BPMN for Business Process Modelling

Course Description:

This course is designed for business analysts who are new to BPMN. Delegates are taught how to create a set of hierarchical BPMN diagrams to understand and document business processes. Practical exercises and a workshop reinforce the theory.

BPMN

Prerequisites:

No prior BPMN experience is required.
A background in business process modelling is helpful.

Equipment:

Webinar

For on-site delivery the customer should provide a suitable training room with a screen or projector to connect to our trainer’s laptop and a whiteboard or flipchart. All delegates require a PC or laptop running Enterprise Architect.

For webinar delivery delegates require a PC or laptop running Enterprise Architect with an Internet connection (a headset can be helpful). If you wish to test your environment join a test WebEx meeting: www.webex.com/test-meeting.html

Course Style:

30% theory, 70% practical.
Each module is accompanied by targeted exercises to allow delegates to apply the theory and become confident with new concepts and notation.

Delegate Handouts:

Each delegate receives a folder containing all the course slides and comprehensive theory notes which form excellent reference material. Folders also contain exercises and suggested solutions. Following successful completion of the course each delegate receives a certificate.

Course Modules:

  • Delegate background and objectives
  • Timetable and course outline

BPMN Teaching – 0.5 hour

  • What is BPMN?
  • Business process models
  • 4 BPMN diagram types

BPMN Teaching – 0.5 hour

Paper Exercises – 1 hour

  • Start and end events
  • Activities and sequence flow
  • Exclusive and parallel gateways for logic
  • Intermediate events
  • Message and timer events
  • Data stores and data objects
  • Tasks and sub-processes
  • Allocate responsibility with pools and lanes

BPMN Teaching – 0.5 hour

Paper Exercises – 1 hour

  • Conditional and default sequence flows
  • Markers for activity behaviour and task types
  • Event types
  • Edge mounted events
  • Transactions and compensation
  • Inclusive and event gateway types

BPMN Teaching – 0.25 hour

Paper Exercises – 0.25 hour

  • Black box pools
  • Message flows between pools
  • Initiating and responding message icons

BPMN Teaching – 0.25 hour

Paper Exercises – 0.25 hour

  • Black box pools
  • Conversations and links

BPMN Teaching – 0.25 hour

Paper Exercises – 0.25 hour

  • Choreography tasks
  • Initiating and responding message icons

Paper Exercises – 2.5 hours

  • Quick reminder of BPMN notation
  • Role play to identify processes and activities
  • Build business process model