$1.$ Minicase $2$ page $33.$

$[10]2.$ See the figure in the text on page $36.$ Your assignment is to recreate the actual

spreadsheet using this information to achieve the same results. In your submission, include a

printout of the spreadsheet that closely matches the content of page $36.($Are there any

errors or omissions that you can find?$)$ As well, what would be your recommendation if the

required rate of return is specified at $20\%?$

$($for this question you also need to attach your actual spreadsheet$)$

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indicate this. Diagrams must be generated by each student $$ students can use a tool

or hand drawn and scanned but each diagram must have your name and id number at

the top or bottom of the diagram.. If external material is used or copied, you must

reference the source $.$ Failure to follow these instructions will result in a zero for the

work. Submitted material is also scanned by software which looks for academic

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discussion sessions. Marks are not awarded for volume but for content. See the

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assignments.

$2$ Techniques for Business Architecture Modeling

There are a variety of models and graphical representations of business entities that may

be used to create the Business Architecture. Refer to Chapter $5$ of the BABoK for a more

detailed description of the most$-$used business analysis models.

Component Business Models

IBM's Component Business Model is a simplified way of looking at an enterprise. The

Component Business Model has evolved from traditional views of a business, such as

business units, functions, locations or processes. Each model identifies a basic building

block of the business, and includes the people, processes and technology needed by the

component to deliver value to the customer.

Business Process Models

Process Models are often referred to as Activity Models. They describe the process

associated with business activities and the information exchanged between activities.

Process models are typically hierarchical in nature. They capture the activities performed

in a business process, and the inputs, outputs, and resources used of those activities.

Process models often reflect an enterprise wide horizontal perspective, not constrained

by functional areas or business units.

Class Models

A Class Model describes static information and relationships between information. Like

many of the other modeling techniques, it also can be used to model various levels of

granularity.

Use Case Models

Use Case Models describe business processes or systems functions. A Use Case model

describes the business processes of an enterprise in terms of actors involved in business

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processes and organizational participants, $($i$.$e$.,$ people, organizations, etc.$).$ The early

stages of Business Architecture it may be sufficient to develop a high level list of Use Cases

providing a platform from which further levels of detail can be developed.

Business Scenarios

Business scenarios are a valuable technique that may be used as an input to the

development of the Business Architecture to help identify and understand the workings of

the business, and thereby to derive the business requirements and constraints that the

architecture must address. Business scenarios are used to depict what should happen

when planned and unplanned events occur.

Knowledge Management

While Knowledge Management is not typically thought of as a business analysis activity, it

is fast becoming a critical competency in organizations. Knowledge Management is

defined as the process of systematically managing, storing and using the vast array of

knowledge that has emerged within an organization. It is the process of transforming

intellectual property into a permanent asset.

$\mathrm{.}3$ Business Architecture Tools

As the business and enterprise architecture activities become more comprehensive, it is

helpful to use sophisticated modeling tools. In addition, archiving data management

tools are used to consolidate the drawings and documents into a single repository to

provide the foundation for further business analysis activities.

There is an array of tools that exist to help architects model, store, manage and share

information about the enterprise. The tools are typically classified in two main categories,

repositories and modeling tools. As with architecture techniques and frameworks,

enterprise architecture tools are still emerging. However, the focus of business

architecture is about understanding the business, and the business architecture work

should not