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Modeling your business as a graph
The example we will use is that of a real-world use case, which combines a number of
business concepts that are structured as a graph for better understanding. The concepts
are as follows:
•
Business process
: These are the high-level business processes that
one would typically consider at a top executive level.
•
Process
: These are composing sub-processes that together make up
a business process.
•
Return to Operation Objective
: Both Business processes and their
subprocesses will have a maximum timeframe within which they absolutely
must return to operation, in case an exceptional event would cause them to
suspend operationsintheirstplace.This
Return to Operation Objective
(RTO)
can be anything from a few minutes to a few days.
•
Business Line
: Processes will be used by one or more departments or
business lines, which are organizational units that should enable the
corporation to achieve their objectives.
•
Building
: Businesslinesarelocatedataspeciicsiteorbuilding.
•
Application
:ProcessescanusespeciicInformationTechnology
applications to facilitate their execution.
All of the mentioned concepts are connected to each other, as shown in the
followingigure:
The Business Continuity Management model
