Process Redesign, implementation, Monitoring Flashcards

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What is the process redesign? What are the outputs? What views does it cover?

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Process redesign (also called process improvement) aims to identify changes to the process helping the organization to address issues and to meet its performance objectives.

Output:
- to-be process model after changes were introduced
- multiple change options are analyzed and compared in terms of
chosen performance measures

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Process redesign is considered when:

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  • Refers to the participants
  • Refers to the business process itself
  • Touches process and customer

But:
Marketing and complete strategic business change are not the process redesign!

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Performance measures during the redesign

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  • Cost
  • Time
  • Quality
  • Flexibility
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The redesign orbit

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Top - Creative (Group dynamics)
Bottom - Analytical (Mathematical focus, tool and technology)
Left -Transactional (Step by step, incremental changes)
Right - Transformational (Breakthrough innovation)

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What is Process implementation? What are the outputs? What Technologies tare needed?

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Process implementation prepares and performs changes required to move from the as-is process to the to-be process, covering organizational change management and process automation.

Output:

  • Executable process model
  • Organizational change management
  • Process automation

Technologies that are needed
– Process-Aware Information Systems (ERP, CRM)
– Business Process Management Systems (Ad-hoc workflow, production workflow)

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What is Process monitoring?

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Process monitoring collects and analyzes relevant data from the redesigned process to determine process performances with respect to performance measures and objectives.

Output:
bottlenecks, recurrent errors, deviations with respect to intended
behavior

Corrective actions may lead to new issues requiring the BPM cycle to
be repeated on a continuous basis

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Process monitoring types

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  • Process dashboards
  • Process maps
  • Process mining
  • Dotted charts
  • Timeline diagram
  • Performance-enhanced process map
  • Conformance checking
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