The categories normally include a number of common phenomena. Category model for planning work. In comparison with process models, category models focus on phenomena which are unchanged or constant in the business. For example, instead of describing how goals are created or used in different processes, category models describe how goals relate to other phenomena, abstract or concrete, e. g. stakeholders. Category models are content models which focus on important categories of phenomena in the business and their relationships to one another.
Categories exist in many forms.
Some examples are concepts, data, business objects, standard components, and areas of responsibility. Characteristic for a category model is that connections between categories are formed by prevailing conditions. Factor model for planning work. Another name for factor models therefore, is influence models. Compared with process models, factor models focus on conditions which vary in the business.