SysFEAT - Systemic Framework for Enterprise Architecture & Transformationk

BUILDING BLOCK - Business Process

Synonym	Organizational Process
Description	Abstract Concept A Business Process is a set of Business-Process Steps performed by Org-Units and/or by automated systems (Business Systems) to produce a Business Outcome Event. It is depicted as a series of Business-Process Steps, controlled by Business Events and conditions. Business-Process Steps are carried out by the involvment of Org-Units and system resources (often Applications) as participants in the process (Participant Business Agents). During its course of action, a Business Process consumes or produces Business Objects. 1) It may memorize or access Business Objects from its Process Store. 2) It may receive Business Objects at its boundary: Business Outcome Consumption. 3) It may signal the production of Business Objects at its boundary: Business Outcome Production. The course of actions of a Business Process is constrained by the application of rules ( Business Rule Enforcement) that define how to react to what is allowed and not allowed to do, Systemic Levels of Business Process: a Business Process is either a Business Procedure or an Operations Process
External references	ISO 9000 - 3.4.1 - Process, Lean.org - Value Stream, Lean.org - Value Stream Mapping, OMG - BMM - Business Process, OMG - BPMN - Process, OMG - UAF - Function, OpenGroup - OAA - Process, OpenGroup - TOGAF - Enterprise Metamodel Overview, OpenGroup - TOGAF 9 - Definition - Process
Super Types	Business Resource Process (from partition: Resource Agent Nature of Business Resource Process)
Functional Domain	Organization & Processes The Organization & Processes domain is used to shape how business units operate to deliver the goods and services for which they are responsible.
Dictionary	Dictionary of SysFEAT concepts
Lexical Scope	Architecture Container
Framework Mapping	DoDAF Mapping : Activity BMM Mapping : Business Process UAF - Resource Views : Function UAF - Personal Views : Function TOGAF - Enterprise Metamodel Mapping : Process SysFEAT Outcome Centric Model : Process

RELATIONSHIPS

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Relationship Table

Relationship	Cardinality	Target Entity	Source Entity	Description
Specialized Business Process	[*..0]	Business Process	Business Process
Object Flow	[*..0]	Business Outcome Event	Business Process	Information flow between process activities.
Operation Sequence	[1..1]	Business Event	Business Process	An Operation Sequence is used to show the order in which steps of a process will be performed. Each Operation Sequence has only one source and only one target.
Business Rule Enforcement	[*..0]	Business Rule	Business Process
Required functionality	[*..0]	Functionality	Business Process	Functionality required during the course of a Business Process.
Business Object Store	[*..0]	Data Domain	Business Process	A Business Object Store is a source of information required during the course of a Business Process.
Automated Participant	[*..0]	Application	Business Process	An Automated Participant is the role of an Application that acts as an active performer in a Business Process,
Human Resource Participant	[*..0]	Org-Unit	Business Process	A Human Resource Participant is the role of a Org-Unit that acts as an active performer in a Business Process.
Instrument	[*..0]	Mezzo Business System	Business Process	An Instrument is a Business System used by a Human Resource Participant to perform an Activity in a Business Process. An Instrument can be an Application or a Hardware Equipment.
Business-Process Step	[*..0]	Business Process	Business Process	A Business-Process Step is a step in a Business Process executed by a participant of the proces (Human Resource Participant or Automated Participant).
Hierarchical Member	[*..0]	Building Block	Aggregate Block	A Hierarchical Member is an Aggregate Member that is also a Block Lexical Scope for the Building Block it aggregates: it relates its aggregated block by nesting (see Nesting Relationship).Hierarchical Members are used to build hierarchical structures of Building Blocks, in constrast to Block Members which are used to build network structures of Building Blocks.
Block Member	[*..0]	Building Block	Aggregate Block	A Block Member is an Aggregate Member that aggregates its releated Building Block by reference (see Referencing Relationship).Block Members are used to build network structures of Building Blocks while Hierarchical Members are used to build hierarchical structures of Building Blocks.

TEXTUAL SYNTAX

SEMANTIC TAXONOMY

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BORDERS

Name	Super type	Border Type	Description
Business End	Resource Behavior::Resource Behavior End	Business Event	A Business End is a temporal border of a Resource Behavior that refers to the end of the Resource Behavior through the production of a Business Event.
Business Input	Resource Behavior::Resource Input	Resource Outcome Event	A Business Input is a border of a Resource Behavior that refers to the consumption of an Business Outcome Event that starts the Resource Behavior.
Business Output	Resource Behavior::Resource Output	Business Outcome Event	A Business Output is a border of a Resource Behavior that refers to the production of a Business Outcome Event that ends the Resource Behavior.
Business Start	Resource Behavior::Resource Behavior Start	Business Event	A Business Start is a temporal border of a Resource Behavior that refers to the start of the Resource Behavior triggered by consumption of a Business Event.

INTERNAL STRUCTURE

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CONNECTORS

Connector	Source	Target	Connector Type	Description
Object Flow	Business-Process Step. Business Output	Business-Process Step	Business Outcome Event	Information flow between process activities.
Operation Sequence	Business-Process Step. Business End	Business-Process Step. Business Start	Business Event	An Operation Sequence is used to show the order in which steps of a process will be performed. Each Operation Sequence has only one source and only one target.