Act |
a thing done; a deed. |
Action |
the (fact or) process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim. |
Activity |
the condition in which things are happening or being done. A thing that a person or group does or has done. |
Actor |
anyone or anything that performs a behavior (who is using the system). |
| Category:Agent/Intro |
| Category:Belief/Intro |
| Category:Benefit/Intro |
Context |
the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed. |
Essay |
a short piece of writing on a particular subject. |
Event |
a thing that happens, especially one of importance. |
Formula |
a method, statement, or procedure for achieving something, especially reconciling different aims or positions.> |
| Category:Heading/Intro |
| Category:Inflow/Intro |
| Category:Institution/Intro |
Method |
a particular form of procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one. |
| Category:Operation/Intro |
| Category:Outflow/Intro |
| Category:Parameter/Intro |
| Category:Place/Intro |
| Category:Person/Intro |
Practice |
the customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing of something. |
Policy |
a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual. |
| Category:Procedure/Intro |
Process |
a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end. |
| Category:Reason/Intro |
Recipe |
a set of instructions (such as) for preparing a particular dish, including a list of ingredients required. |
| Category:Result/Intro |
| Category:Risk/Intro |
| Category:Role/Intro |
| Category:Sink/Intro |
| Category:State/Intro |
| Category:Statement/Intro |
Task |
a piece of work to be done or undertaken. |
| Category:Trigger/Intro |
Use Case |
a written description of how users will perform tasks. It outlines, from a user's point of view, a system's behavior as it responds to a request. Each use case is represented as a sequence of simple steps, beginning with a user's goal and ending when that goal is fulfilled. www.usability.gov |