Glossary.

Artifact, as specified and used BPMN 2.0, is a graphical object that provides supporting information about the Process or elements within the Process.

An Association, as specified and used in BPMN 2.0, is a connecting object that is used to link information and Artifacts with Flow Objects.

In an asynchronous process, an activity sends a message to another process, but does not wait for a response before continuing.

An Atomic Activity is an activity that is not broken down to any finer level of Process Model detail.

A Balanced Scorecard is a strategic planning and performance tool that is used by organizations to align business activities to the organization's vision and strategy and monitor organization performance against it's strategic goals and objectives.

The Baseline is considered the starting point of an architecture specification that has been formally reviewed and agreed upon.