Business Process Modeling, Management and Mining

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This lecture will introduce the students with notations and methodologies for modeling business processes and support their simulation, improvement, mining and execution within process-oriented information systems.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Business Process Management combines knowledge from information technology and management sciences and applies it to the automation, analysis, monitoring and improvement of operational business processes within large and small organizations. Without well-designed and well-defined process models, to be reliably and efficiently executed, organizations are unable to compete and will not survive in modern globalized marketplaces.

LEARNING METHODS

It features a mix of theoretical lectures with hands-on tutorials and practical assignments.

EXAMINATION INFORMATION
Written exam if onsite, oral exam if online

REFERENCES

• Cesare Pautasso, Business Process Modeling, Management, and Mining: visual lecture notes, Leanpub, 2021 (textbook)
• Mathias Weske: Business Process Management: Concepts, Languages, Architectures, 3rd ed., Springer, 2019, ISBN 978-3-662-59431-5
• Marlon Dumas, Marcello La Rosa, Jan Mendling, Hajo Reijers, Fundamentals of Business Process Management, Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-33142-8
• Wil M. P. van der Aalst, Process Mining: Discovery, Conformance and Enhancement of Business Processes, Springer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-19344-6