Business Intelligence and Process Modelling
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This course is on Business Intelligence (BI) and Process Modelling (PM), and is part of the (dutch) bachelor program "Informatica & Economie" (specialization Business Information Systems) of Leiden University.
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Course information
Lectures: Thursdays from 13:45 to 15:15 in the spring semester of 2015 in
Snellius room 402.
Werkcolleges: immediately after each lecture, from 15:30 to 17:00 in room 302/304.
Literature: W. van der Aalst, Process Mining: Discovery, Conformance and Enhancement of Business Processes, Springer, 2011.
Course information: http://wwww.liacs.nl/~ftakes/BIPM
Examination: exam (60%) and three practical assignments (together 40%)
Study points: 6 ECTS
Lecturer: Frank Takes, ftakes@liacs.nl, Snellius room 157b
Timetable
| Date | Lecture | Werkcollege | Literature | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Feb 5, 2015 | Introduction | Orientation on Assignment 1 | v/d Aalst Chapter 1 |
| 2. | Feb 12, 2015 | Business Intelligence & Visual Analytics | Work on Assignment 1 | v/d Aalst Chapter 1 |
| 3. | Feb 19, 2015 | Data Mining for BI | Work on Assignment 1 | v/d Aalst Chapter 3 |
| 4. | Feb 26, 2015 | Service-Oriented Data Mining | Work on Assignment 1 | v/d Aalst Chapter 3 |
| Feb 27, 2015 | Deadline Assignment 1 | |||
| 5. | Mar 5, 2015 | Network Science for BI (I) | Work on Assignment 2 | Kleinberg Chapter 1 & 2 |
| 6. | Mar 19, 2015 | Network Science for BI (II) | Work on Assignment 2 | Paper [Chen2010] pages 1-4 |
| 7. | Mar 26, 2015 | Process Modelling & Petri nets | Work on Assignment 2 | v/d Aalst Chapter 2 & 4 |
| Apr 2, 2015 | Deadline Assignment 2, conditionally extended from Mar 27 | |||
| 8. | Apr 2, 2015 | KPMG Location Analytics (guest lecture by J. van Lier) | Petri nets (solutions) | v/d Aalst Chapter 10 |
| 9. | Apr 9, 2015 | Process Mining & BPMN | Work on Assignment 3 | v/d Aalst Chapter 4 & 8 |
| 10. | Apr 16, 2015 | Process Discovery | Work on Assignment 3 | v/d Aalst Chapter 5 & 7 |
| 11. | Apr 23, 2015 | Clearing & Settlement (guest lecture by P.M. Kwantes) | Work on Assignment 3 | Paper [Kwantes2006] |
| May 1, 2015 | Deadline Assignment 3 | |||
| 12. | May 7, 2015 | Financial Markets (guest lecture by P.M. Kwantes) | Exam Q&A | Article 1 & 2 |
| 13. | May 20, 2015 | Exam (10:00-13:00) (solutions) in room 174 Study v/d Aalst chapters 1,2,3,4,5,7,8 and 10 and understand the techniques presented in Kleinberg chapter 1 & 2 and the papers [Chen2010] (only pages 1-4) and [Kwantes2006]. In "exchange" for the two extra chapters and two papers, you can skip v/d Aalst sections 2.2.1 2.2.4, 2.2.6, 2.2.7, chapter 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, the precise specification of XES in 4.3 and any formal notation from chapter 6 onwards. Good luck! |
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| May 27, 2015 | Retake deadline for all assignments | |||
N.B. There is no class on March 12 and April 30. Also see the "I&E roosters". A written retake exam can be requested by contacting the teacher.
Course description (from your study guide 2014-2015 )
In a dynamic world organizations must constantly optimize, update, and monitor the execution of their processes to stay competitive and efficient. These processes are developed on the basis of organizational targets and strategic goals, but of course the underlying IT landscape is also of influence on process design, development, implementation, and execution. In this course business and IT come together and will the concepts of business process management, supporting technologies, and their relationships be highlighted.