BPM analysis, opinion and insight

Use K2 to Build and Run Business Applications Business process modeling This article or chapter is incomplete and its contents need further attention. Some information may be missing or may be wrong, spelling and grammar may have to be improved, use your judgment! 1 Introduction Business process modeling (BPM) refers to the modeling of activities performed within an organization. Typically, an activity is viewed as a workflow or process composed of events, activities, gateways and (sometimes) other elements. “Business process modeling (BPM) in systems engineering and software engineering is the activity of representing processes of an enterprise, so that the current process may be analyzed and improved” (Wikipedia, retrieved June 23 2010). We can distinguish between three main types of processes and we also attempt to relate these to educational examples. Management processes, e.g. organizational governance, conducting a large research project or a training program. 2 Process management systems 2.1 Business analytics 2.2 List of BPMS components Analytics 6 Links