Accountability pattern-SAIF

Accountability pattern

Accountability pattern is a Unified Modeling Language (UML) expression of the relationship between two parties (the responsible party and the commissioning party) –– who have come together in the context of a defined set of responsibilities and goals. The most important feature of the pattern is the explicit separation of behaviors between the responsible and commissioning parties. Patterns are empirically proven approaches of conceptualizing and solving problems. The Accountability pattern may be applied irrespective of technology or implementation.

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From Discussion:

The Accountability Pattern of Martin Fowler (Fowler & Feathers, 1997) defines the notion of a Contract through the explicit representation of Accountability, that is, a Commissioning Party establishes a contract with a Responsible Party to accomplish one or more tasks. The success of the Responsible Party’s actions can be assessed by the Commissioning Party via one or more agreed-upon Accountabilities which can take a form such as deliverables or tasks executed (Fowler & Feathers, 1997).

Tony Julian 19:30, 20 April 2011 (UTC)