OCEB Business Intermediate Exam Preparation

Course review:

Intermediate Business Motivational Modeling

Modeling business, moving up from Fundamental level: Ends, Means, Influencers, Assessments; interpreting (brief) scenarios.

Organization Structure

Modeling organization elements and structure.

Business Process Modeling with BPMN

Advanced BP modeling with BPMN: Advanced event types, Links & GoTos, Transactions & Compensation, Complex Activity Inputs and Outputs, Ad Hoc processes, Exception Handling, Iteration/Repetition/Looping, Grouping activities into SubProcesses, Orchestration and Choreography, BP Control Patterns.

Business Process Management Knowledge and Skills

Measurement and Optimization: KPIs, Business Activity Monitoring, Scorecarding, Benchmarking, Process Simulation and Analysis, Model Value Analysis (When to model, and when not to), BPMS Tool fundamentals, BPM Center of Excellence basics.

Process Quality and Governance Frameworks

Process Quality and Governance Frameworks: Questions at the Intermediate exam go one level deeper into the scope, goals, and structure of these major frameworks: SOX, Basel II, CobiT, and ITIL; Frameworks for Process Improvement: Change Management principles; BPMM, 6 Sigma, LEAN.

Business Rules Approach

Creating Process-Specific Business Rules; Advantages of a shared business-wide vocabulary.