Computer system and method for modelling a business operation

A method of modelling a business operation using a computer system, the method comprising:

• receiving parameters for the instantiation of at least one process object and at least one translation object from a user interface, each process object comprising logic to perform a business function and having at least one input and at least one output, and each translation object comprising logic to convert the form of a parameter of a parameter type output from one process object into a required form for the parameter of the parameter type for input to another process object;
• storing the parameters for the at least one process object and the at least one translation object in memory;
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• instantiating a plurality of process objects and translation objects using a processor and the stored parameters to implement a model of the business operation by connecting inputs of process objects to outputs of process objects via translation objects to form a dependency network of objects.

A method of modelling a business process using a computer system, the method comprising:

• receiving parameters for the instantiation of at least one process object, at least one input connection object, and at least one output connection object from a user interface, each process object comprising logic representing a business function and requiring at least one input and at least one output, each input connection object comprising logic to input parameters to a process object, and each output connection object comprising logic to output parameters from a process object;
• storing the parameters for the at least one process object, the at least one input connection object, and the at least one output connection object;
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• instantiating a plurality of process objects and input and output connection objects using at least one processor and the stored parameters to implement a model of the business operation by connecting inputs of process objects to outputs of process objects via the connection objects to form a dependency network of objects.

A method of modelling a business process using a computer system, the method comprising:

• receiving parameters to define a new version of at least one process module from a user interface when the parameters are different than for a previous version of the at least one process module, each process module comprising logic to represent a business function and having at least one input and at least one output, each version of a said process module being immutable and the output being dependent upon the input and the version of the process module;
• storing the parameters for the at least one version of a said process module;
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• instantiating a plurality of process modules using at least one processor and the stored parameters to implement a model of the business operation by connecting inputs of process modules to outputs of process modules to form a dependency network of process modules, process modules having associated versions being identified and connected to form the dependency network.

A method of building a model of a business operation using a computer system, the method comprising:

• receiving parameters for at least one at least one business factor from a user interface, the business factors representing an entity, an activity, or a product associated with the business operation;
• storing the parameters for at least one at least one business factor;
• instantiating business objects using at least one processor and the stored parameters to form a dependency network of business modules to determine conformance to requirements in a stored data structure;
• receiving parameters for at least one process module from a user interface, each process module representing an element of the business process using or relying upon the business factors and having at least one output port and at least one input port;
• storing the parameters for the at least one process module;
• instantiating a plurality of process modules using at least one processor and the stored parameters to implement a model of the business operation by connecting inputs of modules to outputs of modules to form a dependency network of process modules.