Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks Modeling business, engineering and management processes

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 2 Introduction What is process modeling? Purpose The 'Georgia Tech Process for Product Modeling Tool' (GT-PPM): –Setting up a data dictionary, modeling a top- level process, detailing the activities and information flows, analyzing and using a process model. Example models.

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 3 What is Process Modeling? Modeling of business, work or information processes using a symbolic language Modeling of typical processes, not specific projects Languages such as Flowcharts, IDEF0, UML Activity Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams.

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 4 Example Research Sectors Participate in lectures Prepare Assignments Evaluate Assignments Student Professor Background Info Instructions Detailed Info Assignments Grade Schedule Grading Guidelines Activity Output Input Resource Control

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 5 General Purposes Business process re-engineering Software development Basis for developing product models

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 6 Our Purpose Identify the information dependent activities in the sector Understand the typical information flows Examine alternative processes Aid in evaluating the readiness of the sector in adopting advanced IT

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 7 GT-PPM modeling a top-level process, detailing activities, info, material and feedback flows, decision and continue shapes, detailing info and checking consistency, setting up a data dictionary, analyzing and using a process model.