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.

Batch Processing refers to where lots of items are accumulated and processed together, in a "batch". Batch processing can be performed for both human and computer processes.

Benchmarks, as used in business process, are data about process measures that are measured and collated for specific types of processes to enable monitoring of process performance.

The concept of Boundaryless Information Flow is providing global interoperable access to relevant information to support business processes.

A Building Block is the packaging of pieces or components of a business, IT, or architectural capability.

Business Activity Monitoring provides real-time (or near real-time) visibility of the execution and performance of business processes.

A Business Analyst is a professional who is responsible for analyzing the way components of an organization to understand them in detail.