Process and Function Modeling

Participants learn how to systematically describe the work performed by an organization using the Process Model. The process modeling technique is used to model the functional requirements of business, and should be used in conjunction with information modeling. This course can be used as part of an integrated Oracle curriculum and to supplement many of Oracle's Designer/2000 courses.

Learn To:

• Identify the concepts of process modeling.
• Identify the purpose and use of process modeling.
• Place process modeling in the context of system development methods.
• Identify the basic diagramming techniques of a process model.
• Use basic diagramming techniques to build a simple process model.
• Refine a simple process model with more detail to fully illustrate the business function.
• Identify the components of the Function Hierarchy Diagram.
• Develop an application function hierarchy that complements the business process model and can be cross checked with the business data model.
• Understand the components of a data model.
• Cross check the components of a data model with an application function hierarchy model.

Content Emphasis

Skills-Based

Audience

This course is aimed at business managers, business analysts, technical analysts, database designers, and anyone responsible for the analysis and specification of functional requirements during the application development lifecycle. These people are likely to be graduate professionals with some experience in an application development environment.

Total Learning Time

7 - 8 Hour(s)

Unit 1: Introduction to Process Modeling

• Identify the critical concepts of a method.
• Identify the components of a method.
• Identify the techniques used during a system development effort.
• Identify the uses of process modeling.
• Identify the benefits of process modeling.
• Identify how the context process model is used to scope the system.
• Identify how the process model acts as a technique for documenting business functional requirements.
• Identify technical requirements that are added to a business process model to bridge the gap between analysis and design.

Unit 2: Building a Basic Process Model

• Identify a process.
• Identify a process step written to conform to standards.
• Identify processes from the business requirements and label a process on a process diagram.
• Identify an organization unit.
• Identify the purpose of an organization unit when used in a process model.
• Identify organization units on a process diagram, based on the business requirements.
• Identify the purpose of a process flow between two processes.
• Classify process flows.
• Identify process flows between process steps, based on the business requirements.
• Match the way in which flow logic influences the activation of the destination process step with a diagram depicting flow logic.
• Identify a triggering event.
• Identify an outcome event.
• Classify triggering events.
• Identify events from the business requirements and label an event on a process diagram.
• Identify events written according to standard format.

Unit 3: Refining the Process Model

• Identify the purpose of a decision point.
• Identify the critical concepts associated with decision points and conditional flows.
• Identify the decision points, given the business requirements.
• Identify the critical concepts of external interfaces.
• Identify when an external interface should be modeled as an organization unit.
• Identify when an external interface should be modeled as a process step.
• Identify the purpose of a data store.
• Identify when to include a data store on a process diagram.
• Label a data store on a process diagram.

Unit 4: Developing the Application Function Hierarchy

• Identify the purpose of the application function hierarchy.
• Identify the difference between the application function hierarchy and the process model.
• Identify the uses of the application function hierarchy.
• Identify the components of an application function hierarchy.
• Match the viewing option to the function hierarchy diagram.
• Identify the types of processes that should be included in the application function hierarchy.
• Identify why the order of the functions is unimportant in the function hierarchy.
• Identify why common functions are eliminated from the application function hierarchy.
• Identify the rule to follow when minimizing the number of functions in a group.
• Arrange the processes created in the process models into logical groupings in the function hierarchy diagram.
• Identify functions that satisfy the conditions of an elementary business function.
• Identify documentation that can be recorded about the function.

Unit 5: Cross Referencing the Models

• Identify the purpose of the data model.
• Identify the components of a data model.
• Identify the difference between the function model and the data model.
• Identify the purpose of cross referencing functions and data.
• Label the functions and data with the proper usages.
• Identify the purpose of cross referencing functions and organization units.
• Identify the purpose of a matrix diagram.
• Match the matrix components with their examples.