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FEA Business Reference Model.[1]

Business reference model (BRM) is a reference model, concentrating on the functional and organizational aspects of the core business of an enterprise, service organization or government agency.

In

Enterprise Architecture
.

Overview

A

business area
’s business reference model. These reference model can be constructed in layers, and offer a foundation for the analysis of service components, technology, data, and performance.

The most familiar business reference model is the "Business Reference Model", one of five reference models of the

Federal Enterprise Architecture of the US Federal Government. That model is a function-driven framework for describing the business operations of the Federal Government independent of the agencies that perform them. The Business Reference Model provides an organized, hierarchical construct for describing the day-to-day business operations of the Federal government. While many models exist for describing organizations - organizational charts, location maps, etc. - this model presents the business using a functionally driven approach.[2]

History

One of the first business reference models ever defined was the "IMPPACT Business Reference Model" around 1990, which was the result of a research project in the

ESPRIT1 programme.[3]
Gielingh et al. (1933) described:

The IMPPACT Business Reference Model is expressed in the generic language constructs provided by IDEF0... It describes the requirements for CIM seen from a business point of view. Views modelled are manufacturing activities, real and information flow objects resource objects (information and material processing components) and organisational aspects (departments and their relations to activities and resources). The complete manufacturing system (including the production system and its management) is modelled by the IMPPACT Business Reference Model. Management covers both the planning of the production and the planning and control of this production.[4]

The term IMPPACT stood for Integrated Manufacturing of Products and Processes using Advanced Computer Technologies Furthermore, in its framework were incorporated

NIAM for information modelling,[6] and the data modeling language EXPRESS for information structure implementation.[7]

In the 1990s, business reference models were hardly an item. An exception was a 1991 book about

TOGAF and the Zachman Framework
.

In the new millennium business reference models started emerging in several fields from

E-business,[11] to the US Federal government. The US Federal government published its "Business Reference Model", Version 1.0 in February 2002.[12] Related developments in this decade were the development of the Treasury Enterprise Architecture Framework, and the OASIS SOA Reference Model
.

Specific models

FEA Business reference model.[13]

The US Federal Government has defined a

Federal Enterprise Architecture structures of the five FEA reference models:[2]

The Federal Government Business Reference Model (FA BRM) provides an organized, hierarchical construct for describing the day-to-day business operations of the Federal government. While many models exist for describing organizations - org charts, location maps, etc. - this model presents the business using a functionally driven approach. The Lines of Business and Sub-functions that comprise the BRM represent a departure from previous models of the Federal government that use antiquated, stovepiped, agency-oriented frameworks. The BRM is the first layer of the Federal Enterprise Architecture and it is the main viewpoint for the analysis of data, service components and technology.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ FEA (2005) FEA Records Management Profile, Version 1.0. December 15, 2005.
  2. ^ a b c FEA Consolidated Reference Model Document Archived 2010-07-05 at the Wayback Machine. May 2005.
  3. ^ W. F. Gielingh A. K. Suhm (Eds.) IMPPACT. Reference Model. An Approach to Integrated Product and. Process Modelling for Discrete Parts Manufacturing. 1991, Preface.
  4. ISBN 3540561501
    p.37.
  5. ^ Gielingh & Suhm (1991, p. 10)
  6. ^ Gielingh & Suhm (1991, p. 15)
  7. ^ Gielingh & Suhm (1991, p. 31)
  8. ^ Gerard H. Gaynor (1991). Achieving the Competitive Edge Through Integrated Technology Management. p. 259.
  9. ^ Rüdiger Buck-Emden, Jurgen Galimow, SAP AG. (1996). SAP R/3 System: A Client/server Technology Addison-Wesley.
  10. ^ Joan Serrat, Alex Galis (2003). Deploying and Managing IP Over WDM Networks. pp. 89-121.
  11. ISBN 0130863289
  12. ^ Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (2002). The Business Reference Model, Version 1.0.
  13. ^ US DOI (2007) Analyze the Business and Define the Target Business Environment Archived September 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Sept 2007.

Further reading

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  • Peter Fettke, Peter Loos (2006). Reference Modeling for Business Systems Analysis. Idea Group Inc (IGI).
    ISBN 1-59904-054-9
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