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The Practical Guide ... Using IDEF0 Partial Contents “The author is clearly writing from experience. . . . His 1: Introduction to the Method The Practical experiences come through in the text.” • Overview of IDEF0 Syntax —Elliot J. Chikofsky, Progress Software Corp. • Origins and History of IDEF0 • Use of IDEF0 with Other Meth- Guide to “For those of us in Government, rapid change is upon ods and Tools us. The Information Technology Management Reform 2: Using IDEF0 for Process Business Process Act of 1996 now mandates that managers redesign Improvement processes before recommending information technol- • Use of IDEF0 in Support of BPR Reengineering ogy investments. . . . With IDEF0, Clare shows man- • Benefits of Using IDEF0 Models agers a proven way to assure that those investments for Enterprise Reengineering make sense. . . . • The Reader/Author Cycle and Using IDEF0 “Here you have a master who is describing his the Workshop Approach art—and the only charge for his services is the cost of • The AS-IS Model by Clarence G. Feldmann the book. What a bargain!” 3: Features and Benefits of the ISBN: 978-0-932633-37-8 —John V. Tieso, from the foreword IDEF0 Activity Modeling foreword by John V. Tieso ©1998 240 pages softcover Method $40.95 (includes $6 UPS in US) • The Seven Basic Principles “. . . written to serve as a ‘do’s and don’ts’ document to • Features of IDEF0 Analysis identify the ways the method has been misused in the • Levels of Abstraction in IDEF0 Discover IDEF0 from a Pioneer of the Method— past and to specify ways to correct these misuses. . . . Models Chosen by the DoD As a Government Standard for BPR “The material presented in this book is suitable for 4: IDEF0 Graphic Language Syntax three categories of IDEF0 users: and Semantics his book answers the call for a analysis or and what • people who wish to explore the concepts and • Activity Box Syntax concise, comprehensive intro- goals and benefits are reasonable to the application potential of IDEF0 for enter- • Arrow Syntax Elements T expect from its application. prise • IDEF0 Model Rules duction to IDEF0 and its application • people who wish to determine how IDEF0 5: Pragmatics in business process reengineering DEF0 is at the heart of the DoD’s might be helpful to them in their systems • Validating the Model (BPR) efforts. Iversion of BPR. In the private sec- analysis efforts • Using Node Diagrams, Schemat- ere is all the essential informa- tor, industrial organizations that • people who have been introduced to IDEF0 ics, and FEO Diagrams Htion about the IDEF0 method, may have initially discovered IDEF concepts, and who wish to understand the • Using the Reader/Author the function analysis portion of the through one or more government theory behind the concepts so that they can Review Process ICAM’s Integration Definition contracts have adopted it as a use the method more effectively.” 6: Do’s and Don’ts (IDEF) methods—its definition, method for use with their own cor- • Language Rules —from the preface basic rules of usage (including the porate BPR efforts. • Model Quality Measurement • Achieving Model Quality standard language syntax and se this book to apply the tech- About the Author • Management Lessons Learned semantics as contained in the Fed- Uniques of this vital member of ith nearly forty years’ experi- Appendices eral Standard), and lessons learned the IDEF family of methods. Appendix A: Types of Models and from many years of application in ence in the computer indus- “This book provides an excellent introduc- W Forms of Breakdown the real world. try, Clarence G. Feldmann is a con- tion to using IDEF0, with many illustra- Appendix B: Sample Models sultant serving presently as vice he book features examples based tions. Anybody familiar with functional Appendix C: SADT and IDEF0—A chairman of the Board of Directors Ton actual models of commercial decomposition-oriented methods should be Historical Perspective of the International Society for clients and government agencies. By able to learn it quickly. . . . The writing is Appendix D: SADT Data Models, Enterprise Engineering. He has studying IDEF0 models, readers learn clear and easy to follow.” IDEF0, and IDEF1X also served on the IDEF Users —W.S. Hoffman, Computing Reviews Appendix E: A Modeling Process how the method might be applied to Group Steering Committee. Work- the various aspects of enterprise ing with Douglas T. Ross at MIT Case Study and later at SofTech, he helped pioneer the develop- Key Terms Read more about this book at ment of SADT, a subset of which later became known Index www.dorsethouse.com/books/pgbpr.html as IDEF0.

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