The document outlines the principles and steps of business process reengineering (BPR) and business process modeling (BPM), emphasizing the importance of defining goals, mapping processes, and continuously improving efficiency. It details a typical hiring process as an example and describes the benefits of BPM software, including risk reduction, cost minimization, improved collaboration, and enhanced productivity. The document concludes by highlighting the key attributes of an ideal business process and promotes using tools like Kissflow for creating effective business processes easily.

1. Principles of BPR
• Step 1: Define your goals
• Step 2: Plan and map your process. What are the strategies needed to
achieve the goals? ...
• Step 3: Set actions and assign stakeholders. ...
• Step 4: Test the process. ...
• Step 5: Implement the process. ...
• Step 6: Monitor the results. ...
• Step 7: Repeat.

2. An example of a business process
As an example, let’s consider the hiring process of an HR
department. Right from posting the job opening to onboarding the
employee, there are multiple steps involved in the process.
Although this can vary from organization to organization, a
simple workflow might look like this:
• The HR executive posts the job update
• Multiple candidates apply in a portal
• The HR executive screens the candidates and filters the best-fits
• The selected candidates are called for the next stages of the
recruitment
• The right candidate is chosen at the last stage of the recruitment
• Salary and policy negotiations take place
• The offer letter is sent and the candidate accepts
• This is then followed by a long employee onboarding process.

3. Business Process Modeling
• BPM is a systematic approach to make an organization’s processes more
efficient and dynamic in order to meet the changing needs of
business. Continuous improvement is one of the core underlying
philosophies of BPM and it aims to put it at the centre of all BPM
initiatives. BPM is an ongoing approach to continuously make execution of
business processes better. Several cloud and on premise software solutions
are available to implement BPM.
• Business process modeling is a diagrammatic/structural representation of
flow of business activities in an organization or function within an
organization. Its primary use is to document and baseline the current flow
of activities in order to identify improvements and enhancements for
speedy accomplishment of tasks. Usually, they follow a standard such
as Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), which is a globally
accepted standard that most process professionals easily identify with.
However, process modeling software like Kissflow enables even a business
user to model a process based on business steps, without having to know
any modeling notation.

4. Benefits of using business process software
BPM solutions are uniquely designed to boost the efficiency of processes
across verticals and organizations. Implementing them brings a host of
business benefits such as:
Reduction of risks
BPM software helps prevent and fix errors and bottlenecks thereby
minimizing risks.
Elimination of redundancies
Monitoring processes allows for identification and elimination of duplicated
tasks. Implementing BPM software also enhances resource allocation to
ensure human effort is invested only in relevant tasks.
Minimized costs
Improved visibility into processes helps zero in on wasteful expenditure. This
way costs are kept to a minimum and savings are boosted.

5. • Improved collaboration
Transparency fostered by BPM software boosts collaboration between internal teams as
well as external vendors and buyers. Everyone is aware of responsibilities as well as
timelines and bottlenecks.
• Agility
Optimized processes enable greater agility in organizational operations. Minimized errors,
bottlenecks, and duplication facilitate quicker turnaround times.
• Improved productivity
When processes are shipshape, approvals are faster and information retrieval is easier.
Tasks are routed sequentially without human intervention. These benefits significantly
boost productivity of teams.
• Higher efficiency
Comprehensive dashboards in BPM software provide bird’s-eye view of process
performance. It helps managers ensure that turnaround times are short and accuracy
levels are high.
• Higher compliance
With BPM software, it’s easier and more methodical to create audit trails and comply with
industry regulations and standards.

6. What are the essential attributes of an ideal business process?
There are 4 essential attributes that constitute an ideal business process:
1. Finite
A good business process has a well-defined starting point and ending point. It
also has a finite number of steps.
2. Repeatable
A good business process can be run an indefinite number of times.
3. Creates value
It ultimately aims at translating the creation of value into executable tasks and
does not have any step in the process just for the sake of it. In other words, if
any step in the process isn’t adding value, it should not exist.
4. Flexibility
It has an in-built nature to be flexible to change and is not rigid. When there is
any scope for improvement that is identified, the process allows that change to
be absorbed within itself without operationally affecting its stakeholders as
much.

7. Time to create your business processes
• Well-designed business processes set up your teams on the path to
success. Everyone is clear on their roles and responsibilities and work
with a clear vision towards the end goal.
• The situations when companies hired expensive consultants for
designing business processes are fading away. You don’t want another
person to create a business process for you when you are the expert
that knows the in and out of your business.
• Did you know you can create a business process in 15 minutes
with Kissflow Process? The no-code platform keeps it simple while
letting you design sophisticated business processes. Try it out and see
how easy it is.