Process-Centric Architecture for Enterprise Software Systems

Chapter 4

Business Process Management

4.1 Objectives

■  To get introduced to BPM

■  To understand the concepts of BPM

■  To be aware of the various aspects of BPM

■  To understand the business part of BPM

■  To be aware of the life cycles of a business process

■  To get the big picture of PCA

■  To understand what a BPMS is

4.2 What Is BPM?

Business process management (BPM) is about business processes and their management, to put it in simple words. There is a strong philosophy behind BPM, which is that business processes are the core assets of enterprises. And, business processes are central to any activity or exercise done with the objective of improving business performance. BPM is also expanded by some as business process ...