Thesaurus

A B C D E F G H I J L M O P R S T U V Z

Method

How to do something >>

Methodology

Discipline whose goal is the controlled design of methods >>

Model

Formal representation of a part of the reality >>

Model Simulation

Check on the quality of a model by making or executing it in an ad hoc technical environment >>

Modeling

Rigorously represent a part of reality, according to pre-established formal rules >>

Motivation

Precept of organizational design that states the importance of motivating actors >>

Object Diagram

Diagram that illustrates specific points of a class model >>

Object Domain

Area of knowledge resulting from the decomposition of the semantic aspect of a system >>

Object Domain Decomposition Principle

Principle of decomposing the semantic aspect into object domains >>

Ockham’s Razor

Principle (attributed to William of Ockham) that in explaining a thing no more assumptions should be made than are necessary >>

OMG

Object Management Group

Openness

State of mind that keeps the attention on new or unfamiliar contributions >>

Operation

All the activities that make up the normal and regular running of the enterprise >>

Organization

Structure imposed on a group of actors, specifying their relations through roles, procedures and operating rules >>

Organization Repository

Repository where the processes and organization are modeled >>

Organization View

Description of the pragmatic aspect of the Enterprise System in its entirety >>

Organizational Rule

Enterprise’s self-imposed constraints for controlling its business >>

Organized Process

Process that includes the organizational choices >>

Organum

Structure proposed for organizing the material for a project or an operation >>

Overall approach

Approach that embraces the whole thing studied