Artifact: Functional Area Model |
A business architecture model that describes the functional structure of the business in terms of business domains, functional areas, and business services offered and consumed by the functional areas.
Domains: Business Modeling
Relationships
Fulfilled Slots | [Business Design]
Tasks | Input To: Model a Scenario Model the Business | Output From:
Description
Main Description | The Functional Area Model is a representation of the functional structure of the business, in terms of business domains, functional areas, and business services. See Concept: Functional Area Analysis for more details.
Tailoring
Impact of not having | This representation of the business is a common input to one of several business-oriented approaches used to identify candidate services. Most of the identification methods need to be used in concert, to achieve maximum coverage for identifying service candidates. Not having this work product available therefore increases the risk that all business-relevant services will not be identified.
Representation Options | Domains, functional areas, relationships between the functional areas, and the business functions can be captured in tabular form. The functional area model also can be captured graphically. The following diagram shows a portion of a functional area model, expressed in UML notation.
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Concepts | Functional Area Analysis
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