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1. In this discussion, we will focus on the way to build process models and disc

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1.   In this discussion, we will focus on the way to build process models and discuss their technical aspects. Give an example of how process modeling might be beneficial, whether specifically for an IT system development project or not.

2. How are logical process modeling techniques used in detailed systems requirements analysis? Give an example of your own.

3. Okay, class. Last week, we worked on some one-to-many data modeling problems. We learned that the foreign key always goes into the child table. Now how can you recognize the child table in a word problem?

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The extent to which the Project Team has been defined at this point may vary. At a minimum the manager for the project and certain individuals who can provide support in preparing for the project should be identified.

During Project Initiation, a Project Charter was created and should include the governance model and resources for the Project Planning (High Level). The Charter is reviewed to confirm the roles required. With the help of appropriate Stakeholders, the Project Sponsor and/or Project Director should take the lead in identifying the names of individuals within the performing organization who could fill the roles and become Project Team members. In selecting the Project Team, definition both of the skills required to perform current tasks and of the skills required for future project tasks is needed. Immediate project needs should be met first. Various areas of the Organization may be required to provide resources to the project in order to complete Project Planning (High Level). The Project Sponsor and/or Project Director must communicate with the affected areas of the performing organization, proactively gaining agreement and securing the necessary resources. After Project Team members have been identified, the Project Manager should provide them with a project orientation and review with individual team members their current and future roles in the project. This establishes a baseline understanding of team members project responsibilities, which will be useful for conducting performance reviews later in the project.

Development of the Project Initiation Plan will require review of documentation compiled or presented during development of the Project Charter. Materials and information reviewed may include

the Project Charter, including the initial Business Case, which describes the project objectives and how they support the organizations strategic business direction

project selection criteria, defining the parameters used in determining whether or not to undertake a project and identifying its business justification

information from a previous project similar in size, scope and objectives whose results may help in producing the project definition

project knowledge and experience of the individuals on the Project Team

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we briefly touched upon various business process modeling techniques. And as promised here’s a more detailed look at various BPM techniques and how to make use of them effectively.

Business process modeling is mainly used to map a workflow so you can understand, analyse and make positive changes to that workflow or process. Usage of diagram helps you to visualize this process and make better decisions.

Use the below table to quickly navigate to different techniques.

Lest start with the latest techniques.

1. Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)

Simply put BPMN is a graphical representation of your business process using standard objects. If you want to get more technical It can also be defined as a set of graphical objects and rules defining available connections between the objects.

BPMN consists of the following basic building blocks;

3)Simply put a database is a structured body of related information. The software used to manage and manipulate that structured information is called a DBMS (Database Management System). A database is one component of a DBMS. You can think of a database simply as a list of information. A fine example is the white pages of the phone book. The each listing in the whitepages contains several items of information – name, address and phone number – about each phone subscriber in a particular region (information). All subscriber information shares the same form (structure).In database terms, the white pages comprise a table in which each subscriber is represented by a record. Each subscriber record contains three fields: name, address, and phone number. The records are sorted alphabetically by the name field, which is called the key field. Other examples of databases are membership/customer lists, library catalogues, and web page content. The list is, in fact, infinite. You can model and design a database to store anything which can be represented as structured information.