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Open Text Metastorm ProVision 6.2 Strategy Implementation

By : Bill Aronson
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Open Text Metastorm ProVision 6.2 Strategy Implementation

By: Bill Aronson

Overview of this book

Open Text ProVision® (formerly known as Metastorm ProVision®) is an Enterprise Architecture (EA) solution allowing for effective planning and decision making throughout the enterprise. It enables an organization to have a central repository of information about the business, reducing organizational risks and better optimizing business resources. Implemented well, it enables better and more actionable decisions exactly when you need them.This book combines theory and practice to provide a step- by- step guide to building a successful customer- centric model of your business. The approach is simple and down to earth, and along the way, with various real-world examples, you will learn how to make a business case, use a framework, and adopt a methodology with Open Text ProVision®. This book draws on the experience of ProVision® experts around the world. By combining theory with practice from the field you can avoid common mistakes and develop a successful customer centric strategy for implementing ProVision®. Each chapter builds on the previous one to give you the confidence to implement a central repository, dealing with both the technical and human issues that you might face.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Open Text Metastorm ProVision® 6.2 Strategy Implementation
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
References
Index

Comparing level 1 and level 2 frameworks


In this section, we now look at Enterprise Designer and ArchiMate, to understand their relative uses.

As discussed, Enterprise Designer is a framework of frameworks. It defines a set of 26 primitive components arranged into three layers called past, present, and future. The past is represented by the processes and elements used to configure processes. The present is represented by the customers, and the products and services that they receive. The future is represented by the goals of the organization. Enterprise Designer is also a methodology. The sequence in which you build models, the amount of detail you provide at each level, and the importance you attach to different aspects of the business are all defined.

A strength of Enterprise Designer is its simplicity. The framework can be understood by anyone in the business and it can be applied to any type of business, including government and not for profit. As it is simple, it acts as a lingua franca...