BCS Practitioner Certificate in Modelling Business Processes

Practitioner Cert

Module 1: Context for Business Process Modelling

  • Business Systems and IT Systems
  • Some Definitions of ‘Process’
  • Why Model Business Processes?
  • Mapping Vs Modelling
  • Role of IT in Businesses
  • Approaches to Business Process Modelling
  • Hierarchy of Business Processes
  • Process Levels
  • Functional View of an Enterprise
  • Functional Vs Process View
  • Organisation Chart View of an Enterprise
  • Advantages of Process View
  • Process View

Module 2: Modelling at Enterprise Level

  • Enterprise View of Process Hierarchy
  • Map Before Model
  • SIPOC View of the Enterprise
  • Harmon Model of the Organisation
  • Enterprise View of Business Process SIPOC
  • Core Operation – Home Cinema Example
  • Supporting Processes
  • At Home Cinema – Process Map
  • Enterprise Level Process Model
  • Value Proposition
  • Relationship and Image Aspects
  • Porter’s Value Chain
  • Porter’s Value Chain – Manufacturing Example
  • Manufacturing Value Chain to Manufacturing Process Map
  • Value Chain for Service Enterprises

Module 3: Modelling at the Event-Response Level

  • Event-Response View of Process Hierarchy
  • Process Elements
  • Actors
  • Business Rules
  • Customer
  • Business Events
  • Process Elements Examples
  • Process Elements Example – Alternate View
  • Business Process Modelling Technique
  • Process Dependency Vs Process Flow
  • Why Model Business Processes?
  • Process Modelling Notations
  • BPMN
  • UML Activity Diagrams
  • Notation-Swim Lanes
  • Notation-Start
  • Notation-Tasks
  • What is a Task?
  • Identifying Tasks
  • Notation (Flows, Decisions, Merges, Forks and Joins, Finish)
  • UML Notation - Reminder
  • Timelines
  • Process Management

Module 4: Modelling at the Actor-Task Level

  • Actor-Task View of Process Hierarchy
  • What is a Task?
  • Task Analysis
  • Example Task Narrative for at Home Cinema
  • Example Task Description for Take Payment Task
  • Documenting Business Rules
  • Task Performance Measures
  • Documenting the Steps of a Task
  • Use Case Descriptions (Headers, Flows)
  • Structured English Conventions and Constructs
  • DOWHILE Vs DOUNTIL
  • Task Steps Shown Using Structured English

Module 5: Improving Business Processes

  • Identifying Process Problems
  • Possible Process Flow Problems
  • Potential Process Flow Improvements
  • Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in Process Improvement
  • Unsatisfactory Performance
  • Challenging Business Rules
  • Task Analysis
  • Typical NVAs
  • Scenario Analysis
  • Challenging Assumptions
  • RPA Key Benefits
  • Alternative Approaches to Change
  • Importance of Overall View
  • Modelling the To-Be Processes
  • Gap Analysis - Identifying IT System Requirements
  • Gap Analysis – the COTS Approach

Module 6: Managing and Implementing Change

  • Gap Analysis
  • Taking a Holistic Approach
  • POPIT
  • How POPIT Helps?
  • Implementing Business Change
  • Pros and Cons

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