Archimate Business Layer Passive Components
Refers to the passive structure elements (business objects) that are manipulated by behavior, such as business processes or functions. The passive entities represent the important concepts in which the business thinks about a domain.
The below diagram represents the Passive Elements for the Business Layer.
Business Object
Definition: A business object represents a concept used within a particular business domain.
Characteristic : Hence a business object typically models an object type (cf. a UML class) of which multiple instances may exist in operations. Only occasionally, business objects represent actual instances of information produced and consumed by behavior elements such as business processes. This is in particular the case for singleton types; i.e., types that have only one instance. Business objects are passive in the sense that they do not trigger or perform processes. A business object could be used to represent information assets that are relevant from a business point of view and can be realized by data objects.
Naming Standards : Descriptive Noun
Business Object Meta Model
Another Business Object aggregates or is aggregated by another Business Object.
a Representation Realizes a Business Object.
A Contract Specializes in a Business Object.
Applied Examples
A Insurance Claim includes a Claim Letter (Object) Claim Submission Form & Claim Summary File.
Business Contract
Definition : a formal or informal specification of an agreement between a provider and a consumer that specifies the rights and obligations associated with a product and establishes functional and non-functional parameters for interaction.
Characteristic : may be used to model a contract in the legal sense, but also a more informal agreement associated with a product.
Naming Standards : The name of a contract is preferably a noun.
Business Contract MetaModel
A Business Product Aggregates to a Business Object.
Applied Examples
Business Representation
Definition : A representation represents a perceptible form of the information carried by a business object.
Characteristic : Representations (for example, messages or documents) are the perceptible carriers of information that are related to business objects.classified in various ways; for example, in terms of medium (electronic, paper, audio, etc.) or format (HTML, ASCII, PDF, RTF, etc.). A single business object can have a number of different representations.
Naming Standard : The name of a representation is preferably a noun.
Business Representation Metamodel
Applied Example
A Damage Claim is represented as a Claim Form being completed
Business Object Product
Definition : represents a coherent collection of services and/or passive structure elements, accompanied by a contract/set of agreements, which is offered as a whole to (internal or external) customers.
Characteristics : A financial or information product consists of a collection of services, and a contract that specifies the characteristics, rights, and requirements associated with the product. “Buying” a product gives the customer the right to use the associated services.
Naming Standard : The name of a product is usually the name which is used in the communication with customers, or possibly a more generic noun (e.g., “travel insurance”).
Business Object Product Metamodel
Applied Example
Auto Insurance is a specialization of an Insurance contract.
