ARIS Online Academy | Lesson 2 “Before you start modelling”
If you have already watched our first e-learning course of the ARIS Online Academy titled "Lesson 1: What is BPM", you have learned the basic principles about BPM.
Having achieved that you may want to continue diving deeper into the world of BPM and start modelling with ARIS. But just before you do, I'd recommend you to watch another e-learning course Lesson 2: "Before you start modelling".
This course tells you about important things you should think about to make sure that you create good models which meet the needs of your business.
Here are some highlights of this course:
Please be sure to read this post about how to use the e-learning courses of the ARIS Online Academy.
Of course, your feedback on this e-learning course is highly appreciated.
After you have watched the above 2 lessons, the authors hope you will join in our BPM motto:
"Managing your business by managing your processes!"
See also:
- ARIS Online Academy | Lesson 1 "What is BPM"
- ARIS Online Academy | Lesson 3 "Your first steps in ARIS Business Designer"
Rob Davis & Rune Becker
Comments
Hi Rob and Rune
Excellent training course, clear and to the point!
Hedwig
Dear Hedwig,
Thank you very much for your feedback! I appreciate your comment.
Yes, we are aware of the stuttering sound particularly when opening exercises. We will fix this with an updated course very soon.
Cheers
Rune
Great material and well done!
This is the first time I come across the transformation diagram.. Since it is a key concept, I would like to know how can it be drawn in ARIS Express or Business Architect? If not, when will it be supported?
thanks...
HC Lim
Hi Mr Lim
Glad you found the course interesting. Yes you can represent the 'process as a transformation' in ARIS Express or ABA. In fact that is what the EPC is actually modelling. Each step is a transformation. Inputs and outputs can be documents or data entities. Resources can be organisation units, IT systems, etc. Controls can be documents representing regulation, policies etc and business objectives can be objectives or products/service. Here is an example in ARIS Express showing a single process step (I have not shown events which). If you use ARIS Business Architect there are more object you can use.
I have put the ARIS Express model for the Process as a Transformation in this post
Rob
Hi Rob, thanks for sharing further...
I wld like to seek yr advice on how such a diagram complements the EPC and VACD in BPM projects and EA efforts. How does it differ from them? I have read through some of the ARIS books and have not seen it mentioned.
Would appreciate yr wisdom on this.
thanks again
HC Lim
Actually, in the book "ARIS design platform: getting started with BPM" by Rob Davis and Eric Brabänder.
Google Books provides a book preview. And luckily the preview shows on page 223 an example how to model a process/function as transformation in ARIS conventions. The following page briefly introduces the concept similar to this e-learning course.
Cheers
Rune
Hi,
its an excellent training course that made me smiling several time: "Do not model the universe!", one of Your very good advices. Thanks for it.
But maybe there is a bug in the script creating the certificate for the "Before you start modelling"-course? These two pics are part of my certificate:
I tried twice, but always the same mistake. What can be done?
Thanks for help
Karsten Perlich
Sorry about the inconvenience.
I will have a look at it. Might be that the script generating the exam certificate is browser dependent. I will give it a try using Firefox 3.6 and Chrome 5. Which browser did you use?
In worst case, let me know your data for the certificate and I'll create one using my offline version.
Cheers
Rune
Hi Rune,
my browser is Firefox 3.6.7. Hope this will be helpfull for You.
Thanks for help
Karsten Perlich
You may experience strange behavior when running these e-learning courses. That's due to a recent Flash update. I have to publishe al course again.
Please stay tuned for updates...
Hi everyone,
The ARIS Online Academy course Lesson 2: Before you start modeling has been fixed and uploaded on a new link!
It should be now compatible with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
In case you encounter still a problem playing the course, its exercises or printing out the exam certificate, please contact me.
Happy learning!
Cheers
Rune
Hi,
the new version is well done, thanks. Only the grade is missing in the certification.
Thank You for the update.
Karsten
I completed all tests successfully, but it still won't let me take the exam.
Hi,
Please could you include the length of the tutorials for lesson 2 and 3. That would be really helpful.
Thanks,
Alex
Dear Alexandra,
You are absolutely right, there is information about the courses missing.
Please find here more details for all 3 lessons:
- Estimated course length (depending on the learner's pace)
- Number of chapters (if applicable)
- Number of lessons (or learning units)
- Numbers of excercises (the interactive parts for learner's)
Hi,
Thank you so much for that information. The only other question I have is: does each of these lessons have an exam and certificate with results?
Thanks,
Alex
Upon completion of lesson 1 and 2 you can take an exam and receive a certificate.
Only lesson 3 doesn't provide an exam nor certificate, since it is rather a recording than a complete e-learning course like the others.
Cheers
Rune
About courses 1 & 2. Excellent job and to the point. Many years I've been using an amount of common sense and quality knowledge tryng to have a serious approach to model. This is the answer. Thanks a lot!
To explain in simple mode a complex thing is really great.
Best regards