SysFEAT - Systemic Framework for Enterprise Architecture & Transformationk

BUILDING BLOCK - Operations Process

Description	An Operations Process is a Mezzo Business Process performed by Department Types of the enterprise. It is usually under the control of a higher Department Type.
External references	ISO 9000 - 3.4.1 - Process
Super Types	Business Process (from partition: Systemic Levels of Business Process) Mezzo Operating Asset
Functional Domain	Organization & Processes The Organization & Processes domain is used to shape how business units operate to deliver the goods and services for which they are responsible.
Dictionary	Dictionary of SysFEAT concepts
Systemic Levels	Mezzo
Lexical Scope	Architecture Container

RELATIONSHIPS

Simple Graph Graph & Inheritance Table

Simple Graph

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Relationship Table

Relationship	Cardinality	Target Entity	Source Entity	Description
Specialized Business Process	[*..0]	Business Process	Business Process
Object Flow	[*..0]	Business Outcome Event	Business Process	Information flow between process activities.
Operation Sequence	[1..1]	Business Event	Business Process	An Operation Sequence is used to show the order in which steps of a process will be performed. Each Operation Sequence has only one source and only one target.
Business Rule Enforcement	[*..0]	Business Rule	Business Process
Required functionality	[*..0]	Functionality	Business Process	Functionality required during the course of a Business Process.
Business Object Store	[*..0]	Data Domain	Business Process	A Business Object Store is a source of information required during the course of a Business Process.
Automated Participant	[*..0]	Application	Business Process	An Automated Participant is the role of an Application that acts as an active performer in a Business Process,
Human Resource Participant	[*..0]	Org-Unit	Business Process	A Human Resource Participant is the role of a Org-Unit that acts as an active performer in a Business Process.
Instrument	[*..0]	Mezzo Business System	Business Process	An Instrument is a Business System used by a Human Resource Participant to perform an Activity in a Business Process. An Instrument can be an Application or a Hardware Equipment.
Business-Process Step	[*..0]	Business Process	Business Process	A Business-Process Step is a step in a Business Process executed by a participant of the proces (Human Resource Participant or Automated Participant).

TEXTUAL SYNTAX

SEMANTIC TAXONOMY

Sub-Types Super-Types

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BORDERS

Name	Super type	Border Type	Description
Business End	Resource Behavior::Resource Behavior End	Business Event	A Business End is a temporal border of a Resource Behavior that refers to the end of the Resource Behavior through the production of a Business Event.
Business Input	Resource Behavior::Resource Input	Resource Outcome Event	A Business Input is a border of a Resource Behavior that refers to the consumption of an Business Outcome Event that starts the Resource Behavior.
Business Output	Resource Behavior::Resource Output	Business Outcome Event	A Business Output is a border of a Resource Behavior that refers to the production of a Business Outcome Event that ends the Resource Behavior.
Business Start	Resource Behavior::Resource Behavior Start	Business Event	A Business Start is a temporal border of a Resource Behavior that refers to the start of the Resource Behavior triggered by consumption of a Business Event.