You can optionally visualize the Business Reference Model (BRM). Visualizing all or part of it can help you in these ways:
▪You can gain a full understanding of the BRM, as you categorize your assets against it.
▪The Consolidated Reference Models (CRM) are often utilized as reference models by non-US-government organizations and commercial companies. These organizations and companies make use of the reference models but tailor them – adding or removing elements from it to match their organization. Visualizing the reference models can help with this effort.
To visualize the BRM
In general, to visualize the BRM, you do the following:
1 Create a FEAF2 BRM type diagram – provide a name to the diagram.
2 From the Explorer tree, drag-and-drop all FEAF2 BRM Mission Sector onto the diagram.
3 From the Explorer tree, drag-and-drop all FEAF2 BRM Business Function onto the diagram.
4 From the Explorer tree, drag-and-drop all FEAF2 BRM Service onto the diagram.
To build a diagram
Follow these specific steps to build a diagram that lays out nicely with minimal effort:
1 Create a FEAF2 BRM type diagram – provide a name to the diagram.
2 From the Explorer tree, drag-and-drop all FEAF2 BRM Mission Sector definitions onto the diagram.
3 Line the FEAF2 BRM Mission Sector symbols up horizontally (Note: in a hierarchical diagram type you can only move one symbol at a time).
4 Select all symbols, right-mouse click and select Arrange Children Vertically.
5 From the Explorer tree, drag-and-drop all FEAF2 BRM Business Function onto the diagram.
6 Lasso all the child FEAF2 BRM Business Function symbols, right-mouse click and choose Arrange Children as a Block.
7 From the Explorer tree, drag-and-drop all FEAF2 BRM Service onto the diagram.
8 Select the top symbol of each hierarchy and move it to the right to open up the diagram.
9 Optionally select symbols at the top of hierarchies and choose Arrange Symbol As a Block to consolidate the layout of the diagram.
