A  Business Agent is a Resource Agent which produces and reacts to Business Outcome Events of the enterprise.

A  Business Agent can be a Human Resource (Organizational Position or Department Type), a Business System (Business Software System or Concrete Hardware System) or a Capability Configuration (an assembly of Org-Units and Business Systems.

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,

A  Business System is a man made artifact (Concrete Hardware System or Business Software System) which exposes  Functionalityies and can produce Business Outcome Events.

A  Business System performs System Processes and participates to System Processes or to Business Processes.

In System Processes, a  Business System is always an active participant (System Process Participant).

In Business Processes, a  Business System is either an active participant (Automated Participant) or an Instrument used by Org-Units.

A  Conceptual Agent is an abstract type of Agent that depicts a functional division of labor within an enterprise, influencing the formation of its business operating model.

The concrete specializations of  Conceptual Agent follow the systemic level pattern and come in the form of Operating Domain (a Macro  Conceptual Agent) and Business Function (a Mezzo  Conceptual Agent).

An  Organization is a group of people who share a common purpose and establish a functional division of labor in pursuit of their common purpose.

It is the relationships between its members in the pursuit of their common purpose that give unity and identity to an organization.

A  Business Capability is a conceptual Capability that benefits to Customers (internal or external) of the enterprise. It expresses an ability to produce Conceptual Outcome Events.

A  Business Capability is defined by its intended Enterprise Outcome Events and the conditions (Condition Property) under which the production of the Enterprise Outcome Events shall be proceeded.

The actual Condition Scale Values for a given Business Capability at different stages of Enterprise Initiatives is given by their exhibition (Exhibited Capability).

A  Business Rule is a rule that is under business jurisdiction.

A rule’s being under "business jurisdiction" means that it is under the jurisdiction of the community that it governs or guides - that the community can opt to change or discard the rule. Laws of physics may be relevant to an Enterprise; legislation and regulations may be imposed on it; external standards. These things are not  Business Rules from the company’s perspective, since it does not have the authority to change them.

The company will decide how to react to laws and regulations, and will create  Business Rules to ensure compliance with them. Similarly, it will create  Business Rules to ensure that standards or best practices are implemented as intended.

A  Department is a Mezzo Organization. It is a an administrative unit in government or business.

Examples:

- Sales department of "Aircraft corporation" in France;

- Finance department of "Oakland digital hospital";

- Logistics Department of "APPCo retail inc".

A  Department Type is a Mezzo Org-Unit which serves as an administrative unit template in both government and business Organizations.

Examples:

- Sales department;

- Finance department;

- Logistics department..

An  Enterprise is a macro Enduring Initiative that delivers added-value Products (goods & services) to its target  Customers.

It requires a formal organization of groups of people and resources to achieve its purposes.

An  Organizational Position is a type of position held by people when part of a Department Type.

Examples:

- Sales representative

- Developer

- Storekeeper

- Architect

A  Skill is an ability of a human resource to produce Business Outcome Events.

 Skills are acquired and refined through training and practice.