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8 PROCESS
MODELING
Chapter Map
Systems Thinking
Process Concepts
Feedack and
A Control Loop
Process
The System's Environment
(constantly changing)
Decomposition
System Decomposition
Decomposition is the
act of breaking a
system into its
component
subsystems,
processes, and
subprocesses. Each
level of abstraction
reveals more or less
detail.
Decomposition Diagrams
A decomposition
diagram or
hierarchy chart
shows the top-
down, functional
decomposition of
a system.
Structured English
Figure 6.9
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Data Structures
Reusable Attributes - For groups of DATE= Then, the reusable structures can be included in other
attributes that are contained in many MONTH+ data flow structures as follows:
data flows, it is desirable to create a DAY+ ORDER=ORDER NUMBER…+DATE
separate data structure that can be YEAR+ INVOICE=INVOICE NUMBER…+DATE
reused in other data structures. PAYMENT=CUSTOMER NUMBER…+DATE
External Agents
Data Stores
various
Promotion Reports Marketing
Department
various Subscription Reports
Past
Member Resubscription Offer
various Member Member
Reports Services
Process
Warehouse
Transactions
Events
Use Cases
Pg Pg Pg
2 3 4
Process Process Process Process Process Process New Process Process Process
New New Change Subscription Subscription Member Former Member Member
Subscription Resubscrip- to a Plan Expiration Plan Subscription Member Change of Change of
Plan tion Plan Subscription Cancelation Resubscrip- Address Preferences
Plan tion
Updated
Club Member Change Process Member
Member of Address Member Address Members
Address
Change
Members Agreements
Fulfillment Agreement
Progress
Agreement
Default
Calendar Exception Agreements
Identify
Report Manager
End of Month Agree-
ments
Near
Default
Updated
Member
Order
Updated Member Deleted Member
from Updated Order Ordered Products Member Order
Ordered Cancelation Member
Member Generate Process
Products
Order Member Order Analysis Member Order
Change Report Cancelation
Request Process Member
Member Order Updated Order
Member Order Confirmation Revision Member Cancelation
Ordered Notice
Products
Product and
Availability End of Day
Inventory
Commitment
Order
Revised Warehouse Time Analysis Club
Packing Order Report Directors
Products
Invalid Member ID
Invalid Invalid Product ID
Order
Validate
Ordered Product
Ordered Product
Product ID
Valid
Product Products
Ordered
Member Product Check Product Product Availability
Member Order Quantity Availability
Inventory Comittment
Available
Product
Cost to
Member
Payment
Check Member Credit Details
Confirmed Member Order Credit
Transactions
Credit Problem and Instruction Relevant
Transactions
Data Flow
Data
Structure
Process
Logic