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Bag
Within the OCL, a Bag is a Collection of elements, each of which may appear more than once.A Bag results from navigation through more than one association whose multiplicities are greater than 1.
baseline
A baseline is a release of artifacts, which have been reviewed and approved by the appropriate stakeholders, that together form an agreed-on basis for further evolution or development of the system.A baseline can be changed only via a formal procedure, such as a change request.
behavior
A behavior is a description of the sequence of state changes that an instance of a behaviored classifier, via a behavioral feature, may undergo in the course of its lifetime.
An activity is a form of behavior.
behavioral feature
behavioral thing
A behavioral thing represents a dynamic behavior through space and over time.The UML defines two primary kinds of behavioral things: interactions and state machines. A behavior diagram is a diagram that shows aspects of the behavior of the system being modeled. The UML defines four types of behavior diagrams:
behavioral view
The term behavioral view refers to a view of a given model that focuses on the behavior of the instances within the system being modeled.
behavior diagram
activity diagram
interaction diagram
state machine diagram use case diagram
A behaviored classifier is a classifier that owns behaviors. One of these may specify the behavior of the classifier itself.
behaviored classifier
A behavior port is a port that passes invocation requests for one or more behavioral features to the instance of the owning classifier itself, rather than to any instances that this classifier may contain.
Beta Test Product
Within the RUP, Beta Test Product is an activity within the Deployment discipline.
This activity involves the end user installing the delivered software and providing feedback on its performance and usability.
A binary association is an association with exactly two association ends.
bind
The term bind is a stereotype attached to a dependency to signify a binding.When bind is present, there must also be a list of actual parameters that match up with the given template's formal parameters.
binding
A binding is a dependency within which the source instantiates the target template to produce a new model element that uses the specified actual parameters.
body expression
A body expression is an OCL expression that specifies the name, parameters, and return type of a query.
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Boolean
The term Boolean refers to an enumeration that contains two values: True and False.Boolean constant expression
A Boolean constant expression is a constant expression that refers to an enumeration literal. The term boundary object refers to an instance of a boundary class.
Boolean expression
The term Boolean expression refers to an expression that resolves to a Boolean value.
boundary class
The term boundary class refers to a stereotype applied to a class to signify that the class, represented in the analysis model, defines one or more boundary objects with which an actor associated with one or more use cases interacts.
boundary object
bound element
A bound element is a model element that results from a binding.
branch
A branch is a place within an activity diagram where a trigger leads to more than one possible outcome, each of which has an associated guard or the keyword else.
broadcast signal action
A broadcast signal action is an invocation action that transmits an instance of a given signal to all of the potential target objects in the system.
build
In the context of the Unified Process, a build is an executable version of part of a system or an entire system.Within the RUP, builds are part of the Implementation artifact set.
buildComponent
The term buildComponent refers to a stereotype on a set of components that signifies that the components have been grouped for organizational or system-level development purposes.
Within the RUP, the term business actor refers to a coherent set of roles that an entity (human or non-human) outside of the business being modeled plays when interacting with one or more business use cases.
business analysis model
Within the Unified Process, the term business analysis model is a stereotype attached to a model to signify that the model shows how the use cases within the business use case model are "performed" in terms of interacting roles, business entities, and work units.
The following comprise the business analysis model:
| business entities |
| business events |
| business rules |
| business systems |
| business use case realizations |
| business workers |
A business analysis model is generally represented by interaction diagrams and activity diagrams.
Within the RUP, the business analysis model is part of the Business Modeling artifact set.
business architecture document
Within the RUP, a business architecture document is an artifact that provides a comprehensive overview of the architecturally significant aspects of the business being modeled.
business case
Within the Unified Process, the term business case refers to an artifact that presents the case for going forward with a given project.Within the RUP, the business case is part of the Project Management artifact set.
business designer
Within the RUP, a business designer is a person playing the role of specifying the business workers and business entities needed to realize one or more business use cases and distributing the behavior of those use cases to those workers and entities.business entity
Within the Unified Process, a business entity is something that one or more people use in some fashion in the context of a use case within a business use case model.A business entity is also an artifact. Within the RUP, b
Within the RUP, a business glossary is an artifact that provides definitions of important terms used in the business being modeled.
Business Modeling artifact set Within the RUP, the Business Modeling artifact set is the set of artifacts related to the business model associated with a system.. The Business Modeling artifact set contains the following artifacts:
Business Modeling discipline
Within the RUP, the purpose of the Business Modeling discipline is to build a business use case model and a business analysis model in order to achieve the following goals: |
Understand the structure and dynamics of the organization in which the system is to be deployed. |
| Understand current problems in the target organization and identify potential improvements. |
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Ensure that the stakeholders have a common understanding of the target organization. |
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Discover the requirements that the new system must satisfy for the target organization. |
The following activities comprise the Business Modeling discipline:
business reviewer
Within the RUP, a business reviewer is a person who plays the role of participating in formal reviews of the business use case model and the business analysis model.business process analyst
Within the RUP, a business process analyst is a person who plays the role of leading and coordinating the effort to build the business use case model and the business analysis model.Within the RUP, business rules are declarations of policies or conditions that must be satisfied.
Within the RUP, a business system is a grouping of business roles and business entities.
The following comprise the business use case model:
| business actors |
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business goals |
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business use cases |
A business use case model is generally represented by use case diagrams.
Within the RUP, the business use case model is part of the
Within the RUP, a business use case realization is a description of how a particular business use case is realized within the business analysis model, in terms of collaborating business workers and business entities.
Business use case realizations are part of the business analysis model.
Within the RUP, a business vision is an artifact that defines the objectives and business goals of the business modeling effort.
Within the RUP, the term business worker refers to an abstraction of a human who manipulates business entities while participating in business use case realizations.
Business workers are part of the business analysis model.
