Action 7:  Use a Formal Fact Definition Discipline & Tool

Object Role Modeling (ORM)

Visio 2000 Enterprise                                       Microsoft Corporation

VisioModeler (free unsupported)                     Microsoft Corporation

Tutorial on VisioModeler                                  Terry Halpin's ORM Website

"Information Modeling and Relational Databases: From Conceptual Analysis to Logical Design"
   (ORM book by Terry Halpin)                          Morgan Kaufmann Publishers

Conceptual Modeling Journal                           InConcept Inc.

Conceptual Modeling Discussion Group

Business Mapping: Entities

Business System Development Method          IBM Corporation
(BSDM)