Patent ID: 7574379

Claim:
A computer implemented method for using business artifacts to identify elements of a component business model of a business, comprising the steps of: identifying at least one business artifact and providing a computerized representation of said business artifact as input for identifying one or more component business model (CBM) elements; accessing a CBM repository providing a CBM meta model specifying each CBM element and its relationship to every other CBM element; accessing a local database providing storage for application logic; analyzing, using a processor and said application logic, each said business artifact, wherein the analyzing comprises: identifying activities of the business that act on the artifact, ordering the identified business activities into a directed graph representing the life cycle of the artifact, identifying one or more cleave points for decomposing said directed graph into sub-graphs that perform a sequence of said business activities, each said cleave point being located at a place that minimizes the transfer of data and messages between business processes while maximizing the locality of information within the business process and each said sequence being a business service, decomposing said directed graph into sub-graphs at each of said one or more cleave points, grouping business services based on mutual affinities, each said grouping of business services being a component, organizing the business services into sets consolidating duplicate functions, partitioning said business services into those internal and those external to the component, clustering sets of components by mutual affinities, each said clustered set of components being a business competency, and arranging the business components into accountability levels within a CBM map; and specifying a component business model of the business as an output, said output identifying all CBM elements of the business in accordance with said CBM meta model.