Checkpoints: Business Entities

• Is the name and description of the business entity clear and understandable?
• Is each relationship to/from the business entity used in the workflow of at least one business use case realization?
• Does the business entity participate in at least one business use case realization?
• Does the business entity have an owner; that is, a business worker who is responsible for the business entity?
• Does the business entity get created before it gets used or manipulated?
• Do significant state changes trigger a business event?
• Have all appropriate attributes been identified?
• Does the business entity have the appropriate relationships with related business workers, business events, and other business entities?
• Considering the entire business, are all “things” in it, such as products, documents, and contracts, modeled as business entities?
• Does the business entity contribute to the business system of which is is part (if any)?
• Does the business entity represent significant information within the business?
• Is the business entity likely to be updated or referred to at some stage?
• Does the business entity represent persistent information? Will it be discarded shortly after use?