The business organization model

The business organization model (or aspect) combines choices related to the manner in which the activity is conducted: participants, responsibilities, actions on objects, business processes, work situations, organization.

Icon	Name	Description	Example
	Business Organization model	Model containing elements related to the pragmatic aspect.	Organization Company
	Domain	Organizes the pragmatic model into centres of responsibility and organization, in order to structure processes, be the origin or destination of a flow, etc.	Sales Management
	Package	Structuring of organization objects. Notions specific to the organization and which do not come under the semantic level are modeled at this level.	Order Slip, Operator Authorization
	Actor or role	Active element with responsibility within the organization. This can be a person, a group of people, or an automatic system (software, material).	Account Manager, Officer
	External actor or external role	Actor external to the system but interacting with it.	Client, Partner
	Use case	Use case representing a type of major cooperation between actors and the system.	Order product
	Business flow	Information exchanged between active entities of the system.	Order
	Process	Sequence of activities and exchanged flows, necessary to reach an objective.	New account management
	Event	Event that triggers Processes or that is sent by Processes
	Responsibility	Responsibility link linking an actor and system elements such as, for example, processes or organizational units.	Sales Manager is responsible for the "sales management" organizational unit.
	Communication	Link representing the communication that is necessary between different actors in order for an organization to function smoothly.	Agency Account Manager communicates with Client.
	Hierarchy	Hierarchical link between actors.	Sales Manager has a hierarchical link with Account Manager
	Initiation link	Determines the actor who initiates a process (the initiator).	Client initiates the "stay reservation" process
	Participation link	Determines an actor who participates in a process.	Account Manager participates in the "stay reservation" process
	Dataflow	Information flow between active entities of the system. These frequently carry business flows.
	Incoming/outgoing flow	Link determining a process' incoming and outgoing flows.
	Traceability	Determines that an element has been defined from another element.

Note : In packages, the same notions (class, attributes, etc) as those of the semantic model appear.

Business organization model diagrams

There are five types of business organization model diagram:

· General process diagrams

· Role diagrams

· Organization diagrams

· Flow diagrams

· Process diagrams

General process diagrams

A general process diagram presents an overall view of processes, responsible organization units and information exchanged. This type of diagram is created in an organizational unit using the icon.

Example of a general process diagram

Role diagrams

A role diagram shows roles within a company, as well as responsibility, hierarchy and communication links. This type of diagram is create in an organization unit using the icon.

Example of a role diagram

Organization diagram

An organization diagram presents information flows between different organizational units. This type of diagram is create in the pragmatic model or in an organization unit using the icon.

Example of an organization diagram

Flow diagrams

A flow diagram describes flows exchanged and their link to the semantic model. This type of diagram is created in an organizational unit using the icon.

Example of a flow diagram

Process diagrams

A process diagram provides the description of a process. This type of diagram is created using the icon.

Example of a process diagram (BPMN)