As last part of this series I have looked into the enhancement of using tabs in Corporate Publisher (CP). Since over 20 years Casewise developing  modeling tools that is leading markets in Enterprise Architecture (EA), Business Process Analysis (BPA), Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Business Process Management (BPM). The reason for this is the very strong capability to visualize content of the Corporate Exchange (Corporate Modeler Database on SQL or Oracle). Its flexibility makes is possible to use all kind of new technology, this post tries to show some possiblities. I have looked mainly into Google Technology like:

• Google Maps
• Google Charts
• YouTube Players

The graphical representation of textual information is very important in order to attract project members, stakeholders, and so on. Especially  the top management CEO, CFO, CTO, .. is looking for charts, dashboards on enterprise wide information. So why not make your content more attractive?

Google Maps with Corporate Publisher (CP)

As consultant I am using Google Maps nearly every day, to find my clients or to plan trips, so I was thinking how could I use the maps as part of an enterprise wide model? Since many years the Please Login or Register to see the link.model is around (watch here the full story)  the “L” stands for Location. So I have simple linked Corporate Modeler data with Google Map API (Please Login or Register to see the link.) and Corporate Publisher is displaying this in a very neat fashion on the HTML web site.

Google Maps with Corporate Publisher (CP)

As you can see in the image above the Corporate Modeler properties of the object type Location is on the left hand side and the different colour coded areas are showing where this data is used in the HTML output of Corporate Publisher. The great flexibly of this this solution is that it is complete customizable and e.g. the white info window can be filled with any data of Corporate Modeler!

Google Charts with Corporate Publisher (CP)

Google Charts is an amazing library of various charts, e.g. Line Charts, Bar Charts, Pie Charts, Venn Diagrams, Scatter plots, Maps, Goole-o-meters, QR codes. You can find here the full specification of these charts (Please Login or Register to see the link.). In my example I have used a bar chart and the google-o-meter.

Google Chart with Corporate Publisher (CP)

Similar to the previous example I have used the properties of the object type Applicaton (its the A of POLDAT). For the “number of licenses” I have used the bar chart, coloured in red. For visualizing the “System Uptime” I have used the Google-o-meter. Also here pretty much everything customizable on Google site but also in Corporate Modeler or in Corporate Publisher. With CP Scripting you can define the exact place of each HTML item.

YouTube Players with Corporate Publisher (CP)

I am using YouTube for publishing Please Login or Register to see the link. around Please Login or Register to see the link. – Please Login or Register to see the link. – Please Login or Register to see the link. – Please Login or Register to see the link.. The practical use for an enterprise wide modeling exercise  is to distribute knowledge to the stakeholders (team members, project sponsors, end users,..). It could be used as manuals for applications, guidance or “How to guides”, and so on.

You Tube with Corporate Publisher (CP)

In my example I have used the “user defined video player” of You Tube and used CP scripting to place the video player in a specific tab on the main index page of this HTML publication. You can also create your own player with You Tube API that allows you programatically load videos (Please Login or Register to see the link.) I hope you can apply these ideas to your own project and would appreciate your feedback.

Many organisations building models in order to understand their enterprise. Different stakeholders, teams working together in central repositories to be prepared for solving future problems.

This presentation is focusing on Business Intelligence (BI) for Enterprise Architecture models/projects. Most important are the impact analysis reports, what happens if an application will be retired, or who is affected if an IT centre is no longer working are just a few possible questions to answer for an EA team.

Long time ago I started to develop reporting solutions embedded into application, to bring me up to speed with the latest reporting technology i studied the following books.

My video is focusing around reporting based on Enterprise Architecture (EA) data as i think it’s not quite common but a few of my clients start now exploring the benefits of impact analysis within their model.

An EA model has relationships between different information objects like Process, Organisation Unit, Location, Data, Applications, Technology these object are called POLDAT objects. But your repository needs to be extensible to add your user defined objects like Compliance Requirements to fulfil their requirements for e.g. SOX, Mifid, Basel, or other ISO systems.

The important part is that with the analysis of indirect relationships you can achieve amazing reports for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) or other business impact analysis.

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Modeling an enterprise is not a simple task, you have to consider different stakeholders with different requirements, but also with different preferences on how they would like to access the enterprise knowledge. This presentation outlines different solutions all based on a central repository, where your enterprise can get the most benefit out of the enterprise model.  Below you can find the english version of my video, other languages are available in <<Login or Register to see the link>>. (more will be published soon)

I have pre ordered the first book (not sure if its really good) but the other one definitely are.

