For those businesses that want to stay ahead of the competition, defining and modeling business processes is a critical in improving business performance.
A business process is a variable pattern of interactions that occur between an organization's components and its environment as the organization pursues its business objectives.
These processes often start off as simple models and get more complex as changes are made due to ever-changing circumstances.
Businesses that do not have a formal process for documentation and management of their business-process models can be stuck with problems and bottlenecks.
Business processes that have been modeled well, helps locate and eliminate inefficiencies, undue costs, and .......
A model is a visual representation of a process that contains supporting information - they should have a well thought-out structure, and ensure consistent and complete representation of information.
Business process models help:
- Document existing procedures
- Determine requirements for staff, systems, and facilities
- Plan changes to existing processes and systems
- Test and analyze existing and proposed processes
Also, this data can be used to support other business applications, e.g., data from one model can be used to automate or develop another downstream applications.
