Chapter 3

Notes Part 2
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Business Process Diagrams
Is a visual way to represent the activities in a
business process
Intent is that all business users can easily
understand the process from a standard
notation (BPMN: Business Process Modeling
Notation)
Can show the organizational unit performing
the activity

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Guidelines for Preparing Business Process Diagrams
Focus 3-3 on text page 62

1. Identify and understand the business process
2. Ignore certain items details of documents, storage,
technology
3. Decide how much detail to include similar to different
levels of a DFD
4. Enter each business process from beginning to end
5. Draw a rough sketch, review with people involved with the
system and correct/revise as needed
6. Final copy with name of process, date of preparation and
name of preparer

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Business Process Diagram Basic
Symbols Text Figure 3-12 page 63

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Payroll Business Process Diagram
Example Text Figure 3-13 page 63

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