1. Course Description

A practical hands-on course where you will actually do business process modeling, guided by an expert.

• Learn what is BPM
• Learn about BPM standards
• Learn why processing modeling is so important
• Use a leading Business Process Modeling tool with case studies
• Learn about current standards, trends and interoperability
• Get to keep the Modeling tool (ActiveModeler Avantage)

 

2. What the Seminar Will Help Attendees Achieve

• The ability to start immediately to document and analyze processes
• Process excellence in the organization
• A Business Process Management strategy

3. What Attendees Will Gain at the Seminar

• How to visualize processes in your organization
• How to model your business using BPMN and Avantage
• The BPMN methodology
• How to measure process costs
• How to identify resource consuming activities
• How to achieve business process excellence
• How to automate processes

4. Who Should Attend

• Business staff involved with processes
• Business and IT Consultants
• IT Directors, CIO, IT/MIS Managers
• System Analysts
• Workflow engineers
• Operational supervisors
• Senior IT and business staff involved in IT

5. Course Content

1. Introduction to BPM

• What is it and the big picture
• How does process modeling fit in?

2. Process Modeling

• Why process modeling is so important
• Interoperability and the benefits of standards

3. Introduction to the ActiveModeler Avantage architecture

• The plug-ins available

4. Introduction to BPMN

5. The Core BPD Element Set (hands-on with case studies)

6. The Complete BPD Element Set (hands-on with case studies)

7. Process Analysis with Avantage (hands-on with case studies)

• Organization Structure
• How to measure process costs
• How to identify resource consuming activities with Category Analysis
• Capturing documentation
• SOX Analysis
• How to automate processes

8. How to go back and use Avantage in your company - discussion