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| − | Business Functions: | + |   | 
|  | + | ==== Application Data   ==== | 
|  | + | * Should, where possible, be linked to a business object. | 
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|  | + | ==== Business Actor: ==== | 
|  | + | * Represents an actual person, org structure section, committee or working group within or external to the organization.  e.g.:  Senior Advisor, Director Operations, Senior Vice President, ESSARB, Senior Management Board, Treasury Board, NRCan, John Smith, Dr. Henry Jones.  Not:  process modeler, designer, client, solution architect, manager | 
|  | + | * Linking:  Actors are usually linked to Roles. | 
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|  | + | ==== Business Event ==== | 
|  | + | * Naming:  Should be a verb in the perfect tense, e.g: "claim received". | 
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|  | + | ==== Business Function  ==== | 
|  | A logical grouping of related business activity (processes, sub-functions, roles, business information, etc...)  No flow or sequence is necessary. |  | A logical grouping of related business activity (processes, sub-functions, roles, business information, etc...)  No flow or sequence is necessary. | 
| − | - Mustalways (directly or indirectly) support an established Business Capability, and should be associated with an enterprise requirement, strategic outcome, goal, and/or driver.
 | + | * Linking:  Must (directly or indirectly) support and link to an established Business Capability | 
| − | - Naming convention:  Should NOT use verb-noun naming, in order to not be confused with business processes.
 | + | * Linking:  Should be associated with an enterprise requirement, strategic outcome, goal, and/or driver. | 
|  | + | * Naming convention:  Should NOT use verb-noun naming, in order to not be confused with business processes. | 
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| − | Business Process:    | + | ==== Business Object ==== | 
|  | + | * Naming:  Business object names should be nouns. | 
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|  | + | ==== Business Process  ==== | 
|  | Something that is done/performed, that has a flow or sequence.    |  | Something that is done/performed, that has a flow or sequence.    | 
| − | - Should be related to a particular (superior) business function.
 | + | * Linking:  Should be related to a particular (superior) business function (e.g.  an SSC Service) | 
| − | - Naming:  Should name processes with verb-noun notation.  "Do something to something".  i.e.:  Place Order
 | + | * Naming:  Should name processes with verb-noun notation.  "Do something to something".  i.e.:  Place Order | 
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|  | + | ==== Business Role ==== | 
|  | + | * Represents an abstract role, not a personal name or defined organizational position, committee, title, rank or hierarchy within the organization.  e.g.:  process modeler, designer, client, solution architect.  Not:  Senior Advisor, Director Operations, Senior Vice President, ESSARB, Senior Management Board, Treasury Board, NRCan, John Smith, Dr. Henry Jones. | 
|  | + | * Roles are usually linked to actors and business functions and processes. | 
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| − | Business Service:   | + | ==== Business Service ==== | 
|  | Something that is provided to an entity external to the business function. |  | Something that is provided to an entity external to the business function. | 
| − | - Must link directly (or indirectly through another business service, interface or product) to a client of the related function for the service.
 | + | * Must link directly (or indirectly through another business service, interface or product) to a client of the related function for the service. | 
| − | - Namingconvention:  May use an ing ending?
 | + | * Naming:  Should use verb-noun.  May use an "ing" ending. | 
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| − | Application Data:   
 | + | ==== SSC Services ==== | 
| − | - Should, where possible, belinked to a businessobject.
 | + | SSC Services are usually business <u>functions</u>, and should not be represented as ArchiMate business <u>services</u>. | 
|  | + | * Representation:  Must be represented as a business function, with category of "client-facing service" or "supporting service" |