How Does an Enterprise Operate?
Part 6: Organization Layering
Previously, I explained that the operation of an enterprise is comprised of two distinct kinds of activities: production and coordination.…
How Does an Enterprise Operate?
Part 5: Composing Transactions
In a previous blog, I showed that every business conversation follows a generic pattern called the transaction pattern. This pattern…
How Does an Enterprise Operate?
Part 4: Handling Exceptions
In a previous blog, I showed the detailed construction of a coordination act, the lowest level communicative activity in an…
How Does an Enterprise Operate?
Part 3: The Coordination Act in Detail
In a previous blog, I showed that every activity in an enterprise is part of a transaction, and that every…
How Does an Enterprise Operate?
Part 2: The Transaction Pattern
In an earlier blog, I showed that the operation of an enterprise consists of two different kinds of activities: production…
How Does an Enterprise Operate?
Part 1: Production and Coordination
In an earlier blog, I discussed the two perspectives of Enterprise Modeling: the functional model is stakeholder specific and shows…
Enterprise Modeling: Two Perspectives
If you want a car to operate more fuel efficient, there are several ways to achieve this: you can avoid…
Part 6: Organization Layering