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Business Process Modeling Workshop - BA33 ( 3 Days )

Course Outline

Abstract/Overview

This course provides the student with the skills necessary for effective business process modeling. Business process modeling theory and concepts are examined in detail. Extensive examples are used to demonstrate their application in real life situations. The inclusion of practical tips and techniques further enhances the learning process. This course also teaches techniques to integrate process and data models as a mechanism for validating the completeness of the analysis of business requirements. Multiple workshop exercises and a comprehensive case study will provide students with ample opportunity to practice what they have learned.

Audience - Who Should Attend?

The course is intended for business and system analysts responsible for the analysis of business requirements and their encapsulation in process models.

Prerequisite

Students should have a basic understanding of data modeling concepts. Ideally, participants have completed Information Balance's "Data Modeling Workshop" course or equivalent. Prior experience in business requirements analysis is not essential, but would enhance the learning process.

Objective

• Understand the objectives of process modeling and how it is positioned within the system development life cycle.
• Learn about key process model components: functions, processes, elementary processes, events, and external objects.
• Understand the purpose and process of functional decomposition and be able to construct an Activity Hierarchy Diagram.
• Learn how to examine activity relationships through dependency analysis and how to document those relationships using Activity Dependency Diagrams.
• Understand the purpose of analyzing interaction between data and process and to learn fundamental interaction analysis techniques: entity life cycle analysis and process logic analysis.
• Learn how to develop concise and precise business specifications for elementary processes.
• Learn how to construct Data Flow Diagrams from Activity Dependency Diagrams and the results of interaction analysis.
• Understand the importance and techniques of model verification.

Content

Introduction

• Information Systems Development and Business Requirements
• What is a Business Model?
• What is a Process Model?

• Business Activities
• Function -Process
• Procedure
• Elementary Process

• Activity Decomposition
  • Purpose
  • Decomposition vs. Composition
  • Rules
• Function, Process, and Elementary Process
• Activity Decomposition Approach
  • Top-Down
  • Bottom-Up
  • Middle Out
• The Activity Hierarchy Diagram (AHD)
• Dependency Analysis
  • Purpose
  • Process
• Activity Dependencies
• Event
• External Object
• Information View
• The Activity Dependency Diagram (ADD)

• Life Cycle Analysis
  • Purpose
  • Entity States
  • Entity Type Life Cycle
  • The State Transition Diagram
• Process Logic Analysis
  • Purpose
  • Data Actions
  • Entity, Relationship, Attribute
  • The Process Logic Diagram
  • Logic Actions
  • Condition, Repetition, Control
  • The Process Action Diagram

• Purpose and Key Deliverables
• Completeness Checking
• Correctness Checking
• Stability Checking

• Data Flow Diagrams
  • Purpose
  • DFD Components
  • Constructing Data Flow Diagrams