Eriksson-Penker Business Modeling Profile
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A business process combines following terms:
- Has a Goal
- Has specific inputs
- Has specific outputs
- Uses resources
- Has a number of activities that are performed in some order
- May affect more than one organizational unit. Horizontal organizational impact
- Creates value of some kind for the customer. The customer may be internal or external.
Process Model
Within a business process you collect activities which are designed to produce a specific output optimized for the customer or the market. Clearly defined inputs and outputs helps to structure the action within an organization.
Goal
A Goal always links to a process. With a goal link you can indicate an attached object to a specific business process. The goal is used for justification to perfom any activities.
Information
A Business processes always needs information to complete activities. Information is used as a part of the transformation process and my come from external sources, from a customer, internal or it may be a product of an other process.
Output
With business processes you create outputs, value to the business, and usable for internal or extern requirements. An output can be an physical object, a transformation of raw ressources or also an overall business result.
Resource
The resource is the input in a business process and it is typically consumed during the processing. A resources links to a business process. With an Input link the attached object or resource is incicated that it is consumed in the procedure.
