Glossary.
A helpful A-Z glossary listing key Business and IT transformation terms and technical definitions..
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Abstract Process
An Abstract Process represents interactions between a private business process and another process or participant. -
Abstraction
Abstraction is a technique for producing a high-level summarization or generalization of more complex or detailed topics or content. -
Activity
An Activity is work performed by an organization using business processes. An activity can be atomic or non-atomic (compound). Types of activities used within Process Models include Process, Sub-Process, and Task. -
Activity Cost Worksheet
Activity Cost Worksheets are a matrix that are used to analyze various costs of a set of activities. -
Actor
An Actor is a normally used to define a physical or quasi-physical entity, such as a person, organization, or system. -
Ad Hoc Workflow System
An Ad Hoc Workflow System is a type of workflow system that waits on users to indicate what should happen next.
Quick Reference Guide: Business Process Frameworks
One of the popular topics in Enterprise Architecture today is Patterns. However, before Patterns became such a “hot” topic the uses of Architecture Frameworks were seen as an important part of the Architect’s “Toolkit”.
In this Quick Reference Guide, David Jones and Roderick Brown consider a key component of the Architect’s “Toolkit”: Business Process Frameworks, discussing the following:
• What are Business Process Frameworks;
• Why you should use a Business Process Framework; and
• The types of Business Process Frameworks available.
They also provide an introduction and context to Process Frameworks explaining:
• Why a means of classifying Processes is important
• What a Process Framework does;
• How to use Process Frameworks; and
• Examples of applying Process Frameworks.