Summary
In this chapter, we looked at the importance of business processes. We discussed why understanding business process is crucial for each organization. Modeling business processes is an important step towards understanding them. We have seen that business processes can be modeled at different levels of detail. Once modeled, such process models can be used for automation. Also, business processes should be optimized over time.
However, focusing on a single business process is not enough. Therefore, it is essential to design the business architecture, which provides the big-picture insight into an organizational structure. We have also seen that the business architecture should be considered as a part of the bigger enterprise architecture. ...
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