Guideline: Important Decisions in Business Modeling
This Guideline provides a roadmap for the planning of Business Modeling activities
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Decide How to Use Work Products

Make a decision about what work products are to be used and how they are to be used.  In addition to identifying what work products are to be used, it is also important to also tailor each work product to be used to fit the needs of the project. 

The table below specifies which Business Modeling work products are recommended and which are considered optional (i.e., may only be used in certain cases). For additional tailoring considerations, see the tailoring section of the work product description page.

Work Product Brief Tailoring Comments (see the work product for details)
Business Actor Must have if you do business reengineering or business improvement. 

Could have if you only want to chart an existing organization.

Won't have if you do domain modeling. 

Business Architecture Document Must have if you do business reengineering or business improvement. 

Could have if you do domain modeling or want to chart an existing organization.

Business Entity Must have if you decide to do any business modeling. 
Business Event Must have if you are automating business processes or decide to do domain modeling.
Business Goal Must have if you do business reengineering or business improvement.

Won't have if you do domain modeling. 

Business Glossary Should have.
Business Analysis Model Must have if you decide to do any business modeling.
Business Rule Could have. 
Business System

Could have if you have a very large and complex business model.

Business Use Case Must have if you do business reengineering or business improvement. 

Could have if you only want to chart and existing organization. 

Won't have if you do domain modeling. 

Business Use Case Model See Business Use Case.
Business Use Case Realization See Business Use Case.
Business Vision Must have if you do business reengineering or business improvement. 

Won't have if you do domain modeling or only want to chart an existing organization. 

Business Worker Must have if you do business reengineering or business improvement, and if you want to chart the existing organization. 

Won't have if you do domain modeling. 

Supplementary Business Specification Should have.

Target-Organization Assessment

Must have if you do business reengineering or business improvement. 

Won't have if you do domain modeling or want to chart an existing organization.  


Decide Which Reports to Use

Decide on which reports to use:

Decide How to Review Work Products

Decide on how to review each work product and how to capture the review level in the Development Case. For more details, see Guideline: Review Levels.