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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.