Modeling Business Processes and Workflows

Whether aligning solutions to business processes or tailoring a business process to fit a solution, an understanding of process modeling is essential. A key aspect of modeling business processes and workflows is to explain and leverage the difference between workflows and processes when students are analyzing a business area. Students explore the key elements of a business process including governance, metrics, strategic alignment and modeling of roles, activities and sequences, and inputs and outputs. Students examine different modeling notations including flowcharting with Swimlanes, Unified Modeling Language activity diagrams and Business Process Modeling Notation. Advanced modeling structures for iteration and decision making are covered.