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opportunity area (OA). A point in a process or
process path where possibilities, advantages, or other
positive factors can help an enterprise meet its goals.
organization. An administrative unit of an enterprise.
In FlowMark: organization is one of the criteria that can
be used to dynamically assign activities to people. See
also
role, child organization
and
parent organization
.
organization unit. An administrative subdivision with
reporting lines that implement processes; for example, a
department.
OS/2. IBM's Operating System/2 for workstations.
output container. In FlowMark: storage for data
produced by an activity, process, or block for use by
other activities. It can also be used for evaluation of
conditions. See also
sink
.
P
parent organization. In FlowMark: an organization
within the hierarchy of administrative units of an
enterprise that has one or more child organizations. A
child is one level below its parent in the hierarchy. See
also
child organization
.
pattern activity. In FlowMark: the single program or
process activity in a bundle from which multiple
instances, called bundle activities, are created. See
also
bundle activity
.
PC. Personal computer or workstation.
physical. The concrete, specific, or constrained nature
of business processes and data. Physical defines the
how, where, when
, or
by whom
a process is performed
or data is used. See also
constrained
.
physical constraints. See
constrained
.
physical line of visibility chart (PLOVC). A business
process modeling or blueprinting technique that shows
the
effectiveness and efficiency
of a process path. A
PLOVC is a sequence of physical business objects,
such as activities and systems. See also
physical
and
line of visibility chart
.
physical model or blueprint. The depiction of the
efficiency of a process:
doing the thing right
. The
physical model or blueprint shows the
how, where,
when
, or
by whom
aspects of an enterprise, such as the
resources required to perform a process or process
path. See also
model, blueprint
, and
physical
.
planning activity. In FlowMark: a special program
activity that creates, at run time, the required number of
bundle activities for a specific bundle. The planning
activity must use a program that refers, in its
registration, to the bundle-planning tool supplied with
the FlowMark product. See also
program activity,
program registration
, and
bundle activity
.
platform. The operating system environment in which
a program runs. FlowMark is a distributed,
cross-platform application, which can run on OS/2, AIX,
and Windows.
PLOVC. See
physical line of visibility chart
.
policy. A principle, plan, or course of action pursued
by an enterprise.
problem. An obstacle to meeting a goal or fulfilling a
CSF. A problem can also be a situation or issue that is
uncertain, complicated, or difficult to deal with.
problem area (PA). A point in a process or process
path where difficulties, constraints, or other negative
factors prevent the enterprise from meeting its goals or
CSFs.
procedure. A series of steps or activities required to
perform a process.
process. A business function or operation that
achieves results for customers with input from suppliers.
A process transforms the nature, status, or composition
of input to produce output according to business rules
and policies. A process is a means to achieving the
goals and strategies of an enterprise. See also
subprocess
.
In LOVEM-ProModeler: a process is a logical
component on an ALOVC or LLOVC.
In FlowMark: a process is a set of activities that must
be completed to accomplish a given task.
process activity. In FlowMark: an activity to which a
separate process is assigned. Starting this activity
creates an instance of the referenced process and
starts it. See also
program activity
.
process administrator. In FlowMark: the person
responsible for the execution of a process instance. A
process administrator can be specified in the workflow
model; otherwise it is the person who starts the
process.
process category. In FlowMark: an attribute that a
process modeler specifies for a process. Only users
who are authorized for this category can start and
control instances of the process as top-level. See also
top-level process
.
process cycle time. The elapsed time required to
receive, process, and forward a transaction.
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