Business Process Modeling

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Author(s): Donald R. Chand (Bentley University, USA)and Alina M. Chircu (Bentley University, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 19
Source title: Business Enterprise, Process, and Technology Management: Models and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Venky Shankararaman (Singapore Management University, Singapore), J. Leon Zhao (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)and Jae Kyu Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0249-6.ch003

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Policy / Business Process Management / Business Science Reference

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This chapter presents a variety of business process modeling notations that range from programming logic flowcharts to the new standard, BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation), as put forth by the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI) (http://www.bpmi.org). Specifically, it discusses (1) the use of unstructured programming flowcharts in modeling business processes and their adaptation in process flow diagramming notation, (2) the UML activity diagram, and (3) BPMN, a comprehensive notation for documenting and modeling complex business processes. Using simple examples, this chapter brings out the inherent complexity of modeling business processes and the need for modeling tools that synchronize and align the mental models of business users, process analyst and information technology (IT) systems developers in order to correctly represent the intended process.

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