architecture for a business, comprising:
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first computer code for incrementally decomposing an asset based model of the business to a threshold level, the incremental decomposition being directed to assets and corresponding commercialization mechanisms associated with adapting the business to a particular market change, the threshold level defining one or more elemental design elements encompassing the assets and corresponding commercialization mechanisms, each incremental design element being defined by an asset type of the business and an elemental control structure for commercializing the asset type to produce a value for the business; second computer code for associating each elemental design element at the threshold of decomposition with a corresponding elemental design element from a component business model (CBM) map of an industry within which the business competes, wherein each decomposed asset type and corresponding elemental control structure at the threshold level and levels above the threshold level has one and only one parent, and at least two decomposed assets and corresponding elemental control structure at the threshold level have at least one child in common. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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