A business function describes internal behaviour performed by a business role that is required to produce a set of products and services. It is performed by a single role within an organisation.
Business processes describe a flow of activities. Business functions group activities according to their required skills, knowledge, and resources. A business process forms a string of business functions.
A business function may be triggered by, or trigger, any other business behaviour element (business event, business process, business function, or business interaction).
A business function may access business objects. A business function may realize one or more business services and may use (internal) business services or application services. A business role or an application component may be assigned to a business function.
The name of a business function should preferably be a verb ending with "-ing"; e.g., "claims processing".
Category: Business Layer and Behaviour aspect
Examples: Financial Handling, Claims Processing, Asset Management, Maintaining Customer Relations.
Typical Relationships:
- Flow - business function, business role
- Triggering - business event, business function
- Access - business object
- Realisation - business service
- Assignment - business Role, application component
Source: Archi - The Free ArchiMate Modelling Tool - Hint for the model element.
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