Index
A
Abstracting transformation, 137
for dataflow diagram, 168–73
for state diagrams, 139
Abstraction
and dependency diagram, 283
and process analysis, 162
by total aggregation, 164
Abstract ports, 300
Accessibility, management of, 118–19
Accessibility constraint, 100
Accessibility dependencies, 115–16, 293, 304. See also Flow dependencies
coordination mechanisms for, 21, 388, 408
managing of, 304–305
Acer Group, 33, 395, 397
Acorn project, 483
Activities
classification structure for, 4, 246–52
coordination, 112
core, 111, 387
dependencies between, 23
identifying of (process description technique), 346–51
naming conventions for, 251
vs. objects, 42
in Process Handbook, 222
in software example, 89
specializations of, 391
in Synopsis, 501–502
atomic and composite, 502
Activity-focused analysis, 352, 359–63
Actors
identifying of (process description technique), 345–46
multiple, 367
in resource assignment, 93
Adhocracies, 48, 67, 70
ADLs (Architecture Description Languages), 24, 125, 511–12
AES Corp., 391
Affordances, in grammatical models, 200–204, 205
Agency theory, 80–81
Agent commitment violations, 429
Airline reservation systems, computerized, 68
Alphabetic class reference, in PIF, 559–67
Analogies (''''''''cousins''''''''), 33, 49, 401
distant, 395, 461
Analysis and design techniques, development of, 188–89
And-prerequisites, 117, 308
Animals living in packs, 82
Architecture Description Languages (ADLs), 24, 125, 511–12
Architectural mismatches, Synthesis for, 508
Artificial intelligence
audience from, 10
and dependencies, 88
and generic processes, 23–24
Attractor (business model archetype), 239
Attributes
dependencies as, 502–503
in PIF, 553–54
descriptions of, 560–67
process, 449
Attribute space
of dataflow diagram, 167
refinement of, 162–64
Auctions, 81
electronic, 446
information contract in, 429
sealed-bid, 425–26
Automated support
for dependence, 26
for inheritance, 26