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Data integration and business process models

ISC Chapter 7 · Area I · Blueprint I.B

This chapter closes Area I by putting the pieces together. Mr. Brooks wants to know which stores truly earn their keep, and the answer needs sales from the POS, hours from payroll, rent from the lease system and foot traffic from a vendor, all joined correctly. Then Dana asks why it takes nine days to pay a supplier, and Priya answers with a diagram. You will learn to combine data from different sources without losing or double counting anything, and to read flowcharts, data flow diagrams and BPMN models well enough to spot the bottleneck, the missing control and the step nobody needs.

In this chapter

1. Why combine data from different sources?
2. Making the sources fit together
3. Turning integrated data into decisions
4. Flowcharts and data flow diagrams
5. Reading BPMN diagrams
6. Finding improvements in a process model

This chapter has 6 lessons, 51 practice MCQs with explanations and 20 simulations, plus flashcards and a recall sheet.

What this chapter covers

• Combining data sources for analysis
• flowcharts, data flow diagrams and BPMN

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