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Describing a Operational Domain

A Operational Domain is a grouping of Operational Performers and their associated Operational Activities on the conjunction of two main criteria. 1. Their need in accomplishing one or more Capabilities. 2. The common skills and functionalities required to accomplish these Capabilities.

Accessing the Operational Domain list

To access the Operational Domain list:

1. From the Operational navigation menu, select Hierarchy.

2. Expand the current enterprise folder, as well as its Operational Domain folder.

The tree of Operational Domains appears.

The properties of a Operational Domain

The Characteristics properties page of a functional area provides access to:

• its Name,

• its Owner, by default on creation of the Operational Domain, the current enterprise.

• the text of its Description.

• its Owned Realizations

For more details on fulfillments, see Capability Fulfillment.

With HOPEX UAF, a Operational Domain is described in the following pages:

• the Structure page, which provides access to the list of components of the Operational Domain.

For more information on the components of a Operational Domain, see Operational Domain diagram.

• the Performed Process page, which provides access to the Operational Activities executed in the context of the Operational Domain.

For more details on Operational Activities, see Using Operational Activities.

• the Diagram page is used to manage the Operational Domain diagrams:

• Operational Domain diagram,

• Scenario of Operational Flow Diagram.

Operational Domain diagram

A Operational Domain diagram describes the service interactions between the main internal components of the architecture described. It thus describes:

• the Operational Domain Roles,

An Operational Domain Role is the usage of an Operational Domain which is internal to the considered environment.

In this example, the history Operational Domain is based on the Operational Domains for selling, delivering and command.

• the Operational Roles.

An Operational Role represents the configuration of a Operational Performer within another one.

With HOPEX UAF, communications are based on:

• access points: service points and request points.

A service point is a point from which a system receives a request from another system and provides the requested service.

A request point is a point by which an agent requests a service from potential suppliers.

For more details on service interactions between components, see Describing Service and Request Points.

• service interactions

A Service Interaction represents an interaction for service purpose between entities in a specific context inside or outside a company. These entities can be enterprise org-units, applications, activities or Personnel Functions, as well as external org-units. The content of this interaction is described in an Interface.

For more details on service interactions between components, see Creating a Service Interaction from a diagram.