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| − | ==== Application Data ====
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| − | * Should, where possible, be linked to a business object.
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| − | ==== Business Actor: ====
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| − | * 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
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| − | * Linking: Actors are usually linked to Roles.
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| − | ==== Business Event ====
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| − | * Naming: Should be a verb in the perfect tense, e.g: "claim received".
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| − | ==== Business Function ====
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| − | A logical grouping of related business activity (processes, sub-functions, roles, business information, etc...) No flow or sequence is necessary.
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| − | * Linking: Must (directly or indirectly) support and link to an established Business Capability
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| − | * Linking: Should be associated with an enterprise requirement, strategic outcome, goal, and/or driver.
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| − | * Naming convention: Should NOT use verb-noun naming, in order to not be confused with business processes.
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| − | ==== Business Object ====
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| − | * Naming: Business object names should be nouns.
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| − | ==== Business Process ====
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| − | Something that is done/performed, that has a flow or sequence.
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| − | * Linking: Should be related to a particular (superior) business function (e.g. an SSC Service)
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| − | * Naming: Should name processes with verb-noun notation. "Do something to something". i.e.: Place Order
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| − | ==== Business Role ====
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| − | * 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.
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| − | * Roles are usually linked to actors and business functions and processes.
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| − | ==== Business Service ====
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| − | Something that is provided to an entity external to the business function.
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| − | * Must link directly (or indirectly through another business service, interface or product) to a client of the related function for the service.
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| − | * Naming: Should use verb-noun. May use an "ing" ending.
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| − | ==== SSC Services ====
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| − | SSC Services are usually business <u>functions</u>, and should not be represented as ArchiMate business <u>services</u>.
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| − | * Representation: Must be represented as a business function, with category of "client-facing service" or "supporting service"
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