System and method for assembly of business systems from reusable business control elements in an asset based component business model architecture

• US 9,959,510 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2008
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Rackham, Guy Jonathan James
• Primary Examiner(s): Santos-Diaz, Maria C
• Application Number:
  US12/325,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20100138265A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,438 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/80 Management or planning

Abstract

A method and system for assembling business systems by identifying assets and commercialization mechanisms needed for a business system, which are then associated with business components described on a component business model (CBM) map, based on asset types and elemental control structures that are common across an industry, and therefore reusable. The generic elemental control structures needed for the business system are configured and then assembled into a service network for implementing the business system. A business system so assembled may be enhanced by adding elemental control structures to the service network.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for assembling business systems for an enterprise from re-usable business control elements, comprising:

partitioning the enterprise into non-overlapping components in a structural representation using the computer, said structural representation in a database on the computer being represented visually as a component map of a Component Business Model (CBM) of the enterprise, said partitioning taking assets of the enterprise and producing partitions (components) that are mutually exclusive and collectively complete, each said respective component including respective commercialization mechanisms for doing something commercially useful with said respective assets;

identifying one or more of said assets of the enterprise needed for a first business solution;

identifying one or more of said commercialization mechanisms needed to leverage the identified assets to provide the first business solution;

associating by the computer the identified assets and commercialization mechanisms with asset types and corresponding elemental control structures described on a generic component business model (CBM) map of elemental design elements; and

configuring the associated elemental control structures to leverage the respective corresponding asset types to provide the first business solution,

wherein an “

elemental design element”

is a component on said generic component business model (CBM) map defined by said assets at the lowest level of decomposition of the enterprise where the component has a single parent, and an “

elemental control structure”

is a control structure associated with an elemental design element.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a computer support system for one of the elemental design elements, the computer support system being aligned to the elemental design element and being aligned, in particular, to implementation of the elemental control structure for leveraging the asset type associated with the elemental design element.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

assembling by the computer the configured elemental design elements into a service network for providing the first business solution.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

identifying a second business solution, and second assets and corresponding second commercialization mechanisms needed to leverage the second assets to provide the second business solution;

identifying at least one elemental design element from the first business solution, each elemental design element being comprised of an asset type and corresponding elemental control structure, as reusable for the second business solution;

associating by the computer the remaining second assets and second commercialization mechanisms with asset types and corresponding elemental control structures described on said generic component business model (CBM) map of elemental design elements, said associating producing a second list of elemental design elements;

configuring the at least one elemental design element identified from the first business solution and the remaining elemental design elements on said second list to provide the second business solution; and

assembling the at least one elemental design element from the first business solution and the remaining elemental design elements on said second list into a second service network for providing the second business solution.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

providing a second computer support system for said second service network, said second computer support system further comprising separate computer support systems aligned to each respective elemental design element in the second service network, each respective computer support system providing automated support for structured collaboration with other elemental design elements on the second service network.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein each respective computer support system is patterned after a template provided with a corresponding elemental design element on the generic CBM map.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second computer support system, comprised of separate computer support systems each patterned after a template on the generic CBM map, replaces a legacy process based system for supporting the second business solution.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

providing automated computer systems support for said configuration and assembling steps by providing a display of the generic CBM map with a capability of selecting business components from the generic CBM map and with a capability of enabling configuring and assembling the selected business components.

20. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

adding to the service network at least one additional elemental design element for enabling an enhancement to the first business solution.

9. A computer implemented system for assembling business systems for an enterprise from re-usable business control elements, comprising:

means for partitioning the enterprise into non-overlapping components in a structural representation using the computer, said structural representation in a database on the computer being represented visually as a component map of a Component Business Model (CBM) of the enterprise, said partitioning taking assets of the enterprise and producing partitions (components) that are mutually exclusive and collectively complete, each said respective component including respective commercialization mechanisms for doing something commercially useful with said respective assets;

means for identifying one or more of said assets of the enterprise needed for a first business solution;

means for identifying one or more of said commercialization mechanisms needed to leverage the identified assets to provide the first business solution;

means for associating the identified assets and commercialization mechanisms with asset types and corresponding elemental control structures described on a generic component business model (CBM) map of elemental design elements; and

means for configuring the associated elemental control structures to leverage the respective corresponding asset types to provide the first business solution,

wherein an “

elemental design element”

