This one hour BPMN tutorial describes the basics of Business Process Modeling and Notation. There will also be discussion on the differences between BPMN and value stream mapping and process flow charting.
Wikipedia states: “Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is a graphical representation for specifying business processes in a business process model. ”
BPMN Tutorial: Business Process Modeling And Notation Webinar
This recorded BPMN tutorial describes the common shapes in the BPMN diagramming method, along with presentation on how to understand, use, and interpret each shape.
Take-aways from this BPMN tutorial are the basics for practical use of the tool.
BPMN in a Business Management System
Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) is an enhanced business management system that consists of 9 steps:
Step 2 of the IEE 9-step system is an organizational IEE value chain:
An IEE value chain describes what an organization does and how it measures what is done. In the above IEE value chain, oblong boxes represent metrics, while rectangular boxes describes process that occur in functions, which can have drill downs to specifics.
A BPMN chart could be a drill down of a rectangular box in an IEE value chain.
Enterprise Performance Reporting System (EPRS) software can provide (among other things) an IEE value chain that is clickable in an organization with automatic updated 30,000-foot-level predictive reported metrics that everyone (who is authorized) can view.
Additional Information about BPMN Creation and Linkage in a Business Management System
Chapter 7 of Integrated Enterprise Excellence Volume II, Business Deployment: A Leaders’ Guide for Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard provides details for the creation of an IEE value chain.
Contact Us to set up a time to discuss with Forrest Breyfogle how your organization might gain much from an Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) Business Process Management System and its BPMN integration.