ARIS Design Platform : Advanced Process Modelling and Administration

ARIS is ranked as the leading Business Process Modelling tool in the Gartner Quadrant for Business Process Analysis and Optimization. The ARIS Design Platform is being used as a business process management (BPM) tool for projects in BPM, quality management, business analysis and design, software development, implementation of service-oriented architectures and so forth. Following on from Rob Davis’ successful introductory text, __ARIS Design Platform: Getting Started with BPM__, this new book covers in detail some of the more advanced concepts of using ARIS Business Architect in the new ARIS 7 Design Platform. Written in a reader-friendly style, it contains detailed explanations of key concepts combined with numerous examples, hints and tips gained from many years of practical experience of using ARIS. Topics covered include: • The Matrix Editor • Find and Query • Model Generation • Method Filters and Method Changes • Templates and Fonts • Reports, Semantic Checks and Macros • Database Administration • The Symbol Editor • 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. More information can be found at www.rob-davis.co.uk. Rob Davis works for British Telecommunications Plc. He has practical knowledge of working with ARIS in industry for over ten years and has already authored two very successful texts on ARIS - __Business Process Modelling with ARIS: A Practical Guide__ and __ARIS Design Platform: Getting Started with BPM__.

ARIS is ranked as the leading Business Process Modelling tool in the Gartner Quadrant for Business Process Analysis and Optimization. The ARIS Design Platform is being used as a business process management (BPM) tool for projects in BPM, quality management, business analysis and design, software development, implementation of service-oriented architectures and so forth.

Following on from Rob Davis’ successful introductory text, ARIS Design Platform: Getting Started with BPM, this new book covers in detail some of the more advanced concepts of using ARIS Business Architect in the new ARIS 7 Design Platform. Written in a reader-friendly style, it contains detailed explanations of key concepts combined with numerous examples, hints and tips gained from many years of practical experience of using ARIS. Topics covered include:

• The Matrix Editor

• Find and Query

• Model Generation

• Method Filters and Method Changes

• Templates and Fonts

• Reports, Semantic Checks and Macros

• Database Administration

• The Symbol Editor

• 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.

More information can be found at www.rob-davis.co.uk.

Rob Davis works for British Telecommunications Plc. He has practical knowledge of working with ARIS in industry for over ten years and has already authored two very successful texts on ARIS - Business Process Modelling with ARIS: A Practical Guide and ARIS Design Platform: Getting Started with BPM.

ARIS is ranked as the leading Business Process Modelling tool in the Gartner Quadrant for Business Process Analysis and Optimization. The ARIS Design Platform is being used as a business process management (BPM) tool for projects in BPM, quality management, business analysis and design, software development, implementation of service-oriented architectures and so forth. Following on from Rob Davis’ successful introductory text, ARIS Design Platform: Getting Started with BPM , this new book covers in detail some of the more advanced concepts of using ARIS Business Architect in the new ARIS 7 Design Platform. Written in a reader-friendly style, it contains detailed explanations of key concepts combined with numerous examples, hints and tips gained from many years of practical experience of using ARIS. Topics covered include: • The Matrix Editor • Find and Query • Model Generation • Method Filters and Method Changes • Templates and Fonts • Reports, Semantic Checks and Macros • Database Administration • The Symbol Editor • 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. More information can be found at www.rob-davis.co.uk. Rob Davis works for British Telecommunications Plc. He has practical knowledge of working with ARIS in industry for over ten years and has already authored two very successful texts on ARIS - Business Process Modelling with ARIS: A Practical Guide and ARIS Design Platform: Getting Started with BPM . 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. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Introduction....Pages 1-8 Before You Start Modelling....Pages 9-16 Process Capture and Modelling....Pages 17-35 The Matrix Editor....Pages 37-63 Find and Query....Pages 65-94 Model Generation....Pages 95-120 Modelling in Rows and Columns....Pages 121-139 Modelling Process Variants....Pages 141-153 ARIS Evaluations....Pages 155-186 Database Administration....Pages 187-235 User Administration....Pages 237-259 Configuring the ARIS Method....Pages 261-286 The Symbol Editor....Pages 287-302 Method Filters and Evaluation Filters....Pages 303-329 Defining and Using Templates....Pages 331-353 Administration Reports....Pages 355-374 Model Verification....Pages 375-392 Back Matter....Pages 393-408 ARIS is ranked as the leading Business Process Modelling tool in the Gartner Quadrant for Business Process Analysis and Optimization. The ARIS Design Platform is being used as a business process management (BPM) tool for projects in BPM, quality management, business analysis and design, software development, implementation of service-oriented architectures and so forth. Following on from Rob Davisa (TM) successful introductory text, ARIS Design Platform: Getting Started with BPM, this new book covers in detail some of the more advanced concepts of using ARIS Business Architect in the new ARIS