Glossary
In this glossary, you will find a set of terms we have defined and reused extensively in our white papers. We have tried to use as few terms as possible. When several terms relate to the same concept, we define only one term and add the others as synonyms.
- Action
Work executed by an Actor.
Recursive: an Action can be decomposed into Actions.
Can be a Process or a Function or an Activity.
Always named by a verb.
- Action-Model
Describes instructions given to an Actor so that he correctly executes the Action(s).
• For Manual-Actors, instructions are documentation (procedure, user guide)
• For Computer-Actors, instructions are software
• For Assisted-Actors, instructions are documentation + software
- Actor
Human-Actor or Computer-Actor (Automate) or Assisted-Actor (when Human-Actor and Computer-Actor are combined) executing an Activity.
An Internal-Actor (employee, consultant) works inside the Enterprise, while an External-Actor (customer, partner, provider) works outside the Enterprise but may use the same Enterprise Model.
- Agility
Agility is the ability to Transform fast and well. It allows to reduce the time between the rise of a new idea and its availability in the Enterprise Operations.
Reactivity is the ability to Operate fast and well.
- Architecture
2 meanings:
• Deliverable: Architecture-Description represents the structure (good or bad) of a Model (cf. norm IEEE 1471).
• How: Architecture-Discipline represents Transformation-Processes to Build the Architecture-Description
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