| Description | The Business Continuity domain defines the concepts use by functions of an enterprise in charge of the continuous delivery of its Products (goods and services) within acceptable time frames at predefined capacity during a disruption. |
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| Dictionary |
Dictionary of SysFEAT concepts |
| Parent Domain |
SysFEAT Enterprise Domains |
| Domain dependencies |
EA Pattern - Business Resource Operating Pattern
Operational Assurance
Organization & Processes
Teams Pattern |
| Concept | Description |
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BCM System |
A BCM System is an Assurance System that establishes, implements, operates, monitors, reviews , maintains and improves business continuity. |
Business Impact Analysis |
Business Impact Analysis is the process of analysing the impact over time of a disruption on the sub-set of tthe activities of the enterprise. |
Process Family |
A Process Family is a categorization of Business Operating Assets used to assert that a Business Operating Asset belongs to a specific process domain. |
Process Family |
A Process Family is a category of Action Process. Example: support processes, development processes, operational processes, |
| Concept | Description |
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Business Operating Asset |
Business Operating Assets comprise physical assets which contribute to the production and consumption of Business Outcome Events of the enterprise. This includes Business Agents, their behaviors (Business Behavior: Business Resource Process, Business Resource Interaction Process), |
Business Process |
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, |