There are many pieces to it, but when correctly applied, it will produce a model that will help to design a very specialized information technology system to manage each business process. Resources were it is determined the primary resources used by that business process. In the attached REAL Model example the resources used are inventory and cash. Events what events the business process is engaged in. Agent s what employees and other persons are involved in the business process.
Location s where the event takes place.
In the attached REAL Model example it is understood that the main events take place at the business location, the other location identified is the bank. As the system designer identifies each of the elements, it is also necessary to determine the relationship between these elements. The relationships are important so that the system that is ultimately chosen will support the current operations of the company. These relationships are defined using cardinalities . Cardinalities are system analyst s short hand to denote how elements within a business process work together.