Glossary
Note: In the following descriptions, 'OMG-UML V1.x' indicates a formal definition from the Unified Modeling Language (UML) standard.
- Activity.
A generic term used to describe a process group, process thread, or elementary business process.
- Actor.
A role (or set of roles) that is played in relation to a delivered solution; it could be a person, a group of persons, an organization, another system or a piece of equipment. An actor can be external or internal to the business, for example customer or credit controller. An actor can be considered a role that has a specific set of responsibilities relating to a set of use cases.
- Aggregation.
A whole/part relationship where the whole or aggregate is composed of one or more elements (components, ...
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