SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR EXTENSIBLE BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION USING A COMPONENT-BASED BUSINESS MODEL
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for transforming a business, comprising:
- receiving, at a common model server, an enterprise model including a plurality of business elements, a plurality of maps of business components and associations between one or more business elements;
federating one or more business analysis tools configured to filter the enterprise model on the model platform, wherein federating a business analysis tool includes incorporating a business element generated from the business analysis tool into the enterprise model; and
determining a business-related impact on one or more other business elements in the enterprise model by using one or more of the business analysis tools.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for operating a business including operations to receive an enterprise model, define at least one new association between a first and a second business element in the enterprise model, federate a business analysis tool, and determine a business-related impact of the new association on other business elements in the enterprise model. The enterprise model is received at a model server and includes two or more business elements and a map of business components. The collection of business elements indicates associations between one or more business elements. The business analysis tools can filter the enterprise model and are federated by incorporating a business element generated from the business analysis tool into the enterprise model. The business-related impact is determined by using the business analysis tool.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for transforming a business, comprising:
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receiving, at a common model server, an enterprise model including a plurality of business elements, a plurality of maps of business components and associations between one or more business elements; federating one or more business analysis tools configured to filter the enterprise model on the model platform, wherein federating a business analysis tool includes incorporating a business element generated from the business analysis tool into the enterprise model; and determining a business-related impact on one or more other business elements in the enterprise model by using one or more of the business analysis tools. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product comprising a computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations for analyzing one or more enterprise models in a networked environment, the operations comprising:
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receiving a plurality of maps of business components for each enterprise model in the networked environment; receiving edits to the enterprise model and the respective map of business components from a collaboration of a plurality of users of the networked environment; determining an impact of the edits on existing business elements in the enterprise model and the respective map of business components, wherein determining the impact comprises disseminating the edits through a federation of business insight analyses tools configured to filter the enterprise model and the respective map of business components; and amending the enterprise model to incorporate the edits and the determined impact on existing business elements from the edits, wherein amending the enterprise model includes amending the respective map of business components. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for analyzing one or more enterprise models comprising:
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a business element database to store a plurality of business elements, each business element to describe an element of a business enterprise; a model platform in communication with the business element database, the model platform to operate a modeling applications comprising; an enterprise model receiver to receive an enterprise model including a plurality of business elements and a plurality of maps of business components, the plurality of business elements to indicate associations between two or more business elements; an association manager to define at least one new association between a first business element and a second business element from the enterprise model; an external application manager to federate an external application with the modeling application, wherein federating an external application with the modeling application includes incorporating a business element generated from an analysis tool of the external application into the modeling application; a business map generators to generate an amended map of business components and an amended enterprise model in response to the at least one new association and the federation of the external application; and an insight analyzer to determine a business-related impact of the at least one new association on one or more other business elements in the enterprise model by using one or more of the business elements generated from the one or more external applications; and an external application comprising one or more business analysis tools configured to filter an enterprise model. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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