How to Model Business Processes using Context Diagrams

Workshop: How to Model, Analyze, and Improve Business Processes

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Overview

Business processes are what a business does. This workshop shows you how to create process models using context diagrams and leveled process models. These models serve as the basis for analyzing, understanding, and improving your organization’s business processes. Without these or similar models, your business process improvement projects are at risk.

Outline

  • System Modeling - A Short History
  • Process Models (The Symbols)
  • A Rigorous Physical Process Model
  • Process-Based Swim Lanes
  • Context Level Process Model
  • Physical Model to Context Diagram
  • Finishing the Context Diagram
  • Top Level Process Model
  • Leveling Process Models
  • Process Hierarchy
  • Finding Processes Inside Processes
  • Process Specifications (requirements)
  • Business Process Analysis Techniques
  • Completely Leveled Process Models
  • Process Model Versus Swimlane Diagram
  • Comparison of Techniques


Objectives
  • Document existing business processes
  • Model the AS IS business process
  • Communicate the operation of the business process to other business personnel
  • Develop context diagrams as a tool for depicting project scope
  • Decompose business processes models to discover hidden requirements

 

Our vision of a virtual workshop is web-based training that is highly interactive. We absolutely avoid the death by page-turning and the passive learning approach that is highly prevalent in most web-based training.

3.5 hours

Target Audience

Business Process Managers
Business Process Users
Business Subject Matter Experts
Business System Analysts
System Analysts
User liaison personnel
Anyone who would like to understand their customer’s needs