A Business Role is defined as a named specific behaviour of a Business Actor participating in a given context. The actor performs the behaviour of the role.

A Business Role can be fulfilled by more than one Business Actor. Conversely, a Business Actor may fulfil more than one Business Role. For example, given a named teacher, their roles may include those in the domains.

A Business Role will usually exist in an organisation whether or not a given actor fulfils it or not.

A Business Role may be assigned to one or more Business Processes or Business Functions. A Business Interface or an Application Interface may be used by a Business Role, while a Business Interface may be part of a Business Role (Composition relationship).

The name of a Business Role should preferably be a noun.

Category:

Business. Active Structure.

Examples:

Customer, Insurer, Supplier, Lecturer, Administrator, Buyer.