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.
- Process
An Invariant-Process is a chain of Business Functions (with no Organization Functions) triggered by an independent Business-Event and executed to deliver Process-Value to Process-Client.
Ex: Hire a new Employee, manage an order, sell a Product…
The Process-Client can be the Enterprise Customer, or other external Actors (External Partner, Provider, Government), or internal Actors (employees).
An Organized-Process is a set of Functions of an Invariant Process triggered by an Organization Event.
Example: the Invariant-Process “Manage a Customer order” can be implemented by 2 Organized Processes: “Capture the Customer Order” triggered by the “Customer request” and “Deliver Goods” triggered by “the truck is full”.
Not that the second Organized-Process executes several instances of the Invariant-Process “Manage a Customer order” as the truck delivers several orders.
Most of the concepts developped on this website are further developped in our white papers. You can download any white paper freely. Please do not re-use without explicit permission.
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