AUDIENCE:   Senior and line managers, consultants, business analysts and project leaders who are involved in improving the effectiveness of business processes or who wish to ensure that IT applications are built on a firm foundation of effective business processes. PREREQUISITES:   There are no formal pre-requisites, but an understanding of business operations is useful. DURATION:   2 days. OBJECTIVES:   This course gives delegates the ability to apply sound business processing techniques to help improve the effectiveness of those processes and of the business as a whole. Business Process Modelling is a technique which facilitates the analysis, design and documentation of business processes. The technique is not limited to the IT industry and may be used in any business area of any industry. The course covers BPMN which stands for Business Process Modelling Notation. BPMN is the new standard for modelling business processes and Web Services. At the end of the course attendees will be able to: - Model business processes using BPMN. - Document current and required business processes. - Use models to analyse and design efficient and effective business processes. COURSE CONTENT:   Introduction to Business Process Modelling Notation Business Process Modelling The Business Process Modelling Initiative Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) Business Process Diagram (BPD) Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Business Process Diagrams The Core Objects Flow Objects Connecting Objects Swimlanes Artifacts Examples Good Practice Tasks and Events Start and End Events Sequence Flow Mechanism Parallel Activities Message Events and Flows Pools and Lanes Gateways Events Types of Start Event Types of Intermediate Event Time Events Incorrect Use of Intermediate Events Link Events within a Process Types of End Event Gateways Exclusive Gateways Based on Data Exclusive Gateways Based on Events Inclusive Gateways Complex Gateways Parallel Gateways Examples showing Parallel Gateways Flows Sequence Flows Message Flows Conditional Sequence Flows Default Sequence Flows Data Flows Decoupled Data Flows Exception Flows Activities Types of Task Looping Examples Compensation Examples Types of Sub-process Looping Sub-processes Each of the technical topics contains examples and exercises. In addition, a small case study is used to reinforce learning and the practical implementation of the technique. Course Approved by JJ07/02