A business event is defined as something that happens (internally or externally) and influences behaviour (business process, business function, business interaction).
Business processes and other business behaviour may be triggered or interrupted by a business event.
Also, business processes may raise events that trigger other business processes, functions, or interactions. A business event is most commonly used to model something that triggers behaviour.
Unlike business processes, functions, and interactions, a business event is instantaneous: it does not have duration.
Events may originate from the environment of the organization (e.g., from a customer), but also internal events may occur generated by, for example, other processes within the organization.
A business event may trigger or be triggered (raised) by a business process, business function, or business interaction.
A business event may access a business object and may be composed of other business events.
The name of a business event should preferably be a verb in the perfect tense; e.g., "claim received".
Category: Business Layer and Behaviour aspect
Examples: Request for Insurance, Claim Received, Application Form Received, Send Product Portfolio.
Typical Relationships:
- Access - business object
- Triggering - business process, business function, business interaction
Source: Archi - The Free ArchiMate Modelling Tool - Hint for the model element.
The backlinks below usually do not include the child and sibling items, nor the pages in the breadcrumbs.
#tagcoding tags for goods, services and bads
The addition in ArchiMate 3.0 of application, technology and implementation event is noted. I am puzzled though with the absence of physical events - and other behaviour elements for the physical elements - with the justification "Rather, the behavior elements from the Technology Layer (technology function, process, interaction, service, and event) are used to model the behavior of all nodes, including physical equipment.
On the other hand, the spec chapter 15.2.5 gives the example of a threat event 'Tornado hits factory" - this event is not instantaneous, yet to me it clearly is a physical event.
Jan Goossenaerts
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There is a reference to this page in a comment to Unaffordable Medicines Now Global Issue; System Needs Change, Panellists Say (May 25, 2016). The comment also mentions Article 116 of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.
Jan Goossenaerts
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