EBC6230 –Business Process Management Technologies and Applications

Dr. Peyton is the instructor for EBC6230.

There is a Facebook group for all E-Business students that is a useful resource for staying connected. 

There is an E-Business Student Resources page as well.

 

There is significant group work in this course. Please read this article for guidelines on how to work and communicate respectfully with others.

 

In case of emergency on campus call 4511 for Protection Services … they will call 911 directly if it is needed (911 does not work on campus).

Be safe at night on campus. 

There is a free student-run service offered on campus to ensure that no one has to walk to or from class on their own.

Lecture Room:

            Winter Semester 2016

            Friday 16:00 – 19:00, SITE 2060

            First Lecture: Friday, February 26

Office Hours

            Prof. Liam Peyton       SITE 5-074     Wednesday 11:30 – 13:00      Email: lpeyton@site.uottawa.ca

            Hao Han             SITE 4-010      TBD      Email: hao.han@uottawa.ca

Text Books & Course Materials

The course will include a significant lab portion, including tutorials and assignments and project. 

There is a self-guiding wiki for the lab.

https://github.com/uoForms/ebc6230-bpm/wiki 

 

In addition, the following are recommended but not required.  They are available online.

 

Business Process Management: Concepts, Languages, Architectures (Second Edition)

Mathias Weske: Business Process Management: Concepts, Languages, Architectures 
2nd ed. 2012, XV, 403 p. 300 illus. Hardcover ISBN 978-3-642-28615-5
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012, 
Springer Link 

http://bpm-book.com/BpmBook/WebHome  

 

IBM Websphere BPM Reference

Kolban’s Book on IBM Business Process Management, December, 2014

http://neilkolban.com/ibm/

 

IBM Community Wiki
This has been closed .. but here are some useful links:

https://developer.ibm.com/bpm/

API documentation such as the Javascript api and the REST api can be found in the IBM BPM Knowledgecenter.

            http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFPJS_8.5.5/com.ibm.wbpm.main.doc/kc-homepage-bpm.html?lang=en

The community assets created by IBMers are under their own name like

Ryan Cox's moblie work https://hub.jazz.net/user/ryancox

and Neils fantastic toolkits https://hub.jazz.net/user/kolban

Others are under the spcommunity IBM id.

Coach view examples - https://hub.jazz.net/project/spcommunity/bpm-CoachViewExamples/overview

ECM examples https://hub.jazz.net/project/spcommunity/bpm-ECM-examples/overview

 

Course Work

Students will be organized into groups of four for the purposes of their assignments, project work and presentations.

Students will be graded individually on their test, demo and a self-assessment survey filled out by their group.  They will also receive a group grade for the assignments and implementation of the project.

The assignments and project are described here:

https://github.com/uoForms/ebc6230-bpm/wiki

 Grading Scheme

Assignments

30%

Assignment 1 (Group)

10

Assignment 2 (Group)

10

 

 

Assignment 3 (Group)

10

Test

25%

Test 1 (Individual)

25

Project

30%

Implementation

20

Demo (Individual)

10

Group Self-Assessment

10%

Questionnaire (Individual)

10

Attendance

5%

Attendance (Individual)

5

Calendar Description:

EBC6230 BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS (1.5cr.)

Introduction to Business Process Management Technologies. Review of the latest concepts for using technology to improve performance of business processes. Analysis of advances in Internet-enabled B2B and enterprise business models with emphasis on service-oriented and event-driven architecture. Example applications from supply chain management, order processing, and health care process management will be studied.

 

 Class Schedule:

Class 1

26-Feb-16

Intro to BPM ,

tutorials and lab

Class 2

4-Mar-16

Assignment 1 due

BPM and SOA,

tutorials and lab

Class 3

11-Mar-16

Assignment2 due

BPM and Quality Assurance,

tutorials and lab

Class 4

18-Mar-16

Assignment 3 due

Electronic Supply Chain Management,

RFID Technology, RFID Primer,

 project and lab

Class 5

1-Apr-16

Healthcare Case Study,

Test Review,

project and lab

Class 6

8-Apr-16

Test 1

In-Class Test,

project and lab

Demos 

12-Apr -16

Project due

 Project Demos,

Group Self-Assessment