Training course "Modelling of business processes with an open source BPM suite"

Part 1, Theory of BPM/SOA

0   Introduce myself and planning

1   Concepts BPM & SOA

• Exercise: Your company maturity level now and desired

2   Related concepts

• Exercise: How the BPM system will change your working habits?

3   Some standards, tools, etc.

• Exercise: Do you use other IT abbreviations & buzzwords?

4   Architecting your system

• Exercise: A big picture for you company

Part 2, Introducing an open source BPM suite

5   Introduce an open source BPM suite

• Parts of the BPM suite
• Manipulations in the BPMN Designer
• Full run

6   Typology of artefacts

• Exercises: Describe BPM artefacts for your project(s)

Part 3, Initial modeling

7    BPMN constructs

• Learn the BPMN symbols and its usage
• The core set
• The complete set
• Initial skeleton
• Exercises: modeling of simple cases

8    BPMN Diagramming style and patterns

• A few examples of difficult diagrams
• WF patterns
• Some practical patterns
• Exercises: modeling of some patterns
• Discussion of recommendations from other specialists (Bruce Silver)
• BPMN review from AU

9    BPMN Advanced features in the open source BPM suite

• Human tasks
• Sub-processes
• External services

Part 4, Practical modeling

10   Modeling procedure

11   Practical modeling (including client's processes)

Part 5, Workshops (optional)

Assisted modeling and execution of clients examples by the participants