Results of Interaction Analysis

Interaction analysis produces the following results, which represent the interactions for a priority part of the business being analyzed:

Entity Life-cycle Diagram or Entity State Change Matrix for each entity type with a sufficiently complex life-cycle
Process Action Diagram for each elementary process that is to be supported by a business system. The level of detail is a policy decision for the development project, but for complex elementary processes, the diagram should include:
Set of import views, export views, and entity action views

Notes about actions based on the Process Logic Diagram. The Process Logic Diagram discussed in this chapter is merely an intermediate result useful for discussion with business staff before developing a detailed, formal Action Diagram
Clustered Entity Type/Elementary Process Matrix, showing groupings of activities into business systems, each of which will become the subject of a system development project
Process/Role Matrix
Entity Type/Role Matrix
(Optional) Process/Location Matrix
(Optional) Entity Type/Location Matrix
(Optional) Expected process frequencies, entity type volumes, and growth, by location
(Optional) Estimating Assumptions
(Optional) Process Frequency Table
(Optional) Entity Volume Table