1. Catalyst for software success™
BEAM™ Overview

2. Most software projects fail for two reasons:
Inaccurate, inflexible design
Users uninvolved
Users overly-influential
Communication gap between users and designers
Undisciplined development
Redundant coding
Inconsistent coding
Difficult maintenance.

3. Ideal Systems: Catalyst for software success™
BEAM™ Training – Design it right
Common language for users and developers
Understandable and verifiable by users
Disciplined, consistent, flexible for developers
zTools™ Technology – Build it right
Minimal coding
Consistent methodology
Simple application maintenance.

4. Design Your “Dream Home”
Roles
Owner
Architect
Builder
Tools
Conversations
Drawings
Models
Floor Plans
Blueprints.

5. Design Your “Dream Application”
Roles
Owner → User
Architect → Designer
Builder → Developer
Tools
Conversations → Interviews
Drawings → UI Mock-Ups
Models → Data Models
Floor Plans → Diagrams
Blueprints → Scripts.

6. BEAM: Business Events Analysis & Modeling™
Discuss
Casual yet focused interview method
Common, natural language
Design
Precise, disciplined results
Verified with representative samples
Document
BEAM Application model (DB & UI)
BEST Diagram (event flow & scope)
SQL Scripts (schema & metadata).

7. BEAM Courses BEAM Introduction BEAM Basics
BEAM TSS (Transaction Support Systems)
BEAM DSS (Decision Support Systems).

8. BEAM Introduction (0.5 days) Essential for everyone No prerequisites
Fundamental concepts
Common design language
Interviewing methodology
Basic application models.

9. BEAM Basics (1.5 days) For power users, designers & developers
Requires BEAM Introduction
Special design cases
Numerous reinforcing exercises
Leverages BEST diagrams.

10. BEAM TSS (2.0 days) For TSS designers & developers
Requires BEAM Introduction & Basics
Unique TSS design challenges
Advanced specifications
Script and generate schema & metadata.

11. BEAM DSS (2.0 days) For DSS designers & developers
Requires BEAM Introduction & Basics
Unique DSS design challenges
Advanced specifications
Data warehousing concepts.

12. BEAM Benefits Promotes user “buy-in” Efficient, practical process
Clear, precise communication
Easy to understand and verify
Provides fresh perspectives
Flexible enough for any industry
Platform-independent DB & UI models
Flows seamlessly into zTools apps.

13. Why settle for anything less than ideal?