is a component on said generic component business model (CBM) map defined by said assets at the lowest level of decomposition of the enterprise where the component has a single parent, and an “

elemental control structure”

is a control structure associated with an elemental design element.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

means for providing a computer support system for one of the elemental design elements, the computer support system being aligned to the elemental design element and being aligned, in particular, to implementation of the elemental control structure for leveraging the asset type associated with the elemental design element.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

means for assembling the configured elemental design elements into a service network for providing the first business solution.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

means for identifying a second business solution, and second assets and corresponding second commercialization mechanisms needed to leverage the second assets to provide the second business solution;

means for identifying at least one elemental design element from the first business solution, each elemental design element being comprised of an asset type and corresponding elemental control structure, as reusable for the second business solution;

means for associating the remaining second assets and second commercialization mechanisms with asset types and corresponding elemental control structures described on said generic component business model (CBM) map of elemental design elements, said associating producing a second list of elemental design elements;

means for configuring the at least one elemental design element identified from the first business solution and the remaining elemental design elements on said second list to provide the second business solution; and

means for assembling the at least one elemental design element from the first business solution and the remaining elemental design elements on said second list into a second service network for providing the second business solution.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

a second computer support system for said second service network, said second computer support system further comprising separate computer support systems aligned to each respective elemental design element in the second service network, each respective computer support system providing automated support for structured collaboration with other elemental design elements on the second service network.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein each respective computer support system is patterned after a template provided with a corresponding elemental design element on the generic CBM map.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the second computer support system, comprised of separate computer support systems each patterned after a template on the generic CBM map, replaces a legacy process based system for providing the second business solution.

16. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

an automated computer support system for providing said means for configuring and means for assembling, said automated computer support system providing a display of the generic OEM map with a capability of selecting business components from the generic CBM map and with a capability of enabling configuration and assembly of the selected business components.

17. A computer implemented system for assembling business systems for an enterprise from re-usable business control elements, comprising:

first computer code stored on the computer and operable for partitioning the enterprise into non-overlapping components in a structural representation using the computer, said structural representation in a database on the computer being represented visually as a component map of a Component Business Model (CBM) of the enterprise, said partitioning taking assets of the enterprise and producing partitions (components) that are mutually exclusive and collectively complete, each said respective component including respective commercialization mechanisms for doing something commercially useful with said respective assets;

second computer code stored on the computer and operable for enabling identification by a user of one or more of said partitioned assets of the enterprise needed for a first business solution;

third computer code stored on the computer and operable for enabling identification by a user of one or more of said commercialization mechanisms on said component map needed to leverage the identified assets to provide the first business solution;

fourth computer code stored on the computer and operable for associating the identified assets and commercialization mechanisms with asset types and corresponding elemental control structures described on a generic said component business model (CBM) map of elemental design elements; and

fifth computer code stored on the computer and operable for enabling a user to configure the associated elemental control structures to leverage the respective corresponding asset types to provide the first business solution,

wherein an “

elemental design element”

is a component on said generic component business model (CBM) map defined by said assets at the lowest level of decomposition of the enterprise where the component has a single parent, and an “

elemental control structure”

is a control structure associated with an elemental design element.

18. The computer implemented system of claim 17, further comprising:

sixth computer code stored on the computer and operable for assembling the configured elemental design elements into a service network for providing the first business solution.

19. The computer implemented system of claim 18, further comprising:

seventh computer code stored on the computer and operable for enabling a user to identify a second business solution, and identify second assets and corresponding second commercialization mechanisms needed to leverage the second assets to provide the second business solution;

eighth computer code stored on the computer and operable for identifying at least one elemental design element from the first business solution, each elemental design element being comprised of an asset type and corresponding elemental control structure, as reusable for the second business solution;

ninth computer code stored on the computer and operable for enabling a user to associate the remaining second assets and second commercialization mechanisms with asset types and corresponding elemental control structures described on said generic CBM map of elemental design elements, and for producing a second list of the associated elemental design elements;

tenth computer code stored on the computer and operable for enabling a user to configure the at least one elemental design element identified from the first business solution and the remaining elemental design elements on said second list to provide the second business solution; and

eleventh computer code stored on the computer and operable for assembling the at least one elemental design element from the first business solution and the remaining elemental design elements on said second list into a second service network for providing the second business solution.