Cultural Heritage in REGional NETworks REGNET
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 2 Definition of supported Business Functions BUSINESS PROCESS MODELLING Object-Oriented Analysis and Language UML International standard Powerful tool of modelling Complete cover of development cycle Incremental iterative development
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 3 Definition of supported Business Functions Steps Identify the business actors (internal and external) Identify the strategic business processes Identify the others business processes (support, management, administrative) Determine the REGNET functional scope (select business activities to be developed)
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 4 Definition of supported Business Functions Purposes The understanding of the business domain dynamics independently of any technical solution The building of a structured and organized model The choice and the scheduling of the information system development
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 5 Definition of supported Business Functions OVERVIEW OF DELIVRABLE 4 Business Areas are analyzed in the Cultural Heritage Domain : Museum Art Gallery Archive Library 1 Support Area is presented : the international supply chain
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 6 Definition of supported Business Functions For each Business Area : the Internal Actors (or business workers) are identified, a definition of their role is done The Business Area is categorized into Process Areas : an homogeneous collection of business activities
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 7 Definition of supported Business Functions In each Process Area : The External Actors are identified, a contextual definition of their role is done The Use Cases are described and links with actors are specified (a use case is an actions sequence which returns an observable result of value to an actor) The Use Cases Diagram is provided
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 8 Definition of supported Business Functions TASKS OF THE NEXT WORK PACKAGE To complete processes if necessary To choose and to develop the use cases that the System will implement in the REGNET project To store collaborative processes into ebXML registry
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 9 Definition of supported Business Functions DETAILED PRESENTATION : ART GALLERY AREA Whats an Art Gallery ? A gallery has to select, manage, promote and sell works of artists
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 10 Definition of supported Business Functions Who are the internal actors ? The Artist : a person who practices, creates in the artistic domain The Gallery manager : a person who gets to know artists, promotes and presents them and their artworks
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 11 Definition of supported Business Functions Artwork promotion : In this first process area, we develop the business activities to introduce, to promote, to develop artist and his artwork. The external actors are presented.
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 12 Definition of supported Business Functions Use Cases Diagram
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 13 Definition of supported Business Functions Example : « Promotes artist work » - The gallery manages artists catalogue with the artist - Actively, the gallery advertises customers and sponsors about news works - The gallery answers questions about artists and his work, and can show the catalogue to everybody
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 14 Definition of supported Business Functions Artist resources : In this second process area, we develop the business activities to provide opportunities for artists : materials, jobs, studio. The external actors are presented.
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 15 Definition of supported Business Functions Use Cases Diagram
October 2001Project presentation REGNET 16 Definition of supported Business Functions Example : « Manages auctions » - An auctioneer (external actor) supports and manages the auction of artists works. - He prepares the auction, advertises customers - He announces the results