IMM / Informatics and Mathematical Modeling Master thesis Business Modeling Alla Morozova

This thesis covers the following aspects: 1. The E/R notation and the REA model notation in UML for accounting and a retail shop enterprise, 2. Analysis of enterprises in general and enterprise solution, 3. Construction of enterprise solutions using Microsoft architecture and Navision Jamaica, 4. In the end some suggestions are presented for improving modeling enterprises and enterprise solutions. Rationale Present-day business life requires software applications to perform management solutions for enterprises. These software applications are named enterprise solutions. Enterprise solution improves an enterprise’s infrastructure and helps to run a business. Rapid development of information technologies creates a shift from software engineering to modeling engineering. Now the process of analysis and modeling of the enterprise domain plays a key role in construction of enterprise solutions. This thesis examines some recent techniques for business modeling and strategies for constructing enterprise solutions. The goal of this project is to indicate possibilities for enterprise modeling. Subjects of conceptual modeling and ontologies are emphasized as having big potential for enterprise modeling and future enterprise solutions. Report structure The report is structured as follows: • Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the report along with brief description of the content; • Chapter 2 examines the E/R notation and REA notation for enterprise modeling. A REA model of a retail shop enterprise is taken as a study example. Possibilities to represent REA model in UML notation are suggested; • Chapter 3 explains artifacts of business enterprise and enterprise solution. General aspects of enterprise functioning are described in order to establish a base for modeling an enterprise solution. The chapter defines the role of enterprise solution in enterprise functioning. The chapter shortly covers requirements for