Business Abstraction

Business Abstraction is committed to extending Enterprise Architect’s practicality and value to a full range of consulting services and delivering real, tangible benefits and effective model-based practices.

Founded by and employing experienced modelling practitioners, Business Abstraction has significant industry experience and up-to-date Enterprise Architect skills, allowing for a combination of innovation with delivering proven, robust solutions.

•	Implement Enterprise Architect for the needs of a team, a project or an enterprise, establish Version Control and shared repositories.
•	Deliver and implement formally defined and consistent process and methodology, based on industry best practices and fully integrated with Enterprise Architect.
•	Customise Enterprise Architect for specific modelling and reporting needs.
•	Provide modelling mentoring and hands-on assistance on request.
•	Guide a project through a model-driven process.
•	Trained and experienced modelling staff.
•	Deliver superior specifications in a fraction of the time.
•	Conduct modelling workshops with Stakeholders, Analysts, Architects and Designers.
•	Deliver highly-customised training.

Due to participation in SOA-related projects, organisations and initiatives Business Abstraction offers of Platform-Independent SOA services that enable effective initiation of SOA transformation, efficient selection and communication with the vendor, or alternatively make in-house implementation of SOA possible.

www.businessabstraction.com

info@businessabstraction.com

Catch

Catch is a consultancy company focused on delivering value to our customers. We aim to offer services that will assist your business to grow, improve and become more efficient. Specializing in Business Analysis and Project Management we also have extensive local government expertise, where an in depth understanding of territory authorities and their inner workings is essential.

Built on hard work and great value Catch is constantly adding to and improving the current service offerings. The following lists some of the value added services we offer our clients.

Business Analysis

•	Process design and reengineering
•	System design and analysis
•	Independent analysis reviews and advice
•	Business modeling

Consulting Services

•	Project management (PMI)
•	Business case creation and review
•	Cost benefit analysis
•	Feasibility studies
•	Corporate data modeling

Quality Assurance

•	Test management
•	Test strategies and planning
•	System and User Acceptance testing

Training & Mentoring

•	Training
•	Business analysis mentoring

If you are interested in any of our services or one that is not listed above please feel free to contact us at info@catch.net.nz or visit our website www.catch.net.nz for more information.

Also see our EA plug-in listing for Screen Architect or visit the website www.screenarchitect.com

Five Rings

Based in Wellington, Five Rings was established to provide specialized services in business analysis and software development process improvement.

Working with individuals or teams we streamline activities, deliverables, and supporting tools and processes. This has included tailoring Business Analysis processes and deliverables to specific project or organizational needs with core goals of ensuring quality, enhancing communication and understanding of software requirements, whilst leveraging a number of techniques to accelerate requirements delivery.

Our services include:

•	The provision of Business Analysis consultancy services.
•	Training individuals and teams in business analysis skills, processes and deliverables.
•	Business Process Modeling (UML or BPMN).
•	The provision of short term BA resources.

Five Rings provides a range of services to support the implementation and use of Enterprise Architect including:

•	Installation, implementation and configuration services
•	An introductory training course for Business Analysts
•	A transition course to enable a speedy transition to productivity

Software Development Process Improvement projects have involved tailoring and implementing contemporary software development methodologies. These implementations range from "lite" Agile projects through to tailored instances of the Rational Unified Process for larger, more formal projects.

For further information please contact us at contact@fiverings.co.nz or visit our website at www.fiverings.co.nz.