{"product_id":"fundamentals-of-business-process-management-9783642331428","title":"Fundamentals of Business Process Management","description":"\u003cp\u003eBusiness Process Management (BPM) is the art and science of how work should be performed in an organization in order to ensure consistent outputs and to take advantage of improvement opportunities  e.g. reducing costs  execution times or error rates. Importantly  BPM is not about improving the way individual activities are performed  but rather about managing entire chains of events  activities and decisions that ultimately produce added value for an organization and its customers. This textbook encompasses the entire BPM lifecycle  from process identification to process monitoring  covering along the way process modelling  analysis  redesign and automation. Concepts  methods and tools from business management  computer science and industrial engineering are blended into one comprehensive and inter-disciplinary approach. The presentation is illustrated using the BPMN industry standard defined by the Object Management Group and widely endorsed by practitioners and vendors worldwide. In addition to explaining the relevant conceptual background  the book provides dozens of examples  more than 100 hands-on exercises  many with solutions  as well as numerous suggestions for further reading. The textbook is the result of many years of combined teaching experience of the authors  both at the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as in the context of professional training. Students and professionals from both business management and computer science will benefit from the step-by-step style of the textbook and its focus on fundamental concepts and proven methods. Lecturers will appreciate the class-tested format and the additional teaching material available on the accompanying website fundamentals-of-bpm.org.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651617939509,"sku":"ByrdShop_3642331424","price":235.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783642331428.jpg?v=1781836498","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/fundamentals-of-business-process-management-9783642331428","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}