Business Process Modelling with BPMN

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 a basic understanding of business analysis would be helpful. DURATION: 3 days. Lecture presentations are supported by realistic examples and each of the technical topics is supported by a small case study exercise to ensure understanding of the notation and help with the practical implementation of the technique. OBJECTIVES: 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. Business Process Modelling is a technique which facilitates the analysis, design and documentation of business processes. The technique is not limited to the IT industry and may be used in any business area of any industry. The course covers BPMN which stands for Business Process Modelling Notation. BPMN is the new standard for modelling business processes and Web Services and has the objective of providing businesses with the capability of understanding their internal business procedures in a graphical notation and the ability to communicate these procedures in a standard manner. At the end of the course attendees will be able to: - Model business processes using BPMN. - Document current and required business processes. - Use models to analyse and design efficient and effective business processes. COURSE CONTENT: Introduction to Process Modelling Business Process Modelling Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) The Business Process Management Initiative The Scope of BPM Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Business Process Diagrams The Core Objects Flow Objects Connecting Objects Swimlanes Artifacts Private, Abstract and Collaboration Processes Examples Good Practice Tasks and Events Start and End Events Sequence Flow Mechanism Parallel Activities Events and Message Flows Events and Sequence Flows Pools and Lanes Gateways Events Different Types of Start, Intermediate and End Event Time Events Incorrect Use of Intermediate Events Link Events within a Process Examples Gateways Exclusive Gateways Based on Data Exclusive Gateways Based on Events Inclusive Gateways Complex Gateways Parallel Gateways Synchronisation Examples Flows Sequence Flows Message Flows Conditional Sequence Flows Default Sequence Flows Data Flows Decoupled Data Flows Exception Flows Flows to and from Sub-processes Controlling Flow Across Processes Controlling Flow Across Pools Activities Types of Task – Loop, Multi-Instance, Compensation Types of Sub-process - Loop, Multi-Instance, Compensation, Ad-Hoc Transactions Examples