If you read the Daily Telegraph you might have come across the Media  Planet supplement “Sourcing” last Tuesday (March 17th); it had the strap line “Utilising sourcing as part of your business strategy”. Of course we are all pretty familiar with the now standard model of outsourcing, or off-shoring software development. There are numerous destinations for [...]

As a consultant with a business and systems modeling tool vendor, the conversations I have involving business analysts invariably seem to turn to the perceived complexity of the business process modeling notation (BPMN). It’s a topic which has had much coverage in the last year, following the publication of a research paper on BPMN usage by [...]

Those familiar with the Zachman framework will recognise the need for identifying the ‘Why?’, and certainly I’ve come across many projects where without a clear indicator of the business reasoning behind development of new systems, those systems have, not surprisingly, failed to fully meet the business needs. Identifying the business motivation behind a project is perhaps [...]

In my travels in recent weeks, talking to clients about the business motivation model, I’ve been struck by the number of folks who have welcomed the BMM simply because it provides a definition and context for business planning terms like goal and objective. While many have tried to communicate their business plan to a wider [...]