Information System of Masaryk University 

Course Information

PV165 Process Management

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Jaroslav Ráček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ján Sulin (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dalibor Toth (seminar tutor)

Supervisor

prof. RNDr. Luděk Matyska, CSc.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications - Faculty of Informatics
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of Computer Systems and Communications - Faculty of Informatics

Timetable

Tue 8:00–8:50 D3

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

PV165/01 Fri 9:00–9:50 B311, J. Sulin, D. Toth
PV165/02 Fri 10:00–10:50 B311, J. Sulin, D. Toth
PV165/03 Fri 11:00–11:50 B311, J. Sulin, D. Toth

Prerequisites

The basic knowledge of software engineering principles and techniques.

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 90 student(s).
Current registration and enrollment status: enrolled: 34/90, only registered: 0/90, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/90

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

there are 42 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to understand the process management and workflow systems;
to learn to plan, execute and monitor business processes;
to learn to estimate, control and optimize the process time, cost and quality.

Syllabus

• History, Process Management, Business Processes.
• Workflow, Workflow System, Workflow Reference Model.
• Workflow Enactment Service (WES).
• Workflow Application Programming Interface & Interchange (WAPI).
• Process Definition Tools (PDT), Workflow Process Model.
• User and Application Interfaces and Communication.
• Communication with other Workflow Systems.
• Administration and Monitoring.
• Process Efficiency Determination.
• Process Simulation.
• Process Optimisation, CPI, BPR.
• BPMN (Business Process Modelling Notation).
• BPEL (Business Process Execution Language).
• Using UML for Process Modeling.
• CASE Tools of Process Modeling.
• Commercial Workflow Products.
• Workflow Standards.
• Workflow Application Development, Project Management.

Literature

• FIALA, Josef and Jan MINISTR. Průvodce analýzou a modelováním procesů. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita, 2003. 109 s. ISBN 80-248-0500-6. info
• Workflow handbook 2004 :published in association with the workflow management coalition. Edited by Layna Fischer. Lighthouse Point: Future strategies, 2004. 381 s. ISBN 0-9703509-6-1. info
• RÁČEK, Jaroslav, Jan MINISTR and Josef FIALA. Monitoring workflow systémů veřejné správy (Monitoring of administrative workflow systems). In Firma a konkurenční prostředí 2005. Brno: KONVOJ, 2005. p. 65-75, 11 pp. ISBN 80-7302-097-1. info
• RÁČEK, Jaroslav. Workflow správních procesů v oblasti životního prostředí. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, Fakulta informatiky, 2002. 152 s. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars, group projects.

Assessment methods

Final written exam.

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.

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