Unit 7/Chapter 8 - Business Layer

Question 1

Abstract Elements in Business Layer

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Internal Active Structure, Internal Behavior, Passive Structure Elements

Question 2

The ___ ___ aspect of the Business Layer refers to the static structure of an organization, in terms of the entities that make up the organization and their relationships.

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Active Structure

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The subjects (business actors or business roles) that perform such business processes or functions (capabilities)

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Active Entities

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Three types of internal active structure elements in the business layer:

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Business Actor, Business Role, Business Collaboration

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A business entity that is capable of performing behavior; may include entities outside the actual organization

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Business Actor

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Business Actor

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The responsibility for performing specific behavior

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Business Role

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Business Role

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An aggregate of two or more business internal active structure elements that work together to perform collective behavior.

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Business Collaboration

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Business Collaboration

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A point of access where a business service is made available to the environment

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Business Interface

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Business Interface

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Exposes the functionality of a business service to other business roles or actors

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Interface

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A business interface or an application interface may serve a ___ ___, while a business interface may be part of a ___ ___.

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Business Role

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A business interface may be part of a business role or actor through a ___ relationship.

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Composition

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A ___ ___ may be assigned to one or more business services.

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Business Interface

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Externally visible behavior is modeled by the element ___ ___

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Business Service

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Offered to external customers

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External business services

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Offering support functionality to processes or functions within the organization.

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Internal business services

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List Business Internal Behavior Elements

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Business Process, Business Function, Business Interaction

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A unit of behavior similar to a business process or function, which is performed in a collaboration of two or more roles within the organization

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Business Interaction

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Something that happens and may influence business processes, functions, or interactions

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Business Event

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A sequence of business behaviors that achieves a specific result such as a defined set of products or business services

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Business Process

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Business Process

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Describes the internal behavior performed by a business role that is required to produce a set of products and services.

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Business Process

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Name of a business process:

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Verb or verb-noun combination

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A collection of business behavior based on a chosen set of criteria (typically required business resources and/or competencies), closely aligned to an org, but not necessarily explicitly governed by the org.

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Business Function

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Business Function

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Name of a business function should:

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clearly indicate a well-defined behavior

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A unit of collective business behavior performed by (a collaboration of) two or more business actors, roles, or business collaborations.

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Business Interaction

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Business Interaction

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Name of a business interaction should preferably be:

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a verb in the simple present tense

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An organizational state change.

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Business Event

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Business Event

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The name of a business event should preferably be:

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a verb in the perfect tense (claim received)

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An explicitly defined behavior that a business role, business actor, or business collaboration exposes to its environment.

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Businesss Service

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Business Service

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Exposes the functionality of business roles or collaborations to their environment.

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Business Service

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There is a potential many-to-many relationship between ___ ___ and ___ ___ ___.

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Business processes & business functions

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A ___ ___ may be triggered by, or trigger, any other business behavior element.

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Business Process & Business Function

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A ___ ___ may realize one or more business services and may use (internal) business services or application services.

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Business Process

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A ___ ___ may be triggered by, or trigger, any other business behavior element.

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Business Interaction

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A ___ ___ may realize one or more business services and may use (internal) business services or application services.

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Business Interaction

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Has a time attribute that denotes the moment or moments at which the event happens

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Business Event

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A ___ ___ may trigger or be triggered (raised) by a business process, business function, or business interaction.

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Business event

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A ___ ___ may serve a business process, business function, or business interaction.

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Business service

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List Business Layer Passive Structure Elements

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Business Object, Representation, Contract

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A concept used within a particular business domain.

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Business object

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Business Object

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Name of a business object is preferably:

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a noun

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A formal or informal specification of an agreement between a provider and a consumer that specifies the rights and obligations associated with a product and establishes functional and non-functional parameters for interaction.

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Contract

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Contract

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The name of a contract is preferably:

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a noun

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A perceptible form of the information carried by a business object.

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Representation

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The name of a representation is preferably a:

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noun

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Representation

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Represented in terms of medium (electronic, paper, audio, etc, ) or format (HTML, ASCII, PDF, RTF)

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Representation

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Business Composite Layer Elements:

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Product

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A coherent collection of services and/or passive structure elements, accompanied by a contract/set of agreements, which is offered as a whole to (internal or external) customers.

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Product

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Product

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Intangible, services-based, or information products that are common in information-intensive organizations, and tangible, physical products

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Product