BPM starts with grasping improvement of workflow (process model). Please benefit from the following process improvement activity story.

  • Episode 1: How to draw a Business Process Diagram?
  • Episode 2: What kinds of business can we kaizen (improve) remarkably?
  • Episode 3: How to Exercise Knowledge Management under Application Control?
  • Episode 4: How to Balance Productivity Improvement and Acquisition of Customers' Trust?

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Table of contents

Episode 1: How to draw a Business Process Diagram?

  • 1-1. I wonder what "Business Flow Diagrams" refers to ...
  • 1-2. Go back or forward; "Decision"
  • 1-3. Better leave it to a specialist.
  • 1-4. Tons of Loops
  • 1-5. After many twists and turns...
  • 1-6. Want to refer to previous data
  • 1-7. Application control by BPM software
  • 1-8. In addition, after that...

Episode 2: What kinds of business can we kaizen (improve) remarkably?

  • 2-1. Originality Rather Than Cooperativeness…
  • 2-2. Points to Manage
  • 2-3. Advice to a Proposal
  • 2-4. Not All Proposals Require Advice
  • 2-5. Cooperativeness Is Also Important
  • 2-6. Proposal Basis? Or Project Basis?
  • 2-7. Improve Reusability of Proposals
  • 2-8. Grasp the Important Point

Episode 3: How to Execise Knowledge Management under Application Control?

  • 3-1. Meaning of Inquiries from Customers…
  • 3-2. Also Inquiries within the Company
  • 3-3. Formulated Recording of Responses
  • 3-4. Start with Resolving Lack of Information
  • 3-5. If No One Knows, Create Information
  • 3-6. Drafts by Two People Is Better Than Ones by One Person
  • 3-7. Discussion on Organization Policy Triggered by an Inquiry
  • 3-8. Establishment of Consensus

Episode 4: How to Balance Productivity Improvement and Acquisition of Customers' Trust?

  • 4-1. System Integrator
  • 4-2. Complaints of Entrusters
  • 4-3. Contents of Tests
  • 4-4. Explicit Specification and Implicit Specification
  • 4-5. Specification Management
  • 4-6. Revision Control
  • 4-7. Besides Specification Determination and Acceptance Inspection
  • 4-8. Timing to Brush Up a Process Itself