Authors:
Daniela Giordano
and
Francesco Maiorana
Affiliation:
University of Catania, Italy
Keyword(s):
Business Process Modeling, Workflow Modeling, Petri Nets, Swim Lanes, Novice Errors, MS SharePoint.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Computer-Supported Education
;
Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment
;
Project Based Learning and Engineering Education
Abstract:
In this work we describe a three-year teaching experience in an Information Systems course for a Management Engineering Master degree, where the course's focus was on business process modeling and on the technical aspects related to process implementation in a commercial software suite. In particular, we underwent a modeling shift from a Petri Nets description of concurrent processes to a full, business-process oriented methodology as proposed by Sharp and Mc Dermott (Sharp and McDermott, 2001) (Sharp and McDermott, 2008). This latter methodology was extended with additional data models, such Entity Life History, dealing with entities life cycle and dynamics. The students engaged in modeling the business processes of a real Small Medium Enterprise operating in the local area. The model was implemented using Microsoft Share Point, which affords a tight integration with databases such as Access or Microsoft SQL Server. A comparison of the adopted modeling strategies is presented, a
s well as common student errors in the design and implementation phase, together with some lessons learnt.
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