1. Chapter 7 Appendix D Business Process Modeling
Modern Systems Analysis and Design Seventh Edition Jeffrey A. Hoffer Joey F. George Joseph S. Valacich
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Business Process Modeling

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Learning Objectives
Understand how to represent business processes with business process diagrams.
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3. Business Process Modeling
Business Process: a standard method for accomplishing a particular task necessary for an organization to function
Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN): business processing modeling approach established by the Object Modeling Group (OMG)
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Basic Notation
Event: a trigger that initiates the start of a process
Activity: an action that must take place for a process to be completed
Gateway: a decision point
Flow: shows the sequence of action in a process
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Basic Notation (Cont.)
Specialized event notation (e.g from message, or at particular time)
Specialized flow notation (sequence, default, or message flow)
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Basic Notation (Cont.)
Swimlane: a way to visually encapsulate a process
Pool: a way to encapsulate a process with two or more participants (collaborative diagram)
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Figure 7-41
Depicting a recruiting process with BPMN
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Summary
In this appendix you learned:
How to represent business processes with business process diagrams.
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