Project #5—building Organization models

Project #5 develops an Organization model of the business units and positions that participate in the critical processes. Other critical element models can be added as appropriate.

We have already seen that we can make models of actors and their business units using an Organization model. Actors also show up as swim lanes in Workflow models. The Business Interaction model shows us the high-level relationships between markets and organizations, either to deliver a product or service, or, one level down, looking at a specific process. Fairly quickly the same actors will show up in a number of different models.

How can we understand all of these relationships? If you want to plot an actor against one specific object then an Association Grid is a good option. Alternatively, a Navigation model is a better alternative if you want to trace indirect relationships that involve multiple object types.

In the following example we use the Association Grid wizard...