Why Use Business Process Analysis?
Method Business Process Analysis (BPA) • Think: How do we do our work now? • Define goals and objectives. • Model context of work. • Identify business rules. • Describe tasks and workflows. • Identify common task sets. Business Process Redesign • Rethink: How should we do our work? • Examine tasks and workflows. • Identify inefficiencies. • Identify efficiencies with repeatable processes. • Refine business processes and rules. • Remodel the context of work. • Restructure the tasks and workflow. Requirements Definition • Describe: How an information system can support our work? • Define tasks to be performed for optimized business processes. • Describe the implementation of business rules. • Describe in words and graphics how an information system is to be structured. • Determine scope of next phase of activities.
