Business Implementation

Definition

Business implementation is the subactivity consisting of the cohesive collection of all tasks that are primarily performed to implement a single business enterprise.

Goals

The goals of business implementation are to:

• Acquire the enterprise’s individual components.
• Build the enterprise’s individual components.

Objectives

The objectives of business implementation are to:

• Acquire existing enterprise components.
• Build new enterprise components.
• Prepare the enterprise’s components for integration.

Examples

Examples of business implementation include:

• Implementing an entire corporation.
• Implementing a profit and loss (P&L) center.
• Implementing a business unit.

Preconditions

Business implementation typically may begin when the following preconditions hold:

• The requirements, architecture, and design of the new business enterprise exist.

Completion Criteria

Business implementation is typically complete when the following postconditions hold:

• The new business enterprise components exist.

Tasks

Business implementation typically involves the following producers performing the following implementation tasks:

• Enterprise Management Team, which performs:
  • Management Tasks:
    • Cost Management
    • Communications Management
    • Delivery Management
    • Management Planning
    • Personnel Management
    • Relationship Management
    • Resource Management
    • Scope Management
    • Schedule Management
  • Risk Management Tasks:
    • Risk Identification
    • Risk Analysis
    • Risk Documentation
    • Risk Monitoring
    • Risk Avoidance
    • Risk Mitigation
• Business Strategy Team, which performs:
  • Implementation Tasks:
    • Technology Strategy Implementation

Environments

Business implementation is typically performed using the following environment(s) and associated tools:

• TBD:
  • Management Tools
  • Business Process Reengineering Tools
  • Process Engineering Tools
  • Documentation Tools
  • UpperCASE Tools

Work Products

Business implementation typically results in the production of all or part of the following implementation work products:

• Applications
• Business Data
• Business Facilities
• Business Organizations
• Business Processes
• Business Relationships

Phases

Implementation tasks are typically performed during the following phases:

• Business Strategy: Not Applicable
• Business Optimization: Completed
• Initiation: Not Applicable
• Construction: Not Applicable
• Delivery: Not Applicable
• Usage: Not Applicable
• Retirement: Not Applicable

Guidelines

• The preconditions of this activity should be the union of the preconditions of its constituent tasks.
• The completion criteria for this activity should be the union of the postconditions of its constituent tasks.