Template Type: Symbols

Position

The symbol “Position” represents a specific job or role within an organization. It can be used to identify the specific positions within an organizational chart or to represent the responsibilities and duties associated with a particular job. The symbol may include information such as the job title, task and the position holders. The symbol is often used in combination with other symbols and shapes to create an overall picture of an organization’s structure and operations.

Person

A Person template captures the relevant data for a person in the repository.

A Person-object can be described with a set of attributes.

A person object can be related to a set of other organizational objects as illustrated below.

Performance Indicator

A performance indicator is a metric or measure that is used to evaluate the success or effectiveness of a business, process, or system. Performance indicators are used to track and assess the progress of a business towards its goals and objectives.

Performance indicators can be used to measure a wide range of business activities, including:

  • Financial performance: indicators such as revenue, profit, and return on investment can be used to measure the financial performance of a business.
  • Customer satisfaction: indicators such as customer satisfaction scores or net promoter scores can be used to measure the level of satisfaction of the business’s customers.
  • Operational efficiency: indicators such as cycle time, error rate, or capacity utilization can be used to measure the efficiency of the business’s operations.
  • Employee performance: indicators such as productivity, turnover rate, or absenteeism can be used to measure the performance of the business’s employees.

People

The symbol people, represents the human actors or stakeholders involved in the ecosystem. These may include customers, employees, partners, suppliers, and other individuals or groups that have a direct or indirect impact on the businesses within the ecosystem.

For example, in an online retail ecosystem, the people symbol might represent customers who shop at various online retailers, employees who work for those retailers, or delivery drivers who deliver the products to customers. In a healthcare ecosystem, the people symbol might represent patients, healthcare providers, researchers, or regulators.

Organization Unit

Organization Unit is a symbol used to represent a specific group or department within an organization.

Organization units are often used in organizational charts to show the structure of an organization and the relationships between different groups or departments.

Overall, the organization unit symbol helps to visually identify and differentiate different parts of an organization and their functions within the broader context.

Opaque Action

A generic action with unspecified internal behavior. It’s a placeholder for implementation details.

Object Node

Represents an object that is used or produced during the activity.

Objective

An objective can be represented as a goal or target that a person or organization strives to achieve.

The objective is a clear and defined target, with a visual representation of the progress towards it and the path being taken to reach it.