Category Archives: Process Modeling
Process Modelling or Process Mapping?
There is constant confusion between process modelling and process mapping. The following are a set of definitions that will help dispel the confusion and provide other definitions that will help you produce better business models. Process The definition of the … Continue reading
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Business Modelling Architecture
All good analysis and modelling is achieved by starting in the right place, and that place is with the core activities of the enterprise – the Business Functions. If you have not started in the right place, then you need to know how to get back there. The Hierarchy of Models shown in the diagram in this post will enable you to do this.
If you are working on any model and have not built the preceding model(s) then you are not going to achieve a Quality outcome. For example, if you are modelling Processes and have not yet built your Function Model, then you are in trouble. This failure to first model Functions is one of the main reasons why most BPM projects fail to deliver. Continue reading
Procedure Modelling eBook
I am just starting to write Procedure Modelling, the fifth book in the series for the Integrated Modelling Method. The purpose of this book is to define Procedure Modelling and how it differs from Process Modelling. To define in detail the elements of a procedure, i.e. triggers and outcomes, controls, method, knowledge, skills, resources and evidence. To show step-by-step how to do Procedure Modelling. I would love your input. Have a look at the full post and tell me what you think. Continue reading
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Tagged #BAOT, #BPM, Outcome, Procedure, Trigger, Work Instruction, Workflow
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Is Capability a Function?
In response to a recent post I got a comment from a reader suggesting that what I called a Function was a Capability. In this post I explain how I align Capability with the standard English meaning of the word, i.e. what an enterprise is capable of doing. Capability actually couples a Function with elements that increase its depth, scope, productivity, etc. These elements could include knowledge, technology, product portfolio, geography, and many others. Continue reading
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What is Process Modelling?
Is This a Silly Question? Before we can say what business process modeling is we need to know what a Business Process is! This may seem like stating the obvious, however, “process” is one of the most widely misunderstood and … Continue reading
Posted in As Is To Be, IMM™ Approach, Process Modeling
Tagged "As Is", "To Be", #BPM, BPR, modelling
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Tuning Processes is a Waste of Time!
Most Process Improvement Projects Fail.
Around the world businesses spend vast amounts of time and money trying to tune their existing processes and procedures in order to make their businesses more efficient.
Sadly, in far too many instances their efforts result in no improvement at all or, worse still, in an actual degradation of performance – and always in a huge bill.
All of this can be avoided by first building a Function Model for the business. Continue reading
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Tagged "As Is", "To Be", Add new tag, Procedure
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Business Models are Like Building Plans
Each business model helps portray a different aspect of a business.
For this reason it is important to select the most appropriate business model to portray the specific facet in question. Continue reading
Posted in Function Modeling, Information Flow Modeling, Process Modeling
Tagged Architecture, Data Flow, Diagramming, GEN01, Information Flow
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Function vs Department
Far too many people confuse ‘Function’ and ‘Department’
The confusion that exists in many peoples minds over Business Function and Business Department is one of the greatest barriers to successful business modelling. Because they confuse “function” with “department”, they start in the wrong place. Continue reading
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BPM for the Building Industry
When Business Process Management (BPM) was introduced to the business world, business analysts no longer needed to bother busy executives to find out what should be going on in their businesses. With this new approach, analysts could now simply look … Continue reading
Five Fatal Errors for Business Analysts
Proper business analysis can bring untold benefits to a business by bring power through simplicity and enabling quality information systems to be built to support and accelerate business success. Bad business can bring untold misery to a business and can … Continue reading
Posted in As Is To Be, Data Structure Modeling, Function Modeling, Procedure Modeling, Process Modeling
Tagged analysis, errors
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