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New Post 12/27/2010 9:40 AM
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User is offline peter
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Identify Functions 

Dear All,

                  I am very new to SA. I need to present Business System Options to my senior PM for a information system he is designing for a library. He has given me a set of requirements. Now I need to prioritise them according to functional areas and the produce three BSO's. Please any suggestion on how I can identify functions or enquiry functions from the Data model or BAM.

Many thanks for your time in advance,

any help much appreciated,

Regards,

 
New Post 12/28/2010 10:47 AM
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User is offline Tony Markos
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Re: Identify Functions 

Hi:

How to derive required functions from a data model?  (What is a BAM?)  This is backwards.  Data Models are inert:  They do not guide an analyst through discovery.  

Functional modeling (properly done) guides the BA through discovery.   Then, an understanding of the essential functions is used as a primary input into the creation of the Data Model.

Tony

 

 
New Post 1/3/2011 5:52 AM
User is offline peter
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Re: Identify Functions 

Many thanks Tony for your response,

much appreciated

 
New Post 2/2/2011 10:34 PM
User is offline SteveBoulanger
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Re: Identify Functions 

I am not getting that what is BAM. 

A function model is an activity model or process model, I hope it is a graphical representation of an enterprise's function within a defined scope.

 
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