A local council has decided to completely redesign the way it provides library lending services: it plans to stop lending books and move towards an…

The dependencies between the activities on the Business Activity Model (BAM) depend on the order

in which they need to be completed. In this example, activity c (Define lending policies) needs to be

completed before activity d (Monitor lending usage) because the policies need to be in place before

the usage can be monitored. Similarly, activity a (Lend books) needs to be completed after activity b

(Establish licensing arrangements with publishers) because the books need to be licensed before

they can be lent. Therefore, the order of the activities should be c — d — a — b.