s and handrails, subsequent galvanising processes, and the importation and sale of drainage and access covers. Aluminium sunshields are also distributed on behalf of Webforge Australia. The 2004 budgeted turnover is NZ $8m, of which the IT budget is $25,000 for general operating expenses, and $40,000 for upgrade proposals. This is less than 1% of total turnover.
             The company organisational structure, as attached in Appendix 8.1, shows no separate IT/IS division. Only two staff have IT as part of their job function, and control is maintained through the operations manager.
             Universal Modelling Language (UML) was originally designed for software engineering but through the use of stereotype extensions Hans-Erik Eriksson and Magnus Penker, in their book 'Business modelling with UML; Business patterns at work' (2001), demonstrate how to adapt and customise the concept for business modelling. This book has been extensively used for the analysis and production of this report in conjunction with the course slides and handouts.
             The opportunity to model Webforge provides a chance to depict an abstraction of how the business functions. It allows for the "Visual depiction of functions and relationships that are usually difficul
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