Business Genetics Understanding 21st Century

In order to cope with the business complexity of the 21st century, we require a new way of thinking about and describing, how corporations function. A new business orientated methodology that is understood by everyone in the business community, not just the IT practitioners, must be established. The xBML - eXtended Business Modelling Language - is a rule based, synoptic and formal language used to describe business. It provides a unique capability to develop and leverage business models across a multitude of corporate initiatives, from business improvement, IT requirements definition and Sarbanes Oxley compliance to outsourcing, mergers and acquisitions.

Cedric G. Tyler is President of BusinessGenetics, principle inventor of the xBML methodology, and a leading expert in the fields of Business Modeling, Business Process and Information Technology. He began his career with IBM in the UK and subsequently co-founded INFOMET and Infolab, two international companies specializing in the business-to-information technology interface which were acquired by IBM in the 1990’s. He has advised many leading organizations in the private and public sectors and served as an adjunct professor at the Daniels College of Business at Denver University.

Steve Baker is CEO of BusinessGenetics and has over twenty-five years of experience in the IT, Healthcare, and Real Estate industries. He has held management positions in Fortune organizations including Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). For the past decade he has focused on improving the communication within and among businesses as well as improving their operational efficiencies. He sits on the boards of several private and nonprofit corporations, and has been an Adjunct Professor at the Daniels School of Business.

BusinessGenetics, owner of the eXtended Business Modeling Language (xBML), was co-founded in 2000 by Cedric and Steve. Based in Denver, USA, it provides xBML training and professional services. Its sister company, xBML Innovations, provides a comprehensive xBML software solution suite.

Acknowledgements
Preface
What's the issue and why should I care?
Why are tools to understand business so inadequate?
How did we get here?
Business definition a la 20th century
But we have had some (limited) success
OK (enough already), so What must be done?
Purpose-based thinking
How we answer the W
Questions
What do genetic business models (XBML) look like?
The What dimension
The Who dimension
The Where dimension
The Which dimension
The When model
W5I (integrated): the How model
How do we (quickly) create xBML models (aka Business Co-Formulation)
The 'So what' (where's my darn ROI?)
Some quantifi able types of business gain
Some more very real but less quantifi able types of business gain
How do I implement this?
Enterprise deployment?
But how do I implement or manage my xBML projects?
What about BPM (Business Process Management)?
What the heck is the difference between BPEL, BPMN, UML, IDEF and xBML?
BPEL
BPMN
UML
IDEF
xBML
Based on (anticipated) popular demand, more on auto-business requirements generation
COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software selection
An added big, big takeaway
A quick last summary
Appendices
xBML example - Fill 'a vacant job position'
Potential knowledge sources
Some government laws governing commerce
Sample enterprise deployment what model
BRD
Can xBML be automated?
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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Business Genetics Understanding 21st Century Corporations using xBML

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