Course Introduction

Slide 2 So what is a process or a business process for that matter?

Slide 3 Course Pillars A theoretical component Look at systems analysis and design Process modeling and process modeling techniques used to design better systems and improve business processes A practical component You will use an ERP that has implemented common processes (OFBiz) See how ERP systems work You will use much of this modeling in IS 495

Slide 4 Course Pillars Processes (FI, CO, MM) Modeling tools (BPMN, UML) Process improvement practices ERPs implement process best practices? Describe / Understand Change as-is to to-be How to automate Adapt to ERP processes / customize, create

Slide 5 A Note for this Semester This class is undergoing a big process transformation this semester SAP is gone and OFBiz is in We lost the SAP license And nobody liked SAP anyway? So the SAP centric book is gone and a more theoretical book is in So forgive me if this is a bit rough So forgive me if our schedule is inexact

Slide 6 A Note for this Semester There will be a greater focus on systems modeling You will use the models again in IS 495 The course is no longer SAP centric but I do use SAP as a reference standard We will work with OFBiz as an ERP. We are on our own I’m only one or two steps ahead of you for the course development

Slide 7 Theoretical Component We will review the analysis and design content of IS 301 Waterfall, agile methodologies, scrums Basic process modeling with BPMN and UML BizAgi diagrams UML Activity diagrams UML Class diagrams Use-case diagrams

Slide 8 Theoretical Component Structural models depict how objects are put together Purchase orders have items Behavioral models depict what objects do Think of these as Web services with business rules attached

Slide 9 Theoretical Component Designing physical architecture On premises or in the cloud Software frameworks and architecture Deployment Managing process change Deployment controls

Slide 10 Practical Component Think of the practicum as having three parts One part involves a software programmer implementing 3 rd -party processes The other involves seeing how ERP systems have an architecture and API from which you can extend core processes And the third involves understanding some core ERP products We will not necessarily cover these in order

Slide 11 Practicum: Part 1 Implementing Web services We write code to talk to common services FedEx, UPS, USPS to ship Payment services Credit rating This code is all based on some standard protocols

Slide 12 Practicum: Part 2 Extending ERP Services ERPs provide framework services We extend those services and the framework

Slide 13 Practicum: Part 3 Understanding core ERP services Use OFBiz to explore common business processes and functions Purchase to payment Order to cash Production Materials management

Slide 14 Course Outcomes Understand how processes mature toward being both stable and capable How we, as IT people develop software to both automate and optimize processes Determine the risks and benefits of ERP systems as part of an organization’s process infrastructure Understand core business processes like order to cash, purchase to payment, production