⊿ Point. {R} Glossary. ◢ Keyword: B. ▰ Sources. 〓 Books [B] ◥ University. {q} PhD. ⏫ THEMES. ⏫ Big Data. [B] Big Data. ⚫ USA. ↂ EndNote. ☝️ BD Dummies. BPaaS: Business Process as a Service. Service model[edit] See cloud computing service models for more information. Examples[edit] Examples include: References[edit] ^ Robin Hastings, Making the Most of the Cloud: How to Choose and Implement the Best Services (2013), p. 3.^ I. A. Business Process. Systematic collection of tasks within a business Overview[edit] A business process begins with a mission objective (an external event) and ends with achievement of the business objective of providing a result that provides customer value. Additionally, a process may be divided into subprocesses (process decomposition), the particular inner functions of the process. Business processes may also have a process owner, a responsible party for ensuring the process runs smoothly from start to finish.[2] Broadly speaking, business processes can be organized into three types, according to von Rosing et al.:[6] A slightly different approach to these three types is offered by Kirchmer:[2] A complex business process may be decomposed into several subprocesses, which have their own attributes but also contribute to achieving the overall goal of the business.
History[edit] Adam Smith[edit] Smith also first recognized how the output could be increased through the use of labor division. Peter Drucker[edit] BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) Overview[edit] One can describe Web-service interactions in two ways: as executable business processes and as abstract business processes.
WS-BPEL aims to model the behavior of processes,[2] via a language for the specification of both Executable and Abstract Business Processes. By doing so, it extends the Web Services interaction model and enables it to support business transactions. It also defines an interoperable integration model that should facilitate the expansion of automated process integration both within and between businesses. Its development came out of the notion[3] that programming in the large and programming in the small required different types of languages. As such, it is serialized in XML and aims to enable programming in the large.
Programming in the large/small[edit] History[edit] The origins of WS-BPEL go back to Web Services Flow Language (WSFL) and Xlang. Topics[edit] Design goals[edit] There were ten original design goals associated with BPEL: The BPEL language[edit] BPM (Business Process Management) Business management discipline Business process management (BPM) is the discipline in which people use various methods to discover, model, analyze, measure, improve, optimize, and automate business processes.[1][2] Any combination of methods used to manage a company's business processes is BPM.[3] Processes can be structured and repeatable or unstructured and variable. Though not required, enabling technologies are often used with BPM.[1] It can be differentiated from program management in that program management is concerned with managing a group of inter-dependent projects.
From another viewpoint, process management includes program management. In project management, process management is the use of a repeatable process to improve the outcome of the project.[4] Key distinctions between process management and project management are repeatability and predictability. ISO 9000 promotes the process approach to managing an organization. Definitions[edit] Changes[edit] Life-cycle[edit] Business Process Modeling. Business process modeling (BPM) in business process management and systems engineering is the activity of representing processes of an enterprise, so that the current process may be analysed, improved, and automated.
BPM is typically performed by business analysts, who provide expertise in the modeling discipline; by subject matter experts, who have specialized knowledge of the processes being modelled; or more commonly by a team comprising both. Alternatively, the process model can be derived directly from events' logs using process mining tools. The business objective is often to increase process speed or reduce cycle time; to increase quality; or to reduce costs, such as labour, materials, scrap, or capital costs.
In practice, a management decision to invest in business process modeling is often motivated by the need to document requirements for an information technology project. Change management programs are typically involved to put any improved business processes into practice.