The proper modeling of relevant aspects of business processes is essential for an efficient and effective design and implementation of processes. This lecture presents different classes of modeling languages and discusses the respective advantages and disadvantages of using actual application scenarios. For that simulative and analytical methods for process analysis are introduced. In the accompanying exercise the use of process modeling tools is practiced.

Learning objectives:

Students

• describe goals of business process modeling and aplly different modeling languages,
• choose the appropriate modeling language according to a given context,
• use suitable tools for modeling business processes,
• apply methods for analysing and assessing process modells to evaluate specific quality characteristics of the process model.

Recommendations:

Knowledge of course Applied Informatics I - Modelling is expected.

Workload:

• Lecture 30h
• Exercise 15h
• Preparation of lecture 24h
• Preparation of exercises 25h
• Exam preparation 40h
• Exam 1h 

• M. Weske: Business Process Management: Concepts, Languages, Architectures. Springer 2012.
• F. Schönthaler, G.Vossen, A. Oberweis, T. Karl: Business Processes for Business Communities: Modeling Languages, Methods, Tools. Springer 2012.

Weitere Literatur wird in der Vorlesung bekannt gegeben.