COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSES AND MODELING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENM 5042 BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSES AND MODELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ADIL BAYKASOĞLU

Offered to

M.Sc. Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT- NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM)
Metallurgical and Material Engineering

Course Objective

Teaching business process analyses and modeling to students with theoretical, computer software and practical applications. In this course the business process modeling technique will be thought through case studies and practical projects. In the course, process modeling methodology, process modeling constructs, process charting, process flow concepts, modeling strategies, data modeling, performance analyses and all related issues will be covered through a business process modeling and simulation software like SIMPROCESS.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   This course is expected to help the student to learn basic principles of business process analyses and modeling.
2   To enable students to analyze and model business processes.
3   To enable students to analyze and model business processes in computer environments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Understanding Business Processes
2 The Define Stage - Framing the Process
3 Modeling the Business - Intro to Business Architecture
4 Process Modeling with SIMPROCESS: basics
5 Process Modeling with SIMPROCESS: intermediate concepts-1
6 Process Modeling with SIMPROCESS: intermediate concepts-2
7 Process Modeling with SIMPROCESS: advanced concepts
8 Modeling Business Processes - Getting Started (with SIMPROCESS)
9 Modeling Business Processes - Nuts & Bolts (with SIMPROCESS)
10 Process Measurement Foundation (with SIMPROCESS)
11 Analyzing As-is; Designing the To-be (with SIMPROCESS)
12 Midterm-1
13 Requirements Analysis and Service Oriented Architectures
14 Case study presentations and discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Simulation Modeling Methods: To Reduce Risks and Increase Performance (with SIMPROCESS), H. Harrington, K. Tümay, Tata McGrawHill, 2000
2-Business Modeling: A Practical Guide to Realizing Business Value, D.M. Bridgeland, R. Zahavi, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,2009
3-Essential Business Process Modeling, Michael Havey, O'Reilly Publications, 2005.
4- Instructor s notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Class presentations, case studies and practical applications

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

% 25 first midterm, %25 project presentations, %50 final exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.Adil Baykasoğlu
+90 232 301 76 00

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1232
LO.2232
LO.3232