We’re now going to talk about the role of Business Process Modeling in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Business process modeling allows those involved in defining how an application works (i.e. the to-be processes) to create a common agreement on how the application should work.
Business Process Design Template
Business process design is an essential part of the software development lifecycle. It allows you to capture the broad outline and procedures that govern what it is a business actually does, from a technical and operational level.
Business Process templates enable you to capture the significant events, inputs, resources and outputs associated with different business processes. In addition, they also helps map what is in the scope of the proposed system (as-is processes) and what will be implemented in other ways (to be processes).
In other words, rather than start programming without any plan and then finding that you’ve coded yourself into a blind alley, you can refer to the process design to see where and how the application should be built.
This approach allows the process analyst (or whomever is design the process maps) to capture the high-level goals of the project and the business rules that define what the business does and how the application should support this.
What does the process analyst capture?
Of course, each project is different so the scope of what needs to be captured will change. But, with that said, the process analyst will try to capture:
- Events
- Triggers
- Inputs
- Resources and
- Outputs
With this information at their disposal, the process analyst can begin to map what is in scope for the proposed system and what may be implemented in other versions.
In the next process design tutorial, I’m going to explain As Is processes.
FYI: Business Process Design Templates
You can download the completed version of these business process templates over here: http://www.klariti.com/business-process-design-template/. As I mentioned above, we’ve partnered with Klariti Ltd (www.klariti.com) and released some very detailed Microsoft Word and Visio templates. These are on sale for only $9.99 until month end – it’s the promotional price – and after that they go back up to $29.99. They include process narratives (Word) process maps (Visio) and Excel spreadsheets for controlling your projects.
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Regards,
Ivan
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