Business Process Modelling with ARIS: A Practical Guide Review

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(More customer reviews)This is an excellent reference book on ARIS. It is really a "must have" for anyone learning and using ARIS. It is well written and well structured. The only reason I've rated it at 4 stars is because it is based on Release 5 of ARIS. An updated edition would be great.

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This practical book describes the key operations of ARIS Toolset - the market leading Business Process Modelling Tool. Based on his experience of using ARIS in British Telecommunications plc, the author describes practical ways of using the tool. Using screen shots and plenty of practical examples, Rob Davis shows how ARIS can be used to model business processes. Throughout the book Davis provides readers with tips and short-cuts, enabling users to start modelling quickly and effectively. He also provides insights into the ARIS concepts, and tells readers about the benefits and trade-offs of using the tool in alternative ways. Unlike other books, this practical guide tackles issues found in real projects.

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ARIS Design Platform: Advanced Process Modelling and Administration Review

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(More customer reviews)Very handy for ARIS Designer or Architect Modules. Provides clear concise step by step approach to handling various functionalities & features of ARIS tool.
I wanted know from Author's, if you are releasing any book on Strategy or Simulation platforms.
Thanks, Mohamed


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Following on from Rob Davis' successful introductory book, ARIS Design Platform: Getting Started with BPM, Rob now covers in detail some of the more advanced concepts of using ARIS Business Architect.This is a practical ‘how-to' guide and contains tips, techniques and short cuts gained from practical experience and explains clearly how to use ARIS and why ARIS is a powerful tool for process modeling. Advanced concepts such as the following are presented in this reader-friendly and concise guide: - Matrix editor, - Find and query, - Model generation, - Method filters and method changes, - Templates and fonts, - Reports and semantic checks, - Macros, - Transformations, - Database administration, - User management.This easy-to-follow advanced text is a must have guide and reference for all users who want to increase their ARIS skills, and for those who need to undertake advanced model and database management.

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The Microguide to Process Modeling in BPMN Review

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(More customer reviews)I like the idea the authors had about a micro guide, sometimes these topics can be daunting and offering a book that can be read in a day to get up to speed is a great idea. There are some possible improvements and not necessarily criticisms, the flow of the book could use some improvement, In some chapters a topic is introduced at the beginning but then the authors go off on a tangent though relevant I found myself going back and rereading the start of the chapter thinking I had missed something only to find that topic discussed towards the end. I think the best improvement they could have made was to use consistent real life modeling examples, early in the book the authors suggest they will explore some common archetypes and then list them with participants and sub processes but then use examples like making a PBJ sandwich instead of using any of the processes they mentioned. The authors also introduce what they call the Process Modeling framework which makes sense and is a common approach sadly they describe the PMF sequence but never delve into an example that shows a process being modeled from start to finish, though I followed I think a example would have really helped.
Overall I recommend the book and hopefully the authors will update it, certainly I would consider it as a standard book for our analysts but will wait to see if any of the above get addressed.


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With over fifty implementations, Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is an increasingly successful Object Management Group (OMG) standard. Whether you are in government, manufacturing, or business, you can easily and accurately depict your company's processes in BPMN. BPMN Specification 1.1, however, can be abstract, lengthy, and complicated. As a result, learning to use BPMN can be daunting and force professionals to steer clear of it without an efficient and easy way of getting acquainted with the material. The straightforward information that is packed into this book is exactly what is needed. This guide gathers all the ideas, design, and problem-solving of BPMN into one simple, focused book, and offers concrete true-life examples that explain BPMN's approach to process modeling.

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Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design Review

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(More customer reviews)An excellent book. Though it requires some knowledge to OR, Statistics and OM to understand. A thoroughly enjoyable book, excellent end of chapter questions. Ideal to be used as a text book. The sildes that the author uses to teach in available on the web, and can be used by anybody desirous of using this book as a base text book.

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Intended for courses in Business Process Management and/or Modeling in the School of Business or a Department of Industrial Engineering or Engineering Management. It could also be used in a Business Simulation course, because a sizable portion of the book is devoted to discrete-event simulation.This book covers the design of business processes from a broad quantitative modeling perspective. The text presents a multitude of analytical tools that can be used to model, analyze, understand and ultimately, to design business processes. The range of topics in this text include graphical flowcharting tools, deterministic models for cycle time analysis and capacity decisions, analytical queuing methods, as well as the use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for benchmarking purposes. And a major portion of the book is devoted to simulation modeling using a state of the art discrete-event simulation package.

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Modeling for Insight: A Master Class for Business Analysts Review

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(More customer reviews)i am currently in the middle of the book and so far i can say i received my money's worth..
while the book might not be teaching any new concept.. the book takes you - thru a simple methodology - into how to tackle a problem.. then how to solve it.. Well, the authors do not like the word "solve" since most of what we want here is insight and not a solution for a mathematical equation..
an added benefit of the book is that you do not need to be a math or statistics guy to read - and then use - the whole book. the same goes for excel.. further, the website provides you with additional tools like the Tornado tool for quick results..
I am a Business Intelligence and analytics consultant and being an advocate of structured thinking - without painting with numbers as I have seen many organization, i find the methodology in the book very well accepted when you take the customer into a real-life problem and how to better decide..
when building Business Intelligence Competency Center's in financial sectors or telco, you find many of those armed with a data warehouse and many many database admin's who can link data to get you results.. however very few how have disciplined approaches in deriving insight from the many many reports that usually end in the dust-bin..
if you are building decision or predictive models for clients and you need a way to demystify your approach.. this is definitely your book.. and a very good start for Quants (quantitative engineers or analysts)
I am using the methodology already for our company's clients, my personal investments..
[5-stars indeed]
a book worth reading before this book is "How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business".


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