Application development with business process tools

Okolje, v katerem živimo danes, je za organizacije vse bolj kompleksno in konkurenčno. Izzivi, zahteve po prilagajanju in optimizaciji, s katerimi se srečujejo današnje organizacije, se razlikujejo od izzivov in zahtev, s katerimi so se srečevale organizacije v preteklosti. Od organizacij v današnjem času se zahteva, da so fleksibilna in temeljijo na znanju in ustvarjalnosti zaposlenih. Obvladovanje poslovnih procesov je ena ključnih konkurenčnih prednosti današnjih organizacij. V majhnih in srednje velikih organizacijah je to področje največkrat zanemarjeno in služi le kot osnova za pridobivanje najrazličnejših certifikatov. Organizacije se v večini zelo zavedajo pomena obvladovanja svojih poslovnih procesov, vendar je za to potrebno precej časa in sredstev. V magistrski nalogi smo predstavili pregled razvoja popisov poslovnih procesov, metodologij in produktov skozi čas in razvoj. Cilj magistrske naloge je prikazati, kako lahko organizacije s pomočjo modernih orodij, ki so bila na začetku zasnovana za popise procesov, razvijejo lastne aplikacije, s katerimi enostavno obvladujejo poslovne procese, imajo dokumentirane poslovne procese, merijo poslovne procese, in ne nazadnje, jim služijo kot osnova za izboljšanje in preoblikovanje poslovnih procesov. V nalogi sta podrobneje predstavljena dva brezplačna produkta, ProcessMaker in Bonitasoft. Predstavljeni so koraki za implementacijo ter dobre prakse uvedbe tovrstnih produktov. S pomočjo brezplačnih aplikacij lahko danes podjetja naredijo velik korak pri obvladovanju svojih poslovnih procesov, potrebno je le zagotoviti človeške resurse in management mora biti temu naklonjen.Today’s environment is becoming increasingly complex and competitive from the organization’s perspective. The challenges and adaptation and optimization needs which today’s organizations have are different from the challenges and needs which organizations had in the past. Today’s organizations are expected to be flexible and to have their operations built around the knowledge and creativity of its employees. Business process management is a key competitive advantage of today’s organizations. In small and medium-sized organizations, this area is often ignored and simply serves as a basis for obtaining various certificates. Most organizations are acutely aware of the importance of managing their business processes, but this requires a great deal of time and resources. This master’s thesis presents an overview of the development of business process documentation, methodologies and products through time. The aim of the present thesis is to show how organizations can use modern tools, which were originally designed for process documentation, to develop their own applications in order to help them simplify their business process management, document their business processes, measure their effects, and finally to provide a foundation for improving and redesigning their business processes. The thesis includes a detailed presentation of two freeware products, ProcessMaker and Bonitasoft, with steps for implementation and best practices in introducing these types of products. With the aid of freeware applications, today’s companies are able to make significant progress in the management of their business processes, where they must simply add the necessary human resources and support from the management