Business Process Mapping

Praise for Business Process Mapping IMPROVING Customer Satisfaction SECOND EDITION "e;A must-read for anyone performing business process mapping! This treasure shares step-by-step approaches and critical success factors, based on years of practical, customer-focused experience. A real winner!"e; Timothy R. Holmes, CPA, former General Auditor, American Red Cross "e;Paulette and Mike make extensive use of anecdotes and real-life examples to bring alive the topic of business process mapping. From the outset, this book will engage you and draw you into the world of business process mapping. Who would have thought that reading about business process mapping could make you smile? Well, Mike and Paulette can make it happen! Within each chapter, the authors provide detailed examples and exhibits used to document a process. Each chapter also includes a 'Recap' and 'Key Analysis Points' which enable the reader to distill the highlights of the chapter."e; Barbara J. Muller, CPA, CFE, Senior Lecturer, School of Accountancy, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University "e;Keller and Jacka cut through the drudgery of process mapping with a path-breaking approach that enables the reader to better understand processes, how they work and how they work together toward successful achievement of business objectives. With great style and flair, this book will provide you with a different way of thinking and new tools to assist you in process analysis and improvement. This book is a must-read for auditors, risk managers, quality improvement management, and business process engineers."e; Dean Bahrman, VP and Internal Audit Director (Retired), Global Financial Services Companies "e;Mike Jacka and Paulette Keller show their expertise with the application of business process mapping in increasing customer service and satisfaction in this updated and expanded edition of this popular book. With clear, practical examples and applications, this book shows the writing talents of both authors, and it will be used over and over by those from all lines of industries and professions. Kudos for a job well done!"e; Joan Pastor, PhD, Founding Partner, Licensed Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, JPA International, Inc., Beverly Hills, California

Praise for Business Process MappingIMPROVING Customer SatisfactionSECOND EDITION"A must-read for anyone performing business process mapping! This treasure shares step-by-step approaches and critical success factors, based on years of practical, customer-focused experience. A real winner!"Timothy R. Holmes, CPA, former General Auditor, American Red Cross"Paulette and Mike make extensive use of anecdotes and real-life examples to bring alive the topic of business process mapping. From the outset, this book will engage you and draw you into the world of business process mapping. Who would have thought that reading about business process mapping could make you smile? Well, Mike and Paulette can make it happen! Within each chapter, the authors provide detailed examples and exhibits used to document a process. Each chapter also includes a 'Recap' and 'Key Analysis Points' which enable the reader to distill the highlights of the chapter."Barbara J. Muller, CPA, CFE, Senior Lecturer, School of Accountancy, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University"Keller and Jacka cut through the drudgery of process mapping with a path-breaking approach that enables the reader to better understand processes, how they work and how they work together toward successful achievement of business objectives. With great style and flair, this book will provide you with a different way of thinking and new tools to assist you in process analysis and improvement. This book is a must-read for auditors, risk managers, quality improvement management, and business process engineers."Dean Bahrman, VP and Internal Audit Director (Retired), Global Financial Services Companies"Mike Jacka and Paulette Keller show their expertise with the application of business process mapping in increasing customer service and satisfaction in this updated and expanded edition of this popular book. With clear, practical examples and applications, this book shows the writing talents of both authors, and it will be used over and over by those from all lines of industries and professions. Kudos for a job well done!"Joan Pastor, PhD, Founding Partner, Licensed Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, JPA International, Inc., Beverly Hills, California

Preface.Introduction.Pinocchio and the World of Business.Chapter 1 What Is This Thing Called Process Mapping?Who Cares about Processes, Anyway?"Tell Me a Story": Analyzing the Process.Benefits.The Process of Process Mapping.Process Defined.Drilling Down the Movie.Business Processes as