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What I claim is:
1. A method for creating a business management system, including the steps
of:
creating a business model by analysis of process, data, control and support
for business functions within the scope of said business management
system; and
generating application programs by expert system manipulation of data
defining said business model.
2. A method for creating a business management system as defined in claim
1, wherein said process, data, control and support is derived by cognitive
linguistic evaluation.
3. A method for creating a business management system as defined in claim
1, including the steps of:
simulating said application programs;
testing said simulation on said business model; modifying said simulation
to correct deficiencies detected during said testing; and
generating application program code from said simulation.
4. A method for creating a business management system as defined in claim
1, wherein said step of creating a business model includes the steps of:
creating an existing business model defining the business as it presently
exists; creating an ideal business model defining
the business as it should be ideally; comparing said existing and ideal
models;
analyzing said comparison to determine what must be done to reduce
disparity between said models;
determining how to accomplish what must be done to reduce said disparity
between said models; and
developing a software ideal business process model including the processes
identified by said step of determining how to accomplish what must be
done.
5. A method for creating a business management system as defined in claim
1, including the steps of:
creating for said business model, process models containing: (1) process
transformations, (2) process sequence and process descriptions, (3)
supporting agents for performing process and supporting instruments used
in said process, (4) people and organizational units, (5) software program
modules including automated software system, (6) computer hardware, (7)
manual tools and automated machines, (8) agents and instruments used to
perform said processes, (9) location of supporting resource and facilities
information, (10) size of supporting resources, (11) quantity of
people/computers/tools performing said processes, (12) commitment of
supporting resources including person/computer/tool hours spent on said
process per unit of calendar time, (13) cost of supporting resource
including total of (person/computer/tool, unit cost).times.(resource
commitment), (14) process efficiency including support time to perform job
per 1 unit of output, (15) process throughput for calendar time to produce
1 unit of output, (16) process capacity in units of output=(resource
commitment).times.(throughput), (17) data consumed and produced by each
process, (18) transfer rules controlling transfers between the processes
of branching, start, stop and sequence, (19) goals, objectives, policies
and procedures controlling a process, (20) quality standard indicators for
controlling input data quality, including edit rules and tables, reports,
forms and data quantification of name, description, form and report
number, (21) collect information on sizing, volume, security, retention
and source database names, and (22) model interviewees' organization with
an organization chart showing formal control structure for said business
model.
6. A method for creating a business management system as defined in claim
1, wherein said step of creating a business model includes the steps of:
establishing Project Management Controls by determining the project scope,
personnel, responsibilities, schedules, budgets, and deliverables;
modeling the current business practices of the organization for the scope
that falls within the project;
modeling the business as it should be to meet requirements;
describing what needs to be done in order to make the transition from a
current system to a proposed system; and
modeling how to implement changes to said proposed system by cognitive
linguistic evaluation.
7. A method for creating a business management system, including the steps
of:
modeling a business through the application of cognitive linguistic
evaluation to develop structured data inputs to a modeling program;
running said modeling program on a microprocessor based engine for
manipulating the data to create variable business models; and
converting said variable business models via said microprocessor to produce
application software for said business.
8. A method for creating a business management system by establishing
project management controls, including the steps of:
determining the scope, objectives and benefits for a business model of
management controls;
quantifying scope limits for a business model of management controls;
establishing quality indicators for objectives for said business model of
management controls;
quantifying benefits for said business model of management controls;
developing a deliverables list for said business model of management
controls, including a deliverables list for each phase for said business
model of management controls;
establishing project reviews for said business model of management
controls;
establishing a review and acceptance cycle for said business model of
management controls;
establishing progress reporting for said business model of management
controls;
establishing a change control procedure for said business model management
controls;
developing a plan for said business model of management controls, including
a detailed plan for the first phase of the project for said business model
of management controls;
developing project tasks for said business model of management controls;
developing manpower loading for said business model of management controls;
developing deliverable milestones for said business model of management
controls;
developing review and acceptance dates for said business model of
management controls;
developing hardware availability dates for said business model of
management controls;
developing resource budgets for said business model of management controls;
developing a personnel budget for said business model of management
controls;
developing a facilities budget for said business model of management
controls;
developing a hardware budget for said business model of management
controls;
developing software packages and tools budget for said business model of
management controls;
developing a money budget for said business model of management controls;
developing interview lists and schedules for said business model of
management controls;
modeling current business practices for said business model of management
controls;
conducting interviews to build process models for said business model of
management controls;
creating process models of line management and reporting job roles by
function for said business model of management controls;
creating process models of higher management levels with line management
reports for said business model; and
creating process models of automated computer and mechanical systems for
said business of management controls.
