The area of process mining covers approaches which aim at deducting new knowledge on the basis of logfiles generated by information systems. Such information systems are e.g., workflow-management-systems which are used for an efficient control of processes in enterprises and organisations. The lecture introduces the foundations of processes and respective modeling and analysis techniques. In the following, the foundations of process mining and the three classical types of approaches - discovery, conformance and enhancement - will be taught. In addition to the theoretical basics, tools, application scenarios in practice and open research questions are covered as well.

Learning objectives:

Students

• understand the concepts and approaches of process mining and know how they are applied,
• create and evaluate business process models,
• analyze static and dynamic properties of workflows,
• apply approaches and tools of process mining. 

Recommendations: 

Knowledge of course Applied Informatics - Modelling is expected.

Workload:

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

• W. van der Aalst, H. van Kees: Workflow Management: Models, Methods and Systems, Cambridge, The MIT Press, 2002.
• W. van der Aalst: Process Mining: Data Science in Action. Springer, 2016.
• J. Carmona, B. van Dongen, A. Solti, M. Weidlich: Conformance Checking: Relating Processes and Models. Springer, 2018.
• A. Drescher, A. Koschmider, A. Oberweis: Modellierung und Analyse von Geschäftsprozessen: Grundlagen und Übungsaufgaben mit Lösungen. De Gruyter Studium, 2017.
• A. Oberweis: Modellierung und Ausführung von Workflows mit Petri-Netzen. Teubner-Reihe Wirtschaftsinformatik, B.G. Teubner Verlag, 1996.
• R. Peters, M. Nauroth: Process-Mining: Geschäftsprozesse: smart, schnell und einfach, Springer, 2019.
• F. Schönthaler, G.Vossen, A. Oberweis, T. Karle: Business Processes for Business Communities: Modeling Languages, Methods, Tools. Springer, 2012.
• M. Weske: Business Process Management: Concepts, Languages, Architectures. Springer, 2012.

Weitere Literatur wird in der Vorlesung bekannt gegeben.