Transforming the Process Modeling scene: Introducing Data Augmented Process Modeling

In the ever-changing business environment, staying competitive requires efficiency. At QPR, we continually adapt to our customers’ evolving needs. In this blog, we unveil the newest advancement: Data Augmented Process Modeling. This innovation, integrated into the Digital Twin of an Organisation suite, aims to revolutionise the Process Modeling landscape by seamlessly combining the best practices of Process Modeling and Process Mining methods.

Process Modeling Evolution

Reflecting on the first encounter with professional process modeling software, the user recalls a journey spanning over two decades. While the tools have evolved, becoming sleeker with enhanced features, the fundamental concept remains unchanged—a canvas for creation and a palette of symbols to convey ideas.

Around 2010, a shift towards automating process modeling through transactional data from IT systems emerged. This ambitious vision gave rise to process mining, a valuable tool providing profound insights into processes by analysing operational data. Despite the advent of process mining, traditional process modeling software remains a fundamental cornerstone among the essential tools for optimising business processes.

With a front-row view of the evolution of both process modeling and process mining landscapes, QPR has closely followed market changes, customer needs, and the challenges and shortcomings of different technologies. Armed with this comprehensive understanding, QPR is driven to go beyond the status quo and address the evolving landscape of process improvement tools.

Process Modeling and Process Mining users are often living in isolation

Until recently, Process Modeling and Process Mining methods were often siloed, even within the same organisation, resulting in missed opportunities for collaboration. This separation hindered efforts to enhance efficiency and reduce costs, as process modelers lacked real-time performance data and struggled with adapting to changes in specific processes. On the other hand, process mining users faced challenges with dynamic processes that didn’t always leave clear digital footprints, limiting their analysis.

Recognising the need to bridge this gap for accurately depicting current workflows and designing efficient operating models, an innovative solution emerged last year. The solution, known as Data Augmented Process Modeling, combines the strengths of both worlds, offering a promising approach. This innovation is on track to revolutionise the process modeling landscape.

Process Modeling Evolution

Reflecting on the first encounter with professional process modeling software, the user recalls a journey spanning over two decades. While the tools have evolved, becoming sleeker with enhanced features, the fundamental concept remains unchanged—a canvas for creation and a palette of symbols to convey ideas.

Around 2010, a shift towards automating process modeling through transactional data from IT systems emerged. This ambitious vision gave rise to process mining, a valuable tool providing profound insights into processes by analysing operational data. Despite the advent of process mining, traditional process modeling software remains a fundamental cornerstone among the essential tools for optimising business processes.

With a front-row view of the evolution of both process modeling and process mining landscapes, QPR has closely followed market changes, customer needs, and the challenges and shortcomings of different technologies. Armed with this comprehensive understanding, QPR is driven to go beyond the status quo and address the evolving landscape of process improvement tools.

Data Augmented Process Modeling combines the best of both worlds

Data augmented process modeling represents a powerful integration of two crucial methodologies: process modeling and process mining. Its benefits extend beyond addressing challenges inherent in existing methods and tools, offering a wealth of advantages.

Traditional process modeling software serves as a comprehensive tool for comprehending, managing, and enhancing various organisational aspects. However, the manual nature of traditional process modeling demands significant effort and incurs high maintenance costs. Moreover, manually crafted models of the current organisational state may not accurately reflect reality, leading to a potential loss of trust in process modeling descriptions.

Utilising the Data Augmented Process Modeling solution facilitates modeling work by leveraging transaction-level information from the organisation’s IT systems. This approach yields various benefits.

Modeling is accomplished more efficiently and at a reduced cost.

Leveraging actual data ensures that the models capture real-world variations and nuances not always accounted for in theoretical process models, resulting in a more precise representation of the process.

The transparency provided by accessing underlying data enhances the credibility and trustworthiness of the modeling descriptions, a critical aspect for making reliable business decisions based on these models.

Unlike traditional process modeling, which quickly becomes outdated due to the dynamic nature of business operations, data augmentation ensures that models evolve in real-time, ensuring an accurate representation of the current situation.

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You can easily define and set up processes according to your own needs using a convenient layout tool. In addition, since all types of workflow processes can be managed, you get all case management in one single system. 

Analyses, statistics and reports give you an unbeatable overview with real-time status and division of responsibility. Nothing has to fall through the cracks anymore and you always have an accurate and up-to-date base for decision-making.

CANEA Process is a tool that allows you to model and share business processes in an easy-to-use graphical web interface.

Seeing is understanding

Visualisation gives all employees an understanding of the organisation’s processes, activities, responsibilities and information flows.

Living processes

Identifying working methods while making it easy to update is the basis for continuous improvement of processes.

Create a complete picture

Linking together documents, information and tools with clickable process maps create an intuitive and comprehensive management system.

CANEA Workflow is an IT solution that automates, quality-assures and speeds up administrative workflow processes.

You can easily define and set up processes according to your own needs using a convenient layout tool. In addition, since all types of workflow processes can be managed, you get all case management in one single system. 

Analyses, statistics and reports give you an unbeatable overview with real-time status and division of responsibility. Nothing has to fall through the cracks anymore and you always have an accurate and up-to-date base for decision-making.

By creating executable processes in CANEA Workflow, you get both better control of the situation and smoother processing.

Streamlining the work

Ensure compliance and that handovers are done correctly and with the right information.

Correct decision support

You get an unbeatable overview of the processes in real time, with both clear reports and clear diagrams.

Improve processes continuously

Our process support can be constantly adapted to changing needs and requirements. In this way, we give you the best possible conditions for your daily work.

A document management system without complicated folder structures.

CANEA Document combines simple and intuitive search features with powerful features for managing documents from a life cycle perspective.

Maximum availability
Search and find information quickly based on what you need, not where it is stored.

High security
Ensure accuracy, changes and access to all information – with high traceability.

Fulfils requirements
Manage information according to standards, legislation and other requirements for document management.

CANEA Document supports everything from production, publication and modification to archiving and deletion – with full traceability and version management.

CANEA Document provides secure management of all types of documents – in one place. Tagging the information with metadata creates a virtual, multidimensional folder structure. This means that a document appears in multiple locations at the same time, with authorisation-controlled access. The right information in the right place for the right users at the right time!

You can usefully add your company’s process-oriented management system to CANEA Document. All production and distribution of documents is quality-assured and streamlined. In addition, your employees always have access to the most up-to-date version of the documents – directly via intranet, tablets and mobile phones.

Improve the performance of your project activities

CANEA Project is a comprehensive project tool with integrated support for all types of projects and parties– such as management, resource owners, clients, project managers and project participants. CANEA Project gives you an excellent overview of your entire project portfolio, including profitability and status, making it easier to prioritize and make decisions.

CANEA Project shares all important project information with both internal and external members.

Let your project manager focus on management rather than administration and distribution of the information.

Gather all project information in one place and make it available to both internal and external members.

Helps you with prioritization of projects, resource management and analysis of portfolios and programs.

Make reality of the strategy

CANEA Strategy makes it possible for organisations of all sizes to create a unique common thread from the strategic work to the daily operations. We do not just provide performance management tools but rather a completely new generation of IT support for strategy activation. The system guarantees and provides support throughout the chain from strategy to execution. You get no results without action. CANEA Strategy makes it possible in practise! 

CANEA Strategy ensures and provides support throughout the entire journey from strategy to execution.

Create a shared understanding of the strategy, the goal to achieve and how.

Gives management an unbeatable overview of what’s happening, how it’s progressing, and why.

Creates a clear common thread from the strategy to project, initiatives and actions.