Course code InfT6028
Credit points 3
Process Oriented Design
Total Hours in Course81
Number of hours for lectures16
Number of hours for laboratory classes16
Independent study hours49
Date of course confirmation12.01.2016
Responsible UnitInstitute of Computer Systems and Data Science
Course developer
Rudīte Čevere
Dr. sc. comp.
Course abstract
Information about role of business processes in organisation and business processes as a part of organisational architectures are included in the study course. Types of business processes and their interactions, business processes and business rules, and relationship between business processes and human and informational resources are discussed. Business process modelling approaches and the most popular business process modelling tools are reviewed.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
• Knowledge about types of business processes, their role in organisation and modern tools and methods of its analyses;
• skills to use modern tolls of business processes modelling;
• competence working in teams or independently, of application of business process analyses methods, and organization of activities of information interchange, as well as assure the others and argue their own point of view.
Compulsory reading
1. Bārzdiņš J. et al. Biznesmodelēšanas valoda GRAPES BM 4.0 un tās lietošana. Rīga, 1998. 151 lpp.
2. Jeston J., and Nelis J.. Business Process Management: Practical Guidelines to Successful Implementations. Oxford; Burlington: Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, 2008. 469 p.
3. Harmon P. Business Process Change: A Manager's Guide to Improving, Redesigning, and Automating Processes (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems), Morgan Kaufmann, 2002. ISBN: 1558607587 m
4. How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture Framework: Creating or Choosing an Enterprise Architecture Framework (Paperback) by Jaap Schekkerman, Victoria: Trafford, 2003.
Further reading
1. Business Process Trends portāls http://www.bptrends.com/
Periodicals and other sources
Obligātais studiju kurss ITF maģistrantiem virzienam "Sistēmanalīze" pilna un nepilna laika studijās.