Work Product Descriptor (Artifact): Business Communications
Business Communications defines the types of communications between Business Locations.
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Main Description
Business Communications defines the types of communications required and provided between locations in the Business Locations Model. This communications is conceptual at this point and may therefore represent any form of communications, from the physical transport of goods to electronic communications. A Business Location is the generic or conceptual level locations at which the system (business) under study has a presence.
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Business Communications defines the types of communications between Business Locations.

UML Representation: «stereotype» BPL_Comms

Extends: «metaclass» CommunicationPath

It has the following properties:

  • id: string - This attribute is used to uniquely identify elements.
  • name: string - A descriptive name for the communications.
  • communicates: string - The source end of the communications.
  • communicatesWith: string - The destination end of the communications.
  • nonFunctional: string - Defines things such as business importance, survivability, and availability requirements of the communications path. 
Constraints
  • Shall not have any owned operations;
  • Shall not have any owned behaviors;
  • May have relationships with only Business Locations.
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