Why do we need Business process modelling and modelling frameworks?
The modelling of business processes is vital not only for business process management but also for implementation of enterprise systems. Even when we think of implementing of the enterprise system we have to deal with models. We have the current situation models, we have the reference model as provided by the vendor, we have the best business practice models and using these we come up with the to-be model. Thus we have to deal with models even in the context of enterprise system implementation which might be thought of as a lifecycle that fits in within the lifecycle of business process management. Process modelling has especially come into vogue in the recent past when we have focussed all our energies on cross-functional, integrated information systems that span the entire organisation. In the past when we had monolithic applications which catered just for activities that went on within one single department or unit the need for modelling processes wasnt as high. It was only the indu
