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Slide 1: Modeling for the Masses Sandy Kemsley BPM analyst/blogger/architect, Kemsley Design Ltd. and www.column2.com
Slide 2: Why We Model Business Processes Document current state Identify opportunities for process improvement • Driven by other requirements, e.g., compliance • Driven by quality management initiatives • May result in manual process improvement without automation Identify opportunities for process automation • What can be automated • What should be automated 2
Slide 3: Putting the “business” back in BPM Why it’s important to get everyone involved • Business users • Business analysts • IT Direct access to modeling tools allows for capture of “hidden” processes BPM as the killer app for SOA 3
Slide 4: Participatory Culture Social networking is changing the way that people think about participating • User-generated content in wikis and blogs • Collaboration • Tagging/bookmarking • RSS feeds and content syndication • Mashups Increased user expectations Commoditization of IT 4
Slide 5: Process Thinking Cross-departmental: looking beyond functional silos Optimization of end-to-end process cycle rather than local maxima Focus on creating value for customers/shareholders Enabling agility: built to change, not built to last 5
Slide 6: Modeling Tools Visio Modeling-only tools • ARIS • Proforma BPMS vendor-provided modeling/design tool • Web-based • Licensed desktop application • Free downloadable desktop application 6
Slide 7: The Importance of Standards to Modeling Notation standards: • Shared vision and communication • Easy transition between tools for users • BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation) Interchange/serialization standards: • Import/export of process models • XPDL (XML Process Definition Language) • BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) • BPDM (Business Process Definition Metamodel) 7
Slide 8: From Collaboration to Implementation Redraw process model in each environment One-way,one-time export/import from modeling to execution environment Round-tripping between modeling and execution environments Shared model 8



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