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This course introduces concepts of business process modeling using the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) industry standard. Participants will learn the elements of process models and their precise meaning. Based on a thorough understanding of business process models, the last part of the course covers decision models using the Decision Model and Notation (DMN). Decision models complement process models by representing concrete, operational decisions, both with their structure and their decision logics. The course centers around concepts and language to describe and analyze business processes and decisions. It does not cover methods on how to model, improve, monitor or implement business processes. Still, a deep understanding of business processes and decisions is a useful basis for these activities.
Language: English
IT Technical Principles
Course information
Business process models play a central role in describing, analyzing, improving, implementing, and monitoring business processes. They serve as a communication vehicle for professionals with different background and expertise, ranging from business administration, quality management, and organizational development to process improvement, systems architectures, and software development.
Recently, there is a strong focus on operational decisions in business processes, since they influence the process flow, its performance and quality. Decision models complement process models by representing concrete, operational decisions, both with their structure and their decision logics.
This online course introduces concepts of business process modeling using the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN). Participants will learn the elements of process models and their precise meaning. Based on a thorough understanding of business process models, the last part of the course covers decision models using the recent standard Decision Model and Notation (DMN).
The course covers concepts to describe and analyze business processes and decisions. It does not cover methods on how to model, improve, monitor or implement business processes. Still, a deep understanding of business processes and decisions is a useful basis for these activities.
Outline
- Week 1: Introduction to Business Process Management
- Week 2: Basic Business Process Modeling
- Week 3: Analyzing the Behavior of Process Models
- Week 4: Advanced Business Process Modeling
- Week 5: Data in Business Process Models
- Week 6: Business Decision Modeling
The course is conducted by Prof. Dr. Weske and his team. The teaching team is complemented by HPI staff members and Phd students Luise Pufahl and Kimon Batoulis as well as the HPI students Julian Weise and Maarten Oestreich.
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The previous version of this course without decision modeling is available here: Business Process Modeling and Analysis (2013), October 27, 2013 to January 07, 2014
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- Gain a Record of Achievement by earning at least 50% of the maximum number of points from all graded assignments.
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Professor Dr. Weske is chair of the business process technology research group at Hasso Plattner Institute of IT Systems Engineering at the University of Potsdam, Germany. His research interests include all aspects of business process management and decision management. Dr. Weske has published twelve books and over 200 scientific papers in journals and conferences. He is on the steering committee of the BPM conference series, a member of ACM, IEEE, and GI. Dr. Weske has published a textbook on business process management. In 2009, he co-founded Berlin-based software company Signavio. He is also chairperson of the Business Process Management Academic Initiative, which aims at strengthening teaching and research in business process management.