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Advanced EPC Process Modeling Guide

The document discusses process modeling, focusing on value chain diagrams and event-driven process chains (EPC). It emphasizes the importance of finding the right level of detail for modeling processes and ensuring integration among modeling teams. Additionally, it outlines the characteristics and rules for constructing EPCs, including the representation of functions, events, and logical connectors.

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Advanced EPC Process Modeling Guide

The document discusses process modeling, focusing on value chain diagrams and event-driven process chains (EPC). It emphasizes the importance of finding the right level of detail for modeling processes and ensuring integration among modeling teams. Additionally, it outlines the characteristics and rules for constructing EPCs, including the representation of functions, events, and logical connectors.

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Process Models

Short description
- Value chain diagram
- event-driven process
chain (EPC)

Process Modelling

 Problem regarding modeling current status of relevant processes


 To find the right useful level of detail for
current modeling situation.
 As much as needed … as less as possible

Overview model
 All modeling teams must have same (process landscape)
level for integration/consolidation.

 Selected model must ensure building


of hierarchy of detailed levels. rough model

detailed model

IDS Scheer AG

Process Management slide 2 Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf

1
Process model
Value chain diagramm

 Value chain diagramm – process landscape


 Overview of relevant processes

 Characteristics
 Functions could be sequenced (but must not)
 Functions could be divided in hierarchical sub functions

Process Management slide 3 Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf

Example Business Process Landscape

Example of generic Consumer


Products Business Model
(process landscape)

Process Management slide 4 Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf

2
Process model
(advanced) Event-driven Process Chain (EPC)

 (advanced) event-driven process chain (principle structure)


 Detailled & sequencing process description

function initiating event

event

org.
input unit
data function
output

xor

event event
projekt
system
generated event
resources function function

Process Management slide 5 Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf

Process model
(advanced) Event-driven process chain EPC

 functions
 Represent activities/tasks/process steps
 Content competence for decision making
 Need resources and lead to costs

 Graphical object :

check
customer order

Process Management slide 6 Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf

3
Process model
(advanced) Event-driven process chain EPC

 event
 Initiate functions
 Represent a status as a result of running functions
 Need no time and cost
 Have no competence for decision making

 Graphical object :

Customer order
checked

Process Management slide 7 Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf

Process model
(advanced) Event-driven process chain EPC

 Logical elements – connector

AND-connection

OR-connection (inclusive OR – one or more alternatives)

XOR XOR-connection (exclusive OR – only one alternative accepted)

 Connectors divide processes in alternative process paths and also can lead
them together.

Process Management slide 8 Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf

4
Process model
rules for (advanced) Event-driven process chains EPC

 an EPC is an ordered graph of events and


Order functions.
reached
 example of a linear process:

Check
order

Order
checked  events initialising functions

Send
confirmation
 functions create events

Confirmation
sent
 every EPC has to start and to end with one or more
events
Process Management slide 9 Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf

Process model
rules for (advanced) Event-driven process chains EPC

AND OR XOR
XOR

AND
XOR

No XOR / OR after only one event !!!!!!

Process Management slide 10 Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf

5
Process model
rules for (advanced) Event-driven process chains EPC

 Modelling of loops

Order position
open

Order positions XOR Record order XOR Order


available position complete

Process Management slide 11 Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf

EPC Example

Process Management slide 12 Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf

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