CHAPTER 3The XCellR8™ Approach:The Event Process Model

The event process model (EPM), which gives essential details about a business event and the process that supports it, is the most important part of the system documentation for your business partners and users. Business partners and users think in terms of what the system does; system developers consider what data the system must have access to in order to support the business. Business requirements gathering is thus focused on defining processes and identifying objects and their relationships. Your users, however, will naturally want to focus on understanding the process. You can gain their support by creating event process models that demonstrate your understanding of what their systems ...

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