1. People
2. Responsibilities
3. Objects
4. The "PROMPT" template is a useful tool for understanding a business situation. It provides a checklist of the People involved, their Responsibilities, the Objects they work with, their Measures of success (or failure), the Places they work at, periods of Time and the events they must respond to. Metaphor: A "prompt" assists by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.
5. Measures
6. Places
7. Time
8. Individuals and the roles they act in.
9. Functions, processes, activities and tasks.
10. Periods of time, milestones, calendars, schedules and timetables. Scheduled, historical, predicted, exceptional and natural events. Events that trigger or are a consequence of human activity.
11. A precise location in two or three dimensional space and the roles they act in. Continents, countries, states, provinces, towns, localities and villages. Streets, roads, paths and highways. Buildings, rooms and delivery addresses.
12. Includes measurements such as length, mass, temperature, percentages, ratios and key performance indicators (KPIs).
13. Physical things and the roles they act in.