Ebook: Business Process Modelling with ARIS: A Practical Guide

1994 marks the year that the international version of ARlS Toolset - a software system capable of analysing, modelling and navigating business processes - was developed and released by the software and consulting company IDS Prof. Scheer GmbH in Saarbriicken, Germany (from 1999 known as IDS Scheer AG). By the end of 2000 an estimated 24,000 copies of this product will have been sold and installed worldwide, with many additional copies supplied to universities for teaching and research projects. The system's connectivity to existing integrated standard software products, such as System Rl3 and mysap.com by SAP AG, is another factor that is expected to contribute to its fast disseminahon worldwide. The development of ARlS Toolset evolved from results which were obtained at the research institute "Institut ftir Wirtschaftsinformatik" (German for "Institute for Business Process Engineering"). The Institute has a staff of about 50 people and is based at the University of the Saarland. The history of ARlS Toolset is interesting because it demonstrates the benefits provided by a closely-knit mesh of research and product development. Creating such a mesh was only possible by founding IDS Scheer AG in parallel with acting as head of the research institute. Today, this software and consulting firm has a staff of more than 1600 people.

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This practical 'how-to'book describes all the key operations of ARIS Toolset - the market leading Business Process Modelling Tool. Using lots of screen shots and plenty of practical examples, Rob Davis shows how ARIS can be used to model 'your' business processes.
Based on his experience of using ARIS in British Telecommunications plc, the author describes practical ways of using ARIS Toolset:
- Explaining the models and techniques that will enable new users to start modelling quickly and effectively.
- Introducing tips and short cuts which make using the tool much easier.
- Giving insights into the ARIS concepts.
- Explaining the rationale behind alternative ways of using the tool, their benefits and the trade-offs involved.
- Tackling issues found in real projects (e.g. complex model structures, handling variety, etc), as opposed to the simple examples given in many books.
In addition to describing how to use the tool, Rob Davis discusses how to create standards for using ARIS as well as giving guidance on how to use ARIS for process capture and design.
Business Process Modelling with ARIS is a 'must have'for every user of ARIS.

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This practical 'how-to'book describes all the key operations of ARIS Toolset - the market leading Business Process Modelling Tool. Using lots of screen shots and plenty of practical examples, Rob Davis shows how ARIS can be used to model 'your' business processes.
Based on his experience of using ARIS in British Telecommunications plc, the author describes practical ways of using ARIS Toolset:
- Explaining the models and techniques that will enable new users to start modelling quickly and effectively.
- Introducing tips and short cuts which make using the tool much easier.
- Giving insights into the ARIS concepts.
- Explaining the rationale behind alternative ways of using the tool, their benefits and the trade-offs involved.
- Tackling issues found in real projects (e.g. complex model structures, handling variety, etc), as opposed to the simple examples given in many books.
In addition to describing how to use the tool, Rob Davis discusses how to create standards for using ARIS as well as giving guidance on how to use ARIS for process capture and design.
Business Process Modelling with ARIS is a 'must have'for every user of ARIS.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction to Business Modelling....Pages 1-14
Introducing ARIS....Pages 15-31
Getting Started....Pages 33-51
Introducing ARIS Explorer....Pages 53-64
Introducing ARIS Designer....Pages 65-84
ARIS Attributes and ARIS Properties....Pages 85-109
The Event-Driven Process Chain....Pages 111-139
Function Allocations and Relationships....Pages 141-174
Model Assignments and the Function Allocation Diagram....Pages 175-200
Process Capture and Design with ARIS....Pages 201-228
Modelling Structure....Pages 229-262
Model Hierarchy and Model Generation....Pages 263-284
Occurrences, Copies and Variants....Pages 285-309
Modelling Variety: Variants in Hierarchical Modelling....Pages 311-323
Modelling in Rows and Columns....Pages 325-348
ARIS Explorer Revisited....Pages 349-367
ARIS Designer Revisited....Pages 369-399
Model Verification....Pages 401-436
ARIS Administration....Pages 437-470
ARIS Modelling Standards....Pages 471-487
Back Matter....Pages 489-531

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This practical 'how-to'book describes all the key operations of ARIS Toolset - the market leading Business Process Modelling Tool. Using lots of screen shots and plenty of practical examples, Rob Davis shows how ARIS can be used to model 'your' business processes.
Based on his experience of using ARIS in British Telecommunications plc, the author describes practical ways of using ARIS Toolset:
- Explaining the models and techniques that will enable new users to start modelling quickly and effectively.
- Introducing tips and short cuts which make using the tool much easier.
- Giving insights into the ARIS concepts.
- Explaining the rationale behind alternative ways of using the tool, their benefits and the trade-offs involved.
- Tackling issues found in real projects (e.g. complex model structures, handling variety, etc), as opposed to the simple examples given in many books.
In addition to describing how to use the tool, Rob Davis discusses how to create standards for using ARIS as well as giving guidance on how to use ARIS for process capture and design.
Business Process Modelling with ARIS is a 'must have'for every user of ARIS.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction to Business Modelling....Pages 1-14
Introducing ARIS....Pages 15-31
Getting Started....Pages 33-51
Introducing ARIS Explorer....Pages 53-64
Introducing ARIS Designer....Pages 65-84
ARIS Attributes and ARIS Properties....Pages 85-109
The Event-Driven Process Chain....Pages 111-139
Function Allocations and Relationships....Pages 141-174
Model Assignments and the Function Allocation Diagram....Pages 175-200
Process Capture and Design with ARIS....Pages 201-228
Modelling Structure....Pages 229-262
Model Hierarchy and Model Generation....Pages 263-284
Occurrences, Copies and Variants....Pages 285-309
Modelling Variety: Variants in Hierarchical Modelling....Pages 311-323
Modelling in Rows and Columns....Pages 325-348
ARIS Explorer Revisited....Pages 349-367
ARIS Designer Revisited....Pages 369-399
Model Verification....Pages 401-436
ARIS Administration....Pages 437-470
ARIS Modelling Standards....Pages 471-487
Back Matter....Pages 489-531
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