9. A method for creating a business management system as defined in claim
8, including the steps of:
collecting user issues and problems about a current business process model;
modeling automated systems database schemas for said business model;
loading existing system database schemas as business information external
schemas for said business model;
entering user supplied definitions and descriptions for database fields and
record relationships for said business model;
collecting information on sizing, volume, security, retention and source
database names for said business model;
summarizing and integrating process models, summarizing reports and forms
and summarizing support for said business model;
summarizing first line management and worker process models up into a
complete functional processes, including management control and worker
execution by using a 7 plus or minus 2 rule for each functional area
interviewed;
balancing summarized levels of data for said business model;
integrating summarized process models from different functional areas by
summarizing them into larger complete functional processes with their
controlling higher management control processes included;
observing said 7 plus or minus 2 rule if actual business follows said rule
for said business model;
summarizing input and output data on higher level process diagrams by
creating part-whole relationships; and
collecting examples of reports, forms, databases, policies, procedures,
goals and other packets of information produced, consumed or controlled
during interviews for said business model.
10. A method for creating a business management system as defined in claim
1, including the steps of:
creating a question map to model business data relationships;
creating a question map to model business data relationships from created
simple sentences identifying the questions the user needs to answer;
creating a question map to model business data relationships from grouped
like sentences combining all similar information gathered from different
sources;
creating a question map to model business data relationships from developed
population tables identifying role names and set up tablets of instances;
creating a question map to model business data relationships from
uniqueness constraints which eliminate duplicates from tables and ensure
the proper level of specificity;
creating a question map to model business data relationships from multiple
reference roles which determine a unique way to identify roles;
creating a question map to model business data relationships from integrity
constraints to keep logical consistency between statements about a system
and reflect how an enterprise works;
grouping the question map into a conceptual schema to create an optimal
database design;
modeling menus, screens and reports for use by programs developed from a
business model;
specifying fields for menu function selection for use by programs developed
from said business model;
specifying detailed hardware and packaged software requirements selection
for use by programs developed from said business model;
producing database design documentation for use by program developed from
said business model; and generating application software system from said
models for use by programs developed from said business model.
11. A method for creating a business management system, including the steps
of:
creating business models with a general knowledge modeling system
incorporating a four Dimensional Cognitive Modeling Expert system;
automatically generating application software systems from said business
models.
12. A method for creating a business management system, as defined in claim
11, including the steps of:
creating a Metavision process model of a work group by providing a
Metavision system program with the individual workers job steps for each
job, the information each worker needs to know to do the job and the
information produced by doing the job;
providing said Metavision system program with the goals and objectives of
each job; and
creating an organizational model by having users enter the names and titles
of the individuals they report to.
13. A method for creating a business management system, as defined in claim
12, including the steps of:
running a Variety of Metavision analysis reports that identify job problems
from the group including poor management control, lack of information
needed to do a job and information bottlenecks that slow job performance;
comparing formal organization charts created in the preceding step with
actual organizational controls on said process models;
changing the model based on problems identified, said changes including
both improvements in the jobs performed by the workers and computer
automation of job steps; and
generating a list of the information for the automated systems together
with its sources and relationships to information automatically generated
by Metavision.
14. A method for creating a business management system, as defined in claim
13, including the steps of:
attaching automated process tags to the data generated in preceding steps;
and
prioritizing projects which must be done first to feed information to later
systems;
15. A method for creating a business management system, as defined in claim
14, including the steps of:
selecting the kind of computer, computer language and database system that
the automated system will be generated into.
16. A method for creating a business management system, as defined in claim
15, including the steps of:
selecting a project from a list of job steps to be automated; and
reducing selected steps into greater detail until each job step is at a
single function level of detail.
17. A method for creating a business management system, as defined in claim
16, including the steps of:
linking all the single function processes that will be automated to menus
that enable a system user to select them; and
generating a default menu selection system by selecting prototype menu
selection processes from the Metavision product process option list.
18. A method for creating a business management system, as defined in claim
17, including the steps of:
generating a complete three schema data model for all programs, screens,
menus, reports, databases and inter-programs transfers of data that is
automatically generated from the set of questions that a business user
requires the information system to answer;
identifying the subjects and objects in the central question sentences;
evaluating information shared between two or more question sentences;
using the answers to evaluated questions with Metavision to calculate
database relations, indexes, keys, navigational paths and referential
integrity constraints;
using the answers to calculate report and screen root files and relational
updates; and
automatically generating a third normal form logical databases design and
corresponding third normal for external database structure.
19. A method for creating a business management system, as defined in claim
18, including the steps of:
selecting interface standard and hardware and software configurations to
support the selected interface.
20. A method for creating a business management system as defined in claim
19, including the steps of:
selecting processes to be automated from the list; and
automatically generating application program code. |
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