Difference between revisions of "SSC Architecture Modeling Conventions"
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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 | * 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. | * Linking: Actors are usually linked to Roles. | ||
| + | * Naming: A noun. Should be named according to job title or departmental name within Active Directory and/or org chart if applicable. | ||
==== Business Event ==== | ==== Business Event ==== | ||
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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. | * 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. | * Roles are usually linked to actors and business functions and processes. | ||
| + | * Naming: Preferably a noun, referring to the primary activity that the role performs. Should be a compound noun to qualify it if it could have multiple meanings. e.g.: claim form completer. | ||
==== Business Service ==== | ==== Business Service ==== | ||
Revision as of 21:01, 19 September 2019
Application Data
- Should, where possible, be linked to a business object.
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.
- Naming: A noun. Should be named according to job title or departmental name within Active Directory and/or org chart if applicable.
Business Event
- Naming: Should be a verb in the perfect tense, e.g: "claim received".
Business Function
A logical grouping of related business activity (processes, sub-functions, roles, business information, etc...) No flow or sequence is necessary.
- Linking: Must (directly or indirectly) support and link to an established Business Capability
- 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.
Business Object
- Naming: Business object names should be nouns.
Business Process
Something that is done/performed, that has a flow or sequence.
- 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
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.
- Naming: Preferably a noun, referring to the primary activity that the role performs. Should be a compound noun to qualify it if it could have multiple meanings. e.g.: claim form completer.
Business Service
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.
- Naming: Should use verb-noun. May use an "ing" ending.
SSC Services
SSC Services are usually business functions, and should not be represented as ArchiMate business services.
- Representation: Must be represented as a business function, with category of "client-facing service" or "supporting service"
