Business Rules Solutions: Concept Models: Who Are They For?

Extracted from Business Knowledge Blueprints: Enabling Your Data to Speak the Language of the Business, by Ronald G. Ross, 2020. http://brsolutions.com/business-knowledge-blueprints.html

Concept models are for people from a great many areas of the business. Think of concept models as the new Knowledge Commons for the business. A concept model is all about shared understanding – getting everyone on the same page. And yes, that means just about everyone! Find out all the roles that can benefit from a concept model in Ron’s column this month. You’ll be surprised!

Who are concept models for? Let’s start with all the people in the business who are key in keeping the business running. These people have the knowledge and need to own the concepts. These people might be in any of the roles in the table on the left below. Any or all of these roles can benefit from a concept model.

Then we get to people more closely associated with business transformation and software initiatives. These people might be in any of the roles in the table on the right below. These roles are perhaps more obvious.

Any or all of these roles can also benefit from a concept model. And yes, that means just about everyone in the business!

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Ron Ross

Ronald G. Ross is Co-Founder and Principal of Business Rule Solutions, LLC (www.BRSolutions.com). BRS provides workshops, consulting services, publications, and methodology supporting business analysis, business rules, business vocabulary, and rule management. His popular public seminars on business rules and business analysis, the first on business rules (starting in 1996) and the longest-running in the industry, are given through AttainingEdge (www.AttainingEdge.com). At BRS, Mr. Ross co-develops Proteus®, its landmark business analysis and business rules methodology, which features numerous innovative techniques including the popular RuleSpeak® (available free through www.BRCommunity.com). These are the latest offerings in a 30-year career that has consistently featured creative, business-driven solutions. Mr. Ross also serves as Executive Editor of http://www.BRCommunity.com and its flagship on-line publication, Business Rules Journal. He is a regular columnist for the Journal's Commentary section which also features John Zachman, Chris Date, Terry Halpin, and Roger Burlton. BRCommunity.com, hosted and sponsored by BRS, is a vertical community for professionals working with business rules and related areas. Mr. Ross was formerly Editor of the Data Base Newsletter from 1977 to 1998.
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