OCEB Fundamental Exam Preparation

Course review:

Business Goals, Objectives
Business Basics from the purely Business Point of View: Business fundamentals, strategy, planning and goal-setting, project management, marketing, staffing, finance.

Business Process Concepts and Fundamentals
Fundamental aspects of Business Processes: Identifying (Discovering) business processes, characteristics of processes, As-Is process vs. To-Be process, Levels of business process modeling, Tying Business Processes to Goals and Objectives

Business Process Management Concepts and Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Business Process Management: Functional vs. Process-Centric Enterprise Organization; Styles of Process Management; Advancements in Process Management; Stakeholders' Roles and Responsibilities; Enabling Tools of Process Management

Business Modeling
Business Modeling Fundamentals- Elements of the Business Motivational Model: Business Vision, Goals, Objectives; Means and Ends; Mission, Strategies, Tactics; Aspects of Business Modeling.

Business Process Modeling Concepts
This section is based on OMG's Business Process Modeling Notation Specification (BPMN ).
Business Process Modeling Fundamentals: BPMN Basics; BPMN Diagram Elements; Control Flow and Message Flow; Activities and Decomposition; Events; Gateways; Data objects, Artifacts, and Associations; Grouping Elements of a Model; Difference between Sequential and Parallel flow.

Business Process Modeling Skills
This section is based on OMG's Business Process Modeling Notation Specification.
Business Process Modeling Skills: Most questions in this section ask something about a brief scenario presented either as a BPMN diagram or in a few sentences. BPMN elements and modeling topics covered include Pools and Lanes; Activities and Subprocesses; Gateway logic; OR vs AND vs XOR; Start and End Events; and Timers (e.g. simple Intermediate Event types).

Process Quality, Governance, and Metrics Frameworks
Awareness of Industry Reference Models, and Quality, Metrics, and Governance Frameworks: This section covers its topics at an high level, allowing the candidate to demonstrate awareness of a range of industry frameworks that may prove either beneficial or, for regulatory frameworks, required by law in a project. Covered frameworks include the APQC Process Classification Framework, SCOR, Value Chain Reference Model, Business Process Maturity Model (BPMM), Six Sigma, Balanced Scorecard, COBIT, Basel 2, and Sarbanes-Oxley.