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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.

 

Offered Group of Services

Group of Offered Services which can be subscribed together.

Offered Product

That which is defined by marketing and proposed to prospects or Customers.
It is defined by: breakdown into Offered Services, eligibility Rules at Product level, Pricing Rules at Product level (one time or periodic).

Offered Service

Service which is offered to a Beneficiary if a Contract is active and a Service is required.
Example: Service “repair of a car” for an insurance Contract, Service “money transfer” for a banking Contract, Service “telephone call” for a “telecom contract” It includes: condition Rules, evaluation Rules to evaluate the Delivered Service, Pricing Rules if Delivered Service has a cost.

Operated Solution

Solution Operated for an Enterprise according to its Solution Model.

Operation Actor

Actor who executes Operation Processes. Ex: salesman, clerk, branch manager…

Operation Application

Set of irreversible Functions executed once for each Operation instance when it is complete, checked and authorized. An Application is a Business Transaction.

Operation Execution

Actions executed by Enterprise Operations with their Operation Actors and Operation Informations.

Operation Function

Functions executed in Operations Processes as: read Customer Data or Compute Price.

Operation Information

Information used by Operation Processes as: Customers, Products, Contracts, Accounts…

Operation Model

Model (documentation and software) for Operations which includes:
· Operation Global Model (Process Map, Function Map, Service Map, Entity Map)
· Operation Detailed Model (Actor Model, Action Model and Data Model).

Operation Pattern

Defines an Entity life-cycle: an Operation is prepared in one or several steps by one or successive IT Users. When an Operation is Applicable (validity of data and authorized), it can be Applied, which means that irreversible Actions like the updates of other Entities can be performed.
An Operation can be Applied just once. After being Applied, the Operation can be kept persistent or archived. All Operations which enter the IS must be signed by an IT User so that it is possible to track who is responsible for changes and when these changes occurred.

Operation Process

Process for Operations like
· Primary Processes: Manage Product, Sell, Produce, Deliver
· Resource Processes: Manage Employees, Manage IT, Manage facilities
· Management Processes: provide aggregated Information to managers

Operations

Groups all Operation Actors with all Operation Processes they can execute and all Operation Informations.

Organization

Hierarchy of Organization Units which all depend from the same Organization Unit.
Example:
· a region composed of the regional headquarters plus regional branches is an Organization,
· as the whole Company composed of the different regions + Company Headquarters is also an Organization
The different Organization Units of an Organization may belong to different Legal Entities.

 

 

Organization Actor

Worker (a Person) or Automate (a Computer) or Assisted Worker (Person + Computer) executing Activities. An Organization Actor belongs to a Position.

Organization Entity

Entity which helps to describe the Organization System.
Example: Organization Actor, Organization, Organization Unit, Role, Right, Duty

Organization Function

Function which only exists for Organization purpose like: "Authorize Function", or "send to To Do List of an Actor", or "find next Actor" (used by workflow engine). Do not confuse with Business Function.

Organization Unit

Node of a hierarchical structure like a Direction, a Department, a Branch. The smallest Organization Unit is the Position.
Attributes of the Organization Unit:
Type of the Organization Unit (department, division, branch…)
Organization Unit Role,
Position of Organization Unit leader,
parent Organization Unit and sub Organization Unit (s)…

Organized Process

Sub chain of Actions of an End to End Process which are executed by the same Organization Unit.
“Execute a Customer order” is an End to End Order broken down into 2 Organized Processes, “Enter Order” triggered by the Customer request and “Deliver Goods” triggered by an Organization Event (such
as: truck is full).
An End to End Process may correspond to a single Organized Process. An Organized Process may execute several Instances of End to End Processes (ex: “Deliver Goods” Groups deliveries).

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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