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GETTING STARTED

WITH 2C8
Introduction
and
Terminologies
2c8 Main Purposes
Introduction
Purpose of using 2c8

The main purpose in 2c8 Modeling Tool is to create

graphic models that represents your business process
and can be published as web pages.

The models are stored in one or more repositories,

either locally on your computer or on a shared server.
Terminology
Repository

All the models you are working with are stored in one or more repositories. Repositories clearly divide your data
in the sense that data from one repository can not refer to data in another repository. This means that when you
open a repository there is no way you can affect what has been done in another repository.

Model
A model is a graphic representation of some kind. It could describe for example a business process or an
organisation. The model contains a set of symbols and relations between these that together makes up the
content of the model. In addition to the visual content you can also connect describing texts and links to
documents directly on the model.
Terminology
Object
An object describes some kind of entity that can be a part of a model. It could be for example a business
object, an activity or an individual. The available object types in a model depends on the type of model you
are working with. One important aspect to understand is that the same object can be a part of more than one
model, and that a change to this object will be reflected in all of the models. This is one of the strengths of 2c8
Modeling Tool compared to simpler drawing tools, but can lead to some confusion if you have not understood
this.
Terminology
Symbol
When you place an object in a model it is represented by a symbol. All the object's data such as its title,
description and documents belong to the object itself and will therefore be the same regardless of which model
the object is shown in. The appearance of the symbol on the other hand can be changed without having
the changes show in other models where the object is used. The symbol's size, position, color and font settings
are all examples of settings that only affects the appearance of the symbol and not the object itself.
Model Levels and
Breakdowns
Model Levels and Breakdowns
Management processes
It's in the management processes that we create strategies and
prerequisites for our core processes. The core processes generate
results and information that allows us to follow up and control the
business towards the decided strategies and goals.

Core processes
All businesses have interested parties. Who these are depends on the
type of business, it can be customers, citizens or students. These
interested parties are what our core processes are for. The interested
party object starting the flow shows these and the business objects
describe their needs. In the end of the core process flow we show the
value delivered to our interested parties.

Support processes
Businesses also have support processes that support the core and
management processes. The support processes are the processes
that are not directly relations to customer needs. A definition is that
they have an indirect connection to the customer, e.g. a support
process could describe purchasing of material or it could be a process
for recruiting members.
Model Levels and Breakdowns

This model is a breakdown of a process object that can be found in the main process. Here we get details
about the activities performed in the process, the roles and positions responsible for the activities, and the
requirements of the process.

A process definition can be describes as following:

It should describe a workflow

It consists of a series of activities that refines a product or service
It has a customer, internal or external
It is recurring
Documentation
Documentation

2c8 Modeling Tool is not intended to replace a document management system. Instead you have the
option of creating named links to documents in other systems or on shared network disks. It is also
possible for third parties to write extensions to the application to be able to link directly to external
document management systems.

If you still wish to use 2c8 Modeling Tool for simple document management you also have the option
of creating documents directly in the application.
Documentation
Publishing