Hi All,
Please help me,
I am a newbie in ARIS Architect, when I want to create EPC diagram there are several options, that is:
- EPC, EPC standard
- EPC (Column Display)
- EPC (Horizontal table display)
- EPC (Instance)
- EPC (Material Flow)
- EPC (Row Display)
- EPC (Table Display)
What are the uses and differences of each type other than how to display the diagram?
I see also some additional notations
Hi Fauziah Hasan,
The 'ARIS Method' Manual tell us that:
EPC Standard Events trigger functions and are the results of functions. By arranging events and functions in a sequence, so-called Event-driven process chains (EPCs) are created. An event-driven process chain (EPC) shows the chronological-logical operational sequence of a business process. EPC (material flow)In addition to the object types of an EPC, the following object types are available in the 'EPC (material flow)':
- Material type
- Packaging material type
- Operating resource type
- Operating resource
- Technical operating supply type
- Technical operating supply
- Warehouse equipment type
- Warehouse equipment
- Transport system type
- Transport system
The advantage is that this representation makes the EPC much easier to interpret. Organizational elements and application systems are placed in the diagram header. All other symbols are placed in the second row of each column.
A particular characteristic of all lane models (i.e., models that are modeled in columns and/or rows) is the automatic creation of invisible (implicit) relationships. For example, when you model application systems and functions, the implicit relationship 'supports' is automatically created in the default columns of the EPC (column display). Organizational elements and functions are implicitly connected by a 'carries out' relationship. The user may also add the following columns named after the implicit relationships:
- Contributes to
- Decides on
- Is IT responsible for
- Is technically responsible for
- Must be informed on cancellation
- Must inform about result of
- Must be informed about
- Accepts
- Has consulting role in
Hello Fauziah,
EPC describe process types that are expected to be executed repeatedly. The counterpart of a "type" is an "instance" of the type, which means a specific occurrence of a type. If you execute a process just once (e. g. a project) you have a singular process instance, which you might plan using EPC instance diagram. Note that though the symbols look familiar, they are different and also different object types are behind them.
Personally I have not seen this applied in practice, since there are more popular tools for project management.
Best regards, M. Zschuckelt