Business Motivation Model
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The Business Motivation Model (BMM) in enterprise architecture
provides a scheme and structure for developing, communicating, and managing business plan
s in an organized manner. Specifically, the Business Motivation Model does all of the following:
The main elements of BMM are:
"Since 1997, the BRG has focused its energies on understanding business Rules from a business perspective. This in turn required a full, business-oriented understanding of how the elements of business plans should be organized. The BRG found that although many professionals have used planning methodologies over the years, no standard existed in that area, and many of the basic concepts were hazy and ad hoc."
"In September 2005, the Object Management Group
(OMG) voted to accept the Business Motivation Model as the subject of a Request for Comment (RFC). This meant that the OMG was willing to consider the Business Motivation Model as a specification to be adopted by the OMG, subject to comment from any interested parties. Adoption as an OMG specification carries the intention that the Business Motivation Model would, in time, be submitted to the International Standards Organization (ISO) as a standard."
In August 2008 version 1.0 was released by OMG.
In May 2010 version 1.1 of BMM specification was released and as of July 2011 it is the latest stable release.
(SBVR)
Other related frameworks are POLDAT
and the Zachman Framework
.
Enterprise architecture
An enterprise architecture is a rigorous description of the structure of an enterprise, which comprises enterprise components , the externally visible properties of those components, and the relationships between them...
provides a scheme and structure for developing, communicating, and managing business plan
Business plan
A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons why they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals. It may also contain background information about the organization or team attempting to reach those goals....
s in an organized manner. Specifically, the Business Motivation Model does all of the following:
- identifies factors that motivate the establishing of business plans;
- identifies and defines the elements of business plans; and
- indicates how all these factors and elements inter-relate.
BMM Elements
"BMM captures business requirements across different dimensions to rigorously capture and justify why the business wants to do something, what it is aiming to achieve, how it plans to get there, and how it assesses the result."The main elements of BMM are:
- Ends: What (as oppose to how) the business wants to accomplish
- Means: How the business intends to accomplish its ends
- Directives: The rules and policies that constrain or govern the available means
- Influencers: Can cause changes that affect the organization in its employment of its Means or achievement of its Ends. Influencers are neutral by definition.
- Assessment: A judgment of an Influencer that affects the organization's ability to achieve its Ends or use its Means.
BMM History
Initially developed by the Business Rules Group (BRG)"Since 1997, the BRG has focused its energies on understanding business Rules from a business perspective. This in turn required a full, business-oriented understanding of how the elements of business plans should be organized. The BRG found that although many professionals have used planning methodologies over the years, no standard existed in that area, and many of the basic concepts were hazy and ad hoc."
"In September 2005, the Object Management Group
Object Management Group
Object Management Group is a consortium, originally aimed at setting standards for distributed object-oriented systems, and is now focused on modeling and model-based standards.- Overview :...
(OMG) voted to accept the Business Motivation Model as the subject of a Request for Comment (RFC). This meant that the OMG was willing to consider the Business Motivation Model as a specification to be adopted by the OMG, subject to comment from any interested parties. Adoption as an OMG specification carries the intention that the Business Motivation Model would, in time, be submitted to the International Standards Organization (ISO) as a standard."
In August 2008 version 1.0 was released by OMG.
In May 2010 version 1.1 of BMM specification was released and as of July 2011 it is the latest stable release.
Referenced Standards
Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business RulesSemantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules
The Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules is an adopted standard of the Object Management Group intended to be the basis for formal and detailed natural language declarative description of a complex entity, such as a business...
(SBVR)
Other related frameworks are POLDAT
POLDAT
POLDAT is an acronym for Process, Organization and Location and Data, Applications and Technology . They are the Domains of Change in CSC's Catalyst Methodology. POLDAT is not a framework, but it is the core of Catalyst, which is a detailed "Business Change through Information Technology"...
and the Zachman Framework
Zachman framework
The Zachman Framework is an Enterprise Architecture framework for enterprise architecture, which provides a formal and highly structured way of viewing and defining an enterprise...
.
External references
- The Business Motivation Model Business Governance in a Volatile World, Release 1.3, Business Rules Group (2007)
- From the Business Motivation Model to Service Oriented Architecture, by Birol Berkem, Journal Of Object Technology vol.7, no.8– (2008)
- The Business Motivation Model Business Governance in a Volatile World, Release 1.3, September 2007