Unit 7/Chapter 8 - Business Layer Flashcards
Abstract Elements in Business Layer
Internal Active Structure, Internal Behavior, Passive Structure Elements
The ___ ___ aspect of the Business Layer refers to the static structure of an organization, in terms of the entities that make up the organization and their relationships.
Active Structure
The subjects (business actors or business roles) that perform such business processes or functions (capabilities)
Active Entities
Three types of internal active structure elements in the business layer:
Business Actor, Business Role, Business Collaboration
A business entity that is capable of performing behavior; may include entities outside the actual organization
Business Actor
Business Actor
The responsibility for performing specific behavior
Business Role
Business Role
An aggregate of two or more business internal active structure elements that work together to perform collective behavior.
Business Collaboration
Business Collaboration
A point of access where a business service is made available to the environment
Business Interface
Business Interface
Exposes the functionality of a business service to other business roles or actors
Interface
A business interface or an application interface may serve a ___ ___, while a business interface may be part of a ___ ___.
Business Role
A business interface may be part of a business role or actor through a ___ relationship.
Composition
A ___ ___ may be assigned to one or more business services.
Business Interface
Externally visible behavior is modeled by the element ___ ___
Business Service
Offered to external customers
External business services
Offering support functionality to processes or functions within the organization.
Internal business services
List Business Internal Behavior Elements
Business Process, Business Function, Business Interaction
A unit of behavior similar to a business process or function, which is performed in a collaboration of two or more roles within the organization
Business Interaction
Something that happens and may influence business processes, functions, or interactions
Business Event
A sequence of business behaviors that achieves a specific result such as a defined set of products or business services
Business Process
Business Process
Describes the internal behavior performed by a business role that is required to produce a set of products and services.
Business Process
Name of a business process:
Verb or verb-noun combination
A collection of business behavior based on a chosen set of criteria (typically required business resources and/or competencies), closely aligned to an org, but not necessarily explicitly governed by the org.
Business Function
Business Function
Name of a business function should:
clearly indicate a well-defined behavior
A unit of collective business behavior performed by (a collaboration of) two or more business actors, roles, or business collaborations.
Business Interaction
Business Interaction
Name of a business interaction should preferably be:
a verb in the simple present tense
An organizational state change.
Business Event
Business Event
The name of a business event should preferably be:
a verb in the perfect tense (claim received)
An explicitly defined behavior that a business role, business actor, or business collaboration exposes to its environment.
Businesss Service
Business Service
Exposes the functionality of business roles or collaborations to their environment.
Business Service
There is a potential many-to-many relationship between ___ ___ and ___ ___ ___.
Business processes & business functions
A ___ ___ may be triggered by, or trigger, any other business behavior element.
Business Process & Business Function
A ___ ___ may realize one or more business services and may use (internal) business services or application services.
Business Process
A ___ ___ may be triggered by, or trigger, any other business behavior element.
Business Interaction
A ___ ___ may realize one or more business services and may use (internal) business services or application services.
Business Interaction
Has a time attribute that denotes the moment or moments at which the event happens
Business Event
A ___ ___ may trigger or be triggered (raised) by a business process, business function, or business interaction.
Business event
A ___ ___ may serve a business process, business function, or business interaction.
Business service
List Business Layer Passive Structure Elements
Business Object, Representation, Contract
A concept used within a particular business domain.
Business object
Business Object
Name of a business object is preferably:
a noun
A formal or informal specification of an agreement between a provider and a consumer that specifies the rights and obligations associated with a product and establishes functional and non-functional parameters for interaction.
Contract
Contract
The name of a contract is preferably:
a noun
A perceptible form of the information carried by a business object.
Representation
The name of a representation is preferably a:
noun
Representation
Represented in terms of medium (electronic, paper, audio, etc, ) or format (HTML, ASCII, PDF, RTF)
Representation
Business Composite Layer Elements:
Product
A coherent collection of services and/or passive structure elements, accompanied by a contract/set of agreements, which is offered as a whole to (internal or external) customers.
Product
Product
Intangible, services-based, or information products that are common in information-intensive organizations, and tangible, physical products
Product
