Modeling business, engineering and management processes

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Modeling business, engineering and management
processes
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Introduction

• What is process modeling?
• Purpose
• The 'Georgia Tech Process for Product Modeling
  Tool' (GT-PPM)
• Setting up a data dictionary, modeling a
  top-level process, detailing the activities and
  information flows, analyzing and using a process
  model.
• Example models.

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What is Process Modeling?

• Modeling of business, work or information
  processes using a symbolic language
• Modeling of typical processes, not specific
  projects
• Languages such as Flowcharts, IDEF0, UML Activity
  Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams.

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Example
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General Purposes

• Business process re-engineering
• Software development
• Basis for developing product models

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Our Purpose

• Identify the information dependent activities in
  the sector
• Understand the typical information flows
• Examine alternative processes
• Aid in evaluating the readiness of the sector in
  adopting advanced IT

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GT-PPM

• modeling a top-level process,
• detailing activities,
• info, material and feedback flows,
• decision and continue shapes,
• detailing info and checking consistency,
• setting up a data dictionary,
• analyzing and using a process model.