INFS1602 Study Guide - Final Guide: Business Process Model And Notation, Business Process, Process Modeling

• School: UNSW, UNSW Sydney
• Department: Information Systems
• Course: INFS1602
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Chapter 2: business processes, information systems, and information. Business process: network of activities for accomplishing a business function. Repository: a collection of data stored within the business process. Business process diagrams: business process modeling notation, swimlane format, a business process is a network of activities. Each swimlane has activities, each activity is performed by a role. Roles are taken by people, groups, departments, organizations, and sometimes information systems (actors). Data flows between activities; the flow is shown with a sequence flow. Information must be: accurate, timely: available in time for its intended use, relevant: relevant to context and people, worth its cost: worth its value.