Computer Science 1032A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Business Process Model And Notation, Videotelephony

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1032A/B
• Professor: Diane Goldstein

Document Summary

Chapter 2 - business processes, information and decision making. Co. no longer look at just resumes (cid:224) search engines & social networking sites to gather info business process: network of: activities resources facilities and information that interact to achieve some business objective, aka business system, ex. Inventory management process (cid:224) tim hortons: inventory management system supports process by collecting information, inventory database keeps track of what customers have ordered and what is currently in inventory, as stocks hit a point (cid:224) reorder point, system lets manager know to order new supplies, to order (cid:224) manager creates purchase order (listing items ordered and quantity desired), purchase order sent to supplier, supplier receives purchase order (cid:224) ships goods and shipping invoice to restaurant, goods checked, placed in inventory, inventory database updated with q received, payment made business analyst: understand, model and redesign business process info system, modeling and design activities called system analysis and design.