This video is focusing on different tools to fulfil the requirements for different stakeholders for Business Process Analysis. The tool presentations starts with fat and thin client application and also shows the use of Simulation and different dash boarding capabilities like Bubble Chart and Gantt Chart (Time lines).

It is important that all these information is stored in a central repository so that different project teams (stakeholders) can embed their requirements in the Business Process Analysis (BPA) tool, e.g. Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA), Six Sigma, BPM Notation (BPMN)…

The fully rounded solution contains also a powerful reporting capabilities (Business Intelligence -- BI) on your central repository to ensure you can get all the cross referenced information objects out of the system in order to perform e.g. impact analysis. Also task management and mobile application can be very powerful to engage with stakeholders

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Companies are burden with multiple compliance regimes. Different project teams dealing independent and not using an integrated approach, where the enterprise could benefit from reusing information and saving cost by having a central repository.

There are plenty of books helping you to understand GRC from different angels, here my recommendations:

This video explaining first tackles the continuous improvement based on the PDCA cycle from Deming, afterwards I explain the theoretical approach on how to implement an integrated compliance regime with the C3 approach (Construct, Compliance, Control).

Construct -- C3
As the centre of a compliance regime is the the process description the presentation and the practical exercise is focusing on process flow and their POLDAT objects (Process, Organisation Unit, Data, Application and Technology).

Compliance -- C3
This part of the presentation is dealing with harmonizing multiple compliance regimes, e.g. ISO 20000, SOX, MiFID, Basel II,..
This is not always an easy task as multiple stakeholders and project teams are involved, but the benefit of having a centralized repository is huge for the whole enterprise.

Control -- C3
T he control topic is dealing with assigning tasks, audit questions to people in order to ensure your compliance assessment will be performed. This is explained based on ISO/IEC 20000.

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After investing a lot of time in modeling an enterprise you will miss a very beneficial part if you not put your process flows into executeable workflows. From “Design to Execution” is comming more and more important, especially if you need to proof the ROI. This presentation shows an agile and “Zero Code” implementation of an integrated BPM Suite. Below you can find the english version of my video, other languages are available in <<Login or Register to see the link>>. (more will be published soon)

I can recommend the following books to read to familiarize yourself with the Business Process Management (BPM) topic.

Business Process Management (BPM) can be a tedious task and the implementation or change of a work flow can take months. This is because all the different stakeholders needs to agree on an end to end process but also on the tools that not always support an agile work flow development.

My video is focusing on a zero code solution where you can draw your process flow diagram and transform it into an executable work flow. This model driven solution fits perfect in the BPM life cycle (Specification, Model, Design, Deploy, Manage) and as you can see the transformed work flow is easy to change and to customize even for business users. This gives the business user the capability to change the business rules or change the email flow for certain approval cycles as necessary within minutes without any heavy IT support.

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Modeling your enterprise is an important task and different stakeholders have different requirements. This presentation will explain how you can deal with this aspect and how you can build a consistent enterprise architecture model. Below you can find the english version, others languanges of this video are available in <<Login or Register to see the link.>>.

Enterprise Architecture is an exiting topic and the following books helped me to get a better understanding about Enterprise Architecture -- EA.

This video is about the different stakholder requirements, e.g. the Compliance Team, Enterprise Architecture Team, Operational Team and others. Everyone has a different set of requirements and would like to use different tools, techniques, notations (BMPN, Entity Modeling,..) and frameworks.

I am trying here to highlight the differences between the stakeholders but also point out possible solutions to get the most benefit for the Enterprise -- to have a central repository where all the information objects (POLDAT) are stored and cross referenced. Also the reporting aspect based on your BI (Business Intellingence) tool of choice is an important factor to undertake impact analysis.

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Deciding which process framework to chose is an important step for the organisation or business Analyst (BA) as it determines if your project will be successful or fail. This video shows how to draw a process flow diagram based on a central repository and also how to optimize the process through simulation. Below you can find the english version of my video, other languanges of this video are available in  (more will follow soon)

Some valuable information about drawing a process flow diagram can be found here:

The video starts with explanation of a few frameworks like Archimate, NAF, Togaf, Dodaf and their use of it. The next step is to draw a process flow diagram from scratch using Events, Processess, Organisation units and Results.

To visualize the logic, the business rule, I have used conector and connector sets. At the end fo this video you can see how Process simulation can help you as Business Analyst to optimize the process and check the diagram on logical failures.

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