Use cases

The purpose of this chapter is to assist you in finding the right ARIS support for specific business management problems. Therefore, the chapter is divided into use case scenarios (subchapters).

For each use case scenario the meaning of each scenario and the activities that are normally performed in the corresponding scenario are briefly described. Subsequently, typical tasks occurring in the scenario are described. For each task it is shown how ARIS can be used to perform the task.

The following table gives an overview of the use cases described along with the model types used:

Scenario

Scenario tasks

Model types

General company
documentation

Documentation of business objectives

Documentation of company value added

Documentation of organizational structures

Documentation of company functions

Process documentation

Process warehousing

Objective diagram

Value-added chain diagram

Organizational chart

Function tree

Office process

Industrial process

EPC

PCD

Database management/Data warehousing

Data structuring/Database design

Database management/Access management

ERM

SAP® SERM

SeDaM

IEF data model

Relations diagram

Table diagram

Class diagram

Class description diagram

PC hardware and network management

Identification of IT infrastructure requirements

Documentation of IT infrastructure

Access privileges

Network topology

Network diagram

Process cost management

Description of process and organizational structures

Cost center analysis

Process calculation

EPC

PCD

Organizational chart

CD diagram

Cost category diagram

Quality management

Creation of QM documentation

Certification procedures

Certification documents

Product tree

Product selection matrix

EPC

PCD

Office process diagram

Industrial process diagram

Value-added chain diagram

Structuring model

Organizational chart

Reorganization
measures

Project documentation

Performing a

reorganization

Value-added chain diagram

EPC

Organizational chart

Product model

Product/Service model

Objective diagram

PCD

SAP R/3 implementation

Analysis phase, specification phase (project preparation)

Design phase (Business Blueprint); 3 use cases available

EPC

Organizational chart

Software development and implementation

Project documentation

Specification of application systems and modules

Description of IT processes

System interface development

Value-added chain diagram

Organizational chart

EPC

Use case diagram

Application system type diagram

Program flow chart

Screen diagram

Knowledge management

Knowledge map or yellow page

Categorization of knowledge

Knowledge processing in business processes

Knowledge map

Knowledge structure diagram

EPC

PCD

Office process

Industrial process

Function allocation diagram

Workflow management

Process customizing of workflow management systems

Privileges diagram

EPC

Function allocation diagram

Application system diagram

Application system type diagram