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Subject: [ebBP] 11/6/2003: Defintions for Discussion - Comments Please
I was asked in Monday's meeting to provide definitions for BUSINESS PROCESS, BUSINESS COLLABORATION and BUSINESS TRANSACTION. We also had a request by Jean-Jacques for definitions for CHOREOGRAPHY and ORCHESTRATION (outside of the purview of BPSS). I'd like to encourage your comments (and additions/corrections) so we have a common baseline of definitions as we look at them in the context of BPSS: Business Process is a set of activities that are accomplished in operating business practices to achieve a business goal. A Business Process might be either an intra-organizational process or a collaborative business process conducted by two or more parties. A collaborative process can occur across domains of control. Business Process Activity is a unit of work conducted by one (or more parties in case of a collaborative business process) for the purpose of achieving a business objective and can be conducted with time as a constraint or business rule. Business Process Activities are intended to capture existing or planned business practices. Business process activities are included in a business process. Business Collaboration is a special type of business process or activity that is conducted by two or more parties to achieve a commonly defined goal or outcome. Accordingly, a business collaboration is a synonym for collaborative business process. At a high level a business collaboration consists of a set of roles collaborating through a set of choreographed transactions by exchanging business documents.: A business collaboration typically occurs across domains of control. When a business collaboration occurs between business partners, each plays one or more roles in the collaboration. A Business Transaction represents an atomic unit of work in a trading arrangement between two business partners. A business transaction includes a set of business information and business signal exchanges amongst two business partners that must occur in an agreed format, sequence and time period. In this interaction, the two parties playing opposite roles in the transaction. A Business Transaction Activity occurs when the Business Transaction and roles are defined for a specific purpose. The Business Collaboration Choreography describes the ordering and transitions between business transactions or sub collaborations within a binary collaboration (sequencing rules and dependencies). An Orchestration can be a choreography definition seen from a single party point of view (for example, by a conductor) or where the defiinition is executed by the service requester and provider as planned (where centralized control applies).
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