Business Process Modelling

[Former Member]

what are the best Business Process Modelling techniques? what are the most widely used? and could someone give me web links on resources for the same.

Thanks

[Former Member]

I recomment ARIS as the best modelling tool.

I will abbreviate my last project in Utilities Industry (Customer LIGHT) :

The project had a life span of 8 months (including stabilization), started on November 22nd, 2007 and went live on July 1st, 2008. The big challenge of this project was to bring the concept of Shared Services to the users with the methodology and approach of BPM:

 Define and design the finance and accounting processes, applying best practice.

 Provide a technical solution to support and manage all operations of the financial and accounting processes

 Provide centralization of information and management of cash and bank transactions, accounts payable and accounts receivable and other long term financial operations.

 Reengineer the processes and practice of company accounting activities.

 Provide a SAP solution for the financial consolidation

 Introduce the concept of BPM to the Group Light (mapping, detailing, implementing and controlling).

 Prepare the client for the introduction of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) with SAP Netweaver, considering the concept of automation of processes.

It was the methodological approach of Business Process Management (BPM) that made the difference on this project.

In the design phase, the process owner was given u2018best practiceu2019 of the market and the use of Aris for SAP Netweaver was hereby fundamental to provide a detailed and objective solution of the application of best practice. Because of Aris, BluePrint was fast and technical advanced. The u201CToBeu201D processes were modeled in Aris with direct integration and synchronization with Solution Manager.

The ASAP methodology was used from the beginning until the end together with the BPM approach, bringing the SAP team, Light users and managers great confidence of an efficient approach of each of the phases of the project.

The project was delivered with the following scenarios:

- Management of Accounts Payable

- Management of Accounts Receivable

- Management of Budget and Budget preparation (FM).

- Cash Flow Management (LP/CM).

- Bank reconciliation.

- Cash Position and Liquidity management (short term).

- Accounting Management.

- Treasury Management (TRM / TM).

- Financial Consolidation (SEM-BCS).

- Integration XI / ALE.

Methodology :

Using the concept of BPM, the ASAP methodology, already used in other projects, was subject to some changes:

During Phase 1 (preparation) of the project, we had, besides the normal ASAP activities, as main objective to prepare the roadmap of the implementation, using the tool u201CRoadmap Composeru201D, loading it into Solution Manager and creating the u201CReference Modelu201D of the solution to be built.

The main "Inputs" of the Reference Model generated are described below:

-- Portfolio of Processes.

-- Know-How of advisers.

-- Solution Composer.

-- BPR of Solution Manager.

-- Commercial Proposal

-- Material provided by LIGHT.

The Reference Model was used as basis for the activities of the BluePrint phase.

Starting from the validated Reference Model, it was possible to map the Processes (BPR) into Solution Manager and Aris and start the BluePrint in the u201Cacceleratedu201D form, only validating the proposed u201CToBeu201D:

With the processes modeled and validated, we concluded the design phase, by uploading the CI templates into Solution Manager. The CI templates represent the documented design, signed off by all Process Owners of LIGHT (The Customer)

Benefits of the Project for LIGHT (IT / Strategic):

-- Solution designed for effective use of the concept of Shared Services.

-- Standardization of processes within the Group LIGHT.

-- Ease of integrating business processes in events of acquisition of new businesses (Plug & Play).

-- Involvement of the "Process Owners" / Business Areas of LIGHT, in the processes

-- Guidance on processes (BPM).

-- Improving Business Processes in the Finance Area (Review).

-- Governance.

-- Environment technologically prepared to apply the concept of SOA (the Services Oriented Architecture).

-- BPO (Business Process Outsourcing).

-- SOX Compliancy.

Benefits of the Project for SAP

o Management of the project using the Processes.

o Reducing the time of project with approximately 2 months.

o Lift the profitability of the project by approximately 60%