Business Process Management (BPM) correct answers Overseeing how work is performed in an
organization to ensure consistent outcomes and take advantage of improvement opportunities.
Legacy Systems correct answers Outdated systems with limitations in today's business
environment.
Business Process correct answers A collection of inter-related events, activities, and decision
points involving actors and objects, leading to a valuable outcome for at least one customer.
Activity correct answers One single unit of work within a business process.
Event correct answers An atomic happening without duration within a business process.
Decision Point correct answers A point in time when a decision is made, affecting the way a
process is executed.
Actor correct answers Human actors, organizations, or software systems acting on behalf of
human actors or organizations within a business process.
Physical Object correct answers Equipment, materials, products, or paper documents involved in
a business process.
Immaterial Object correct answers Electronic documents and electronic records involved in a
business process.
Outcome correct answers The value delivered to the actors involved in a business process.
,Customer correct answers The actor who consumes the output of a business process, either
internal or external.
Process Thinking correct answers The approach of analyzing and managing entire chains of
events, activities, and decisions within an organization.
Ford Case Study correct answers A case study illustrating process improvement and the benefits
of process orientation.
Process Orientation correct answers Organizations focusing on managing and optimizing
business processes.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) correct answers A system incorporating numerous modules
to implement major business functions and store all related data in a consistent manner.
IT vs OT correct answers Information Technology vs Operational Technology, with OT directly
monitoring and controlling industrial equipment.
BPM Lifecycle correct answers The circular process of process identification, architecture,
discovery, analysis, implementation, redesign, monitoring, and controlling.
BPM Goals correct answers The specific objectives of BPM in different industries, such as
healthcare, finance, manufacturing, construction, and tool rental business.
Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) correct answers A graphical notation for
modeling business processes, including core elements like start, end, activity, gateway, event,
and sequence flow.
Start Event correct answers Triggers a new process instance in BPMN.
,End Event correct answers Signals the completion of a process instance in BPMN.
Activity (BPMN) correct answers Captures work performed in a process in BPMN.
Gateway (BPMN) correct answers Captures forking and joining paths in the control flow in
BPMN.
Sequence Flow correct answers Represents the order in which activities and events will be
performed in BPMN.
XOR Gateway correct answers Captures decision points and alternative flow merging in BPMN.
AND Gateway correct answers Provides a mechanism to create and synchronize parallel flows in
BPMN.
OR Gateway correct answers Provides a mechanism to create and synchronize n out of m
parallel flows in BPMN.
Enterprise Architecture correct answers Describes and controls an organization's structure,
processes, applications, and infrastructure in an integrated fashion.
Business Architecture Modeling correct answers Process of creating blueprints and principles for
new projects, such as Renaissance architecture's focus on symmetry, proportion, and regularity.
Sparx System correct answers Foundation explored in Lab 1.
Holistic View correct answers Comprehensive understanding of all components of an enterprise
working together to support the business.
, Disruptive Trends correct answers Economic, societal, political, and environmental changes
necessitating business transformation.
Disruptive Technologies correct answers Examples include internet, AI, e-commerce, social
networks, machine learning, IoT, augmented reality, and blockchain.
Resilient Enterprise correct answers Capable of proactively identifying and responding to
disruptive trends, providing innovative solutions.
Digital Transformation correct answers Introducing new ways to deliver value to customers and
providing competitive advantages.
ISO/IEC/IEEE FDIS 42010:2011 correct answers Standard defining fundamental concepts and
properties of a system in its environment.
Stakeholder correct answers Individual, team, or organization with interests in, or concerns
relative to, a system.
Enterprise correct answers Collection of organizations with common goals and/or a single
bottom line.
Enterprise Architecture Characteristics correct answers At the level of an entire organization,
capturing the essentials of the business, IT, and its evolution.
Architecture Description Lifecycle correct answers Process for creation and maintenance of
architecture product.
Internal Drivers correct answers Factors like IT-business alignment and realizing strategy that
influence enterprise architecture.