Business processes are how organisations create and deliver value to their customers. As an organisation monitors the external environment, business processes are a key means of responding to those changes so that customers continue to be supplied with what they need and want.


Modelling, analysing, and improving business processes are essential skills for business analysts and business architects.




Articles on business processes

representation of a process flow in the context of the forces coming from the external environment.

As Sharp and McDermot demonstrated in ‘Workflow Modelling’, the question, 'What is a business process?' is surprisingly difficult to answer. As a business analyst, it's definitely something you should know about. The above model, based on a model from Rummler Brache, …

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Swimlane diagram for post on simple steps for better business process design

Business process modelling, analysis and design are essential skills for a business analyst. In this article, we look at some simple steps for better business process design. A Process Hierarchy - Start point for business process design The diagram shows a business …

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