Terminology

This chapter collects the terminology used in this book. Unless otherwise specified, all definitions are related to the field of construction of software-intensive and socio-technical systems, including activities for their architecting, design, development, implementation and evolution.

The terms are classified in three groups: systems-architecture, business, and artefacts important for the BPM discipline.

Each term is defined in the following way:

preferred term, world class

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