1. Figure 1-A COOL:Gen™ Implements Entire Systems Development Life Cycle PLANNING ANALYSIS DESIGN - External DESIGN - Internal (Technological Environment Mapping) CONSTRUCTION Phases: Source: Adapted from Sterling Software, Inc., 1997, p. 17.

2. Figure 1-B Cool:Gen™ Tool Outputs Analysis Design Construction Entity Relationship Diagram Activity Hierarchy Diagram Activity Dependency Diagrams Process Action Diagrams Procedure Action Diagrams Graphic User Interface Generated Code (COBOL or C++) Data Definition Language (e.g., for Oracle Database Management System) Planning Organizational Hierarchy Diagram High-level Activity Hierarchy Diagram Structure Charts

3. Figure 2 Systems Analysis Stage of Systems Development Life Cycle: Traditional Information Engineering Analysis Tasks Data Analysis Activity Analysis Interaction Analysis Design Phase ERD AHD, ADD PLD,ELC Legend: ERD - Entity Relationship Diagram AHD - Activity Hierarchy Diagram ADD – Activity Dependency Diagram PLD - Process Logic Diagramming ELC – Entity Life Cycle Diagramming

4. Figure 3 Analysis Tasks Incorporating REA Interaction Modeling Design Phase Activity Analysis Preliminary Interaction Analysis 1 Formal Interaction Analysis 2 AHD, ADD REA Data Analysis ERD Legend: AHD - Activity Hierarchy Diagram ADD - Activity Dependency Diagram ERD - Entity Relationship Diagram PLD - Process Logic Diagramming ELC - Entity Life Cycle Diagramming PLD, ELC

5. Figure 4 Template For Modeling An Enterprise: A Collection of Template Processes Suppliers of Resources Enterprise Converts Resources Customers Buy Products/Services Conversion: Operations Job Costing AMP: Raw Materials Supplies Human Resources Financial Resources Fixed Assets MSC: Marketing Sales Collection $ $ Cash DisbursementsCash Receipts

6. Figure 5 REA Model of A Business Event: The Event and Surrounding Resource/Agents/Location What happened (Event)? Who was involved (Agents)? What resources were involved (Resource)? Where did it occur (Location)? Event Internal Agent Resource External Agent Location

7. Figure 6 REA Interaction Model for a MSC Process: Two Events and Surrounding RALs Sell goods Cash Inventory Department Receive cash payment Cashier Customer Salesperson

8. Figure 7-A Activity Hierarchy Diagram: Example of Partial Decomposition

9. Figure 7-B Activity Hierarchy Diagram: Elementary Processes of AMP of Fixed Assets

10. Figure 8 Activity Dependency Diagram for “Acquire and Pay for Fixed Assets” Sequential dependency Mutually exclusive dependency Parallel dependency

11. Figure 9 ERD for a “Sell Goods” Event Location/Resource“Sell Goods” Event Agents