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Special On-Site Program, An Intensive Two-Day Seminar
Wednesday, April 23rd & Thursday, April 24th
BPM Process Modeling Fundamentals
Derek Miers
An intensive two-day course delivering an A to Z education on the most important tools and methods in business process modeling, including Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) as well as Role Activity Diagrams (RADs) and Business Capability Modeling.Designed for Business Analysts and Process Architects, participants will receive a set of tools and methods needed to truly understand business processes, empowering them to compare and contrast different perspectives and to step outside the box and see the process from the customer’s point of view.The workshop was developed in conjunction with the best in the business, including the original author of the BPMN specification. Participants will come away with a thorough understanding of BPMN and how to model using the technique. Moreover, they will also learn a set of complementary modeling techniques that will help them in organizational change initiatives.This course provides delegates with detailed training on modeling business process. The course is based around the needs of organizations trying to understand their processes. It focuses on BPMN but also includes introductions on other techniques that help people step outside the box and see things differently.Participants will learn not only the technical aspects of these techniques, but also the methodology they should follow in using them.
Who Should Attend:
• Process Architects Evaluating or Already Engaged in BPM
• Business Process Modelers involved in BPM exercises
• Business Analysts and Process Architects
• BPM Project Managers
• IT Systems Analysts, Enterprise Architects
• User Representatives who want to build rigorous models of their processes
Detailed Agenda:
Introductory Segments
• Differentiating People-Processes From System-Processes
• Process Perspectives
• Setting the context for process modeling
• Cameo introductions
• BPMN, RADs and Capability Modeling and how they all relate to BPDM
Introduction to BPMN
• Drivers for its Development Modeling Requirements
• Different use cases for process modeling
BPMN Elements
• Simple overview of the structure and elements of BPMN
General Approach
• How the core elements combine to enable models that reflect reality
Detailed Examination of Each Element Type
• Activities
• Events
• Gateways
• Connectors
• Pools-Lanes
• Artifacts
• Sub-processes
Combining all the Elements and Flow
• Different types of Flow
Development Methodologies and Approaches Overview
• Best Practices in Modeling using BPMN
Orchestration vs Choreography
• Private, Public, Global, Collaboration
Role Activity Diagrams
• Concepts & Key Elements
• Roles
• States
• Goals
• Actions
• Decisions and Case Refi nement
• Interactions and Triggers
• Handling Concurrency
• Combining all the elements and examples
About the Instructor:
Derek Miers is CEO of BPM Focus, and one of the leading experts on BPM. As Co-Chairman of BPMI.org, he helped merge the organization with the OMG and recently completed the most comprehensive review of BPM environments (the BPM Suites Report is published through BP Trends). Over the years, he has carried out a wide range of consulting roles including running hundreds of training courses (in business and process modeling techniques), undertaking detailed technology selection assessments and project risk assessment studies. Other engagements have involved the provision of strategic consulting advice – from facilitating board level conversations around BPM initiatives, through establishing effective BPM Project and Expertise Centers, to helping clients develop new business models that leverage business process strategies. Clients have included many of the world’s largest and well-known financial services companies (banks, building societies and insurers), pharmaceutical companies, telecoms providers, commercial businesses, product vendors and governmental organizations.