Category Archives: As Is To Be

The As Is Logic Chasm

Posted on February 1, 2012 by John Owens

This post is an extract from the book I am currently writing on Procedure Modelling. The book explains the approach to take in order to build quality Procedures and the pitfalls to avoid when doing so. One of the pitfalls is what I call the ‘As Is Logic Chasm’, into which so many BAs and business managers fall. Continue reading →

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Procedure Modelling eBook

Posted on September 1, 2010 by John Owens

I am just starting to write Procedure Modelling, the fifth book in the series for the Integrated Modelling Method. The purpose of this book is to define Procedure Modelling and how it differs from Process Modelling. To define in detail the elements of a procedure, i.e. triggers and outcomes, controls, method, knowledge, skills, resources and evidence. To show step-by-step how to do Procedure Modelling. I would love your input. Have a look at the full post and tell me what you think. Continue reading →

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Data Quality is Essentially Simple!

Posted on July 15, 2010 by John Owens

At first glance the subject and practice of Data Quality can seem hugely complex and about as difficult to unravel as the Gordian Knot. The main reason for this is that most of the current efforts in this area go … Continue reading →

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A Data Quality Profession?

Posted on May 17, 2010 by John Owens

Do We Need a Data Quality Profession? In a recent article on Data Quality Arkady Maydanchik was suggesting that a key solution to the current data quality issues that plague business everywhere is the creation of a dedicated Data Quality profession. … Continue reading →

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Bad Data Structures Prevent Growth

Posted on May 12, 2010 by John Owens

Postal addresses present data database developers with a constant challenge. Traditional approaches fail, either because they hard code in inadequate structures, or they provide the chaos of no structure at all. Generic data modeling can overcome both of these shortcomings and enable to expand and grow into multinational markets. Continue reading →

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What is Process Modelling?

Posted on May 5, 2010 by John Owens

Is This a Silly Question? Before we can say what business process modeling is we need to know what a Business Process is! This may seem like stating the obvious, however, “process” is one of the most widely misunderstood and … Continue reading →

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Tuning Processes is a Waste of Time!

Posted on April 26, 2010 by John Owens

Most Process Improvement Projects Fail.
Around the world businesses spend vast amounts of time and money trying to tune their existing processes and procedures in order to make their businesses more efficient.
Sadly, in far too many instances their efforts result in no improvement at all or, worse still, in an actual degradation of performance – and always in a huge bill.
All of this can be avoided by first building a Function Model for the business. Continue reading →

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Function Catalogue – 85% of What Your Business Does

Posted on March 3, 2010 by John Owens

The Function Catalogue will enable you to model up to 85% of your business with what is perhaps the simplest, yet most powerful, means of modelling business activity. Using the Function Catalogue as your primary modelling technique for business activity … Continue reading →

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Does Capability Equate to Process?

Posted on December 14, 2009 by John Owens

Capability is a measure of the capacity of an organisation to provide a product or service that fulfills an existing or envisaged need to a customer or a market. In this sense, Capabilities are derived by bring together existing functions, … Continue reading →

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Formalisation Creates Models

Posted on July 6, 2009 by John Owens

I have been having some discussions lately about with various people around the globe on what constitutes a “model”. Some of those with whom I have been in discussion hold the view that any concept or mental picture that a … Continue reading →

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