Chapter 2

Question 1

What are the basic elements of Event-Driven Process chain

Answer 1

Function

Event

Connectors

Control flow

Question 2

What is eEPC and its Goal?

Answer 2

Extension of the Event-Driven Process chain

Goal: connection of the control view with the other views.

Question 3

What are the extension elements in eEPC?

and its drawing

Answer 3

• Organisational unit: description of the company´s organisational structure (organisation chart)
• Information object: description of items of the real world described in detail in the data view.
• Application system: applications supporting the execution of the business processes described in the functional view.
• Process paths for connecting sub-processes.

Question 4

Describe Function

Answer 4

• represent units of work, define transformation processes for information objects.
• Description of task is composed of an info object (noun) and an specified action (verb), example: generate order

Question 5

Describe Event

Answer 5

• passive object typ, describes a changed state.

- description is composed of an information object (noun) and a verb in passive voice. ex: order is received

Question 6

Describe Connectors

Answer 6

-AND, OR (inclusive), XOR (exclusive)
-two types of connections:
-> event connection:
connection of triggering events with a function/ activity.
connection of triggered events with a function/ activity.
-> activity (function) connection:
connection of function/ activities with triggering event
connection of function/ activities with triggered event (just AND is valid)

Question 7

Describe control flow

Answer 7

-connects functions and events