Business Process Modelling

Course Overview

This course gives delegates the ability to apply sound business processing techniques to help improve the effectiveness of those processes and of the business as a whole

Audience

Senior and line managers, consultants, business analysts and project leaders who are involved in improving the effectiveness of business processes or who wish to ensure that IT applications are built on a firm foundation of effective business processes

Prerequisites

There are no formal pre-requisites, but an understanding of business operations is useful.

Course Outline

Introduction to Business Process Modelling

• The Business Process Modelling Initiative
• Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN)
• Business Process Diagram (BPD)
• Business Process Modelling Language (BPML)
• Business Process Query Language (BPQL)

Business Process Diagrams

• Flow Objects
• Connecting Objects
• Swimlanes
• Artifacts

Flow Objects

• Types of Events
• Activities, Tasks and Sub-processes
• BPD Hierarchy
• Gateways

Connecting Objects

• Sequence Flows
• Message Flows
• Associations

Artifacts

• Data Objects
• Groups