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