2019-2020 / INFO9001-2

Digital Transformation, Business Processes

Duration

22h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in economics and business management4 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...)4 crédits 

Lecturer

Samedi Heng

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

In today's business environment, Business Processes are essential for every company and organization. They provide a better understanding of how businesses work and provide better services/values to their customers. Hammer & Champy's define a business process as " a collection of activities that takes one or more kinds of input and creates an output that is of value to the customer". In other words, the business processes are the business of the company and organization.
This course mainly covers the following topics:


  • Business Process Identification
  • Modeling As-is process with BPMN 2.0
  • Business Process Analysis
  • Business Process Redesign with BPMN 2.0 (To-be process)
  • Business Process automation with a Business Process Management Systems (e.g. Bizagi)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

In the end of this course, students will have developed different knowledge and skills related to Business Process. In particular, they will be:

  • Able to identify As-is process
  • Able to model Business Processes with BPMN 2.0
  • Able to identify the bottleneck of a Business Process
  • Able to improve the performance et effectiveness of a Business Process and able to model the To-be process
  • Able to implement and automate a business process of the organization with a Business Process Management Systems

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

  • INFO0076 or INFO0074
  • Erasmus students must contact the professor by email before registering.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  • Project based learning: a group of 6 students work on a case. Students need to deliver a written report and an oral presentation. 
  • Flipped classroom: students are invited to follow some MOOCs before some LABs
  • Some individual works are marked. 

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Lecture, LABs, Project of a group of 6 students, MOOCs on BPMN and Bizagi, Business Process Automation with Bizagi.

Recommended or required readings

Dumas, M., La Rosa, M., Mendling, J., Reijers, H. Fundamentals of Business Process Management. 2nd Edition.  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-56509-4

Assessment methods and criteria

  • Final exam: 50%
  • Project: 40%
  • Individual work: 10%

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

  • Final exam: 50%
  • Project: 40%
  • Individual work: 10%

Assessment methods

Oral exam. 

Contacts

  • Samedi Heng (samedi.heng@uliege.be)