Overview
To build software systems that meet business objectives, IT and business professionals must work together closely to define specifications and build models that accurately describe those objectives. This book gives them the shared language they need to accomplish this. Haim Kilov illuminates every key concept underlying today's most important approaches to specifications and modeling, giving business professionals practical insight for decision-making, and giving IT specialists the tools they need to evaluate IT artifacts in the context of business goals. Drawing on his extraordinarily rich real-world experience in modeling systems for finance, telecommunications, document management, and other industries, Haim Kilov describes every factor that impacts business models, systems and specifications. He presents today's most effective modeling techniques in the context of international standards that are independent of any technology, methodology or tool, and will work in any enterprise environment. Along the way, he presents many examples, and shows how key modeling concepts can be used within the framework of today's most popular tools, notably UML.Synopsis
To build software that meets its business goals, IT and business professionals must work together closely to define specifications and build models that accurately describe them. In Business Models: A Guide for Business and IT, Haim Kilov gives you the shared language you need to accomplish this. He illuminates every key concept underlying today's most important approaches to specifications and modeling, giving business professionals practical insight for decision-making and giving IT experts practical tools for assessing your work in its business context.
Booknews
Business professionals will find insight for decision making and IT specialists will find practical tools for assessing their work in a business context, in this guide explaining the ideas underlying approaches to software specifications and modeling. The guide describes the foundations of business modeling based on a small set of concepts and constructs, applicable to both traditional business and e-business. Kilov is a major contributor to OMG and ISO standards on the capture and modeling of business and systems requirements for large-scale information systems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)