Business Process Modeling 101

Any aspect of analysis starts from understanding the business domain and the underlying business processes. In today’s dynamic environment, corporations are constantly trying to improve their performance, in terms of cost, profit and efficiency, by organizational restructuring, business process re-engineering, automating part or an entire process etc. Organizations cannot achieve their goal unless their end-to-end business processes are well understood, documented, analyzed and re-engineered.

• Fundamentals of modeling
• Different modeling techniques (basic flowcharting, data flow diagrams, business process model and notation (BPMN))
• Selecting right modeling techniques for your project
• Defining a process scope
• Understanding modeling palette (set of notations)
• Creating an end-to-end business process flows

• Module 1

  • Introduction to modeling
  • Value of modeling in requirements lifecycle
  • Different industry standards such as Object Management Group (OMG)
  • Current industry trend and related certifications for business analyst

• Module 2

  • What is business process modeling
  • Different steps of business process modeling
  • Process improvement concepts
  • Business process analysis
  • Understanding notations
  • Concept of pool and lane
  • Concept of gateways/decision points
  • Creating Subprocess within a process
  • Identifying bottlenecks, non-value added tasks, and redundant tasks in a process
  • Identifying Points of Automation (POS) in a process
  • Re-engineer a business process to make it more effective and efficient
  • Best practices of process modeling

• Module 3

  • Writing business process narratives
  • Advanced modeling concepts (inclusive gateways, complex gateways, etc)
  • Fundamentals of business process execution language
  • Business process management suites and engine
  • How executable processes work