The main topic of this diploma thesis is process management and Business Process reengineering (BPR) and applied research of this concept in a particular company. In the theoretical part at first I define the concept of process and process management, which I then develop with BPR. In addition, the basic methodologies, including metadata of modeling a business process analysis (MMABP) are defined and described. I also present the modeling language Unifield Modeling Language (UML), Eriksson-Penker notation and the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN). On the basis of this theoretical part, I implement applied research in a specific research area.

A core aspect of diagrammatic process modeling is the visualization of the logical and temporal order in which tasks are to be performed in a process. While conventions and guidelines exist that promote modeling processes from left-to-right or from top-to-bottom, no empirically validated design rationale can be provided for this choice so far. Therefore, this paper seeks to determine whether some flow directions are better than others from a cognitive point of view. We present the results of a controlled pilot experiment comparing the effects of four flow directions (left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top) on process model comprehension with a small sample size of 44 participants. Although there is a variety of theoretical arguments which support the use of a left-to-right flow direction as convention for process models, the preliminary empirical results of the pilot experiment were less clear-cut and showed that model readers also adapted well to uncommon reading directions.

This diploma thesis deals with model of project realization within the bank. It is divided into theoretical and practical parts which complement each other. The first part, the theoretical one, is focused on defining theoretical assumptions about the business process', modelling, project and key performance indicators. The practical part includes the determination of project realization course, its comparison with established standards and subsequently designs of business process model. Along with the designed model there are set appropriate key performance indicators which are compared with ITIL and Prince 2 approaches. These three components of practical part meet the goal of the whole thesis.

The main aim of this study is to investigate human understanding of process models and to develop an improved understanding of its relevant influence factors. Aided by assumptions from cognitive psychology, this article attempts to address specific deductive reasoning difficulties based on process models. The authors developed a research model to capture the influence of two effects on the cognitive difficulty of reasoning tasks: (i) the presence of different control-flow patterns (such as conditional or parallel execution) in a process model and (ii) the interactivity of model elements. Based on solutions to 61 different reasoning tasks by 155 modelers, the results from this study indicate that the presence of certain control-flow patterns influences the cognitive difficulty of reasoning tasks. In particular, sequence is relatively easy, while loops in a model proved difficult. Modelers with higher process modeling knowledge performed better and rated subjective difficulty of loops lower than modelers with lower process modeling knowledge. The findings additionally support the prediction that interactivity between model elements is positively related to the cognitive difficulty of reasoning. Our research contributes to both academic literature on the comprehension of process models and practitioner literature focusing on cognitive difficulties when using process models.

This research focuses on the design and verification of inter-organizational controls. Instead of looking at a documentary procedure, which is the flow of documents and data among the parties, the research examines the underlying deontic purpose of the procedure, the so-called deontic process, and identifies control requirements to secure this purpose. The vision of the research is a formal theory for streamlining bureaucracy in business and government procedures. Underpinning most inter-organizational procedures are deontic relations, which are about rights and obligations of the parties. When all parties trust each other, they are willing to fulfill their obligations and honor the counter parties’ rights; thus controls may not be needed. The challenge is in cases where trust may not be assumed. In these cases, the parties need to rely on explicit controls to reduce their exposure to the risk of opportunism. However, at present there is no analytic approach or technique to determine which controls are needed for a given contracting or governance situation. The research proposes a formal method for deriving inter-organizational control requirements based on static analysis of deontic relations and dynamic analysis of deontic changes. The formal method will take a deontic process model of an inter-organizational transaction and certain domain knowledge as inputs to automatically generate control requirements that a documentary procedure needs to satisfy in order to limit fraud potentials. The deliverables of the research include a formal representation namely Deontic Petri Nets that combine multiple modal logics and Petri nets for modeling deontic processes, a set of control principles that represent an initial formal theory on the relationships between deontic processes and documentary procedures, and a working prototype that uses model checking technique to identify fraud potentials in a deontic process and generate control requirements to limit them. Fourteen scenarios of two well-known international payment procedures -- cash in advance and documentary credit -- have been used to test the prototype. The results showed that all control requirements stipulated in these procedures could be derived automatically.

Thesis presents author's view to principles of business process management (BPM) and the process approach to the description of business processes. The main contribution made by this thesis is subsequent practical application of all principles to particular company in tourism - asistence service. Objectives of this thesis were achieved through studying theoretical resources and use of practical experience.

In the first part of the diploma thesis is described the relevant theory of the Business Process Management which is fundamental background for the practical second part of the thesis. The theoretic part contains of a general description of the Business Process Management and a description of the BPM design phases, such as planning, analyzing, designing, and implementing. The second part of the diploma thesis focuses on the design of the Business Process Management in GfK Praha, s.r.o. First the company is introduced globally as well as locally. Afterwards the local branch is analyzed by real data and especially by many structural interviews with GfK employees. Most importantly, based on the workshops with the cooperative employees, there are designed new processes into the connected process maps.

The thesis, entitled "Six Sigma and improvement of the specific financial control" deals with the Six Sigma methodology in general in theoretical part. It defines the method, the objectives of its establishment, its history, next, theoretical part covers key aspects of Six Sigma, its principles and benefits, tools, management responsibilities for Six Sigma, the COQ in terms of Six Sigma philosophy and most important, the DMAIC methodology, which combines theoretical and empirical part of the project. Practical part illustrates the use of Six Sigma, mainly the process of DMAICR method for ongoing project of the accounting department of financial headquarter of no - named international company operating in Slovakia, which aims to improve the reconciliation process of the Hypotax account as the reason of identifying the weaknesses and significant deficiencies in the process.

The present diploma thesis aims at introducing the Enterprise Architecture and creating an abstract model of a company. The primary focus is on application and process layers as defined in the architecture framework TOGAF. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical chapter starts with a business model analysis which means to describe mission vision and companys values as a part of the strategy framework. Furthermore the business processes are described in the latter part of this section. This chapter attempts to explain how to map a business process and to categorize it by nature and maturity level. Penultimate chapter introduces the Enterprise Architecture in general. This section includes arguments as to why the companies should be concerned with the Enterprise Architecture advantages of the Enterprise Architecture implementation into the companys documentation relationship of companys core business and IT and examples of the Enterprise Architecture frameworks. The last chapter deals with the TOGAF framework where Architecture Development Method is described. This means how Enterprise Architecture model is created and how to implement changes into the layers according to the TOGAF framework. Simultaneously the last section of this chapter describes the reference models which provide graphical overview of all abstractions layers. The practical part of the thesis elaborates on the theoretical part using the Architecture Development Method process in order to create the Enterprise Architecture model according to TOGAF framework. Same as the theoretical part it only focuses on the application and process layer. Firstly the business model is decomposed into vision mission and companys values to the companys strategy and business goals in order to grasp further understanding of business processes detailed description. Subsequently the abovementioned aspects are recomposed to create process map which provides the management overview. The application layer undergoes the same process; nonetheless the process map is replaced by information system description and reference model creation. Once the models are created the thesis compares them with the business and strategic goals. The benefit brought by this thesis is critical evaluation of current status to propose changes to achieve target architacture according business and strategic goals established by management.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-07-12T13:04:46Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Dissertacao_MarcosSoutoJr_CIN_UFPE_2016.pdf: 4183341 bytes, checksum: e7c3f911daf2d3d049848418d269b87a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-12T13:04:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Dissertacao_MarcosSoutoJr_CIN_UFPE_2016.pdf: 4183341 bytes, checksum: e7c3f911daf2d3d049848418d269b87a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-23 / Este trabalho objetivou entender a adoção de abordagens ágeis em BPM através da utilização do método da revisão sistemática da literatura (RSL), coletando e selecionando estudos publicados em importantes meios científicos relacionados à área, que respondessem às questões de pesquisa definidas para este fim. Após a seleção dos trabalhos, uma primeira análise foi realizada, resultando na identificação e classificação destes estudos em seis tipos de abordagens entre os estudos primários da RSL, que facilitaram a coleta e a interpretação dos dados obtidos posteriormente durante a aplicação do protocolo de pesquisa. A aplicação do protocolo permitiu a síntese das respostas às questões de pesquisa, que formaram um panorama das abordagens ágeis em BPM, esclarecendo as motivações para a sua utilização, as etapas do ciclo BPM as quais são aplicáveis, a forma de implantação, as principais características, as ferramentas e arquiteturas de sistema que as apoiam, os seus benefícios e desafios. A pesquisa buscou colaborar com o desenvolvimento do gerenciamento de processos de negócio através da construção de um conhecimento que possa ser incorporado aos futuros projetos de implantação e propõe a realização de pesquisas aplicadas relacionadas ao tema para aprofundar o entendimento e consolidar a importância das abordagens ágeis no contexto de BPM. / This study aimed to understand the adoption of agile approaches in BPM by using a systematic review, collecting and selecting studies published in important scientific sources related to the area, to answer the research questions set for this purpose. After a first analysis, the studies were classified into six types of approaches, which facilitated the collection and interpretation of data subsequently obtained during the application of the research protocol. The application of the protocol enabled the synthesis of the answers to research questions, which formed an overview of agile approaches in BPM, explaining the reasons for their use, in which stages of the BPM life cycle they are applicable, how to implement them, the main features, tools and system architectures that support them, their benefits and challenges. The research sought to collaborate with the development of business process management by building a knowledge that can be incorporated into future project implementation and proposes new applied research related to the theme to consolidate the importance of agile approaches in BPM context.