Article ID: | iaor20091444 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 59 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 291 |
End Page Number: | 304 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
Authors: | Robinson S. |
Keywords: | validation |
Following on from the definition of a conceptual model and its requirements laid out in a previous paper, a framework for conceptual modelling is described. The framework consists of five iterative activities: understanding the problem situation, determining the modelling and general project objectives, identifying the model outputs, identifying the model inputs, and determining the model content. The framework is demonstrated with a modelling application at a Ford Motor Company engine assembly plant. The paper concludes with a discussion on identifying data requirements from the conceptual model and the assessment of the conceptual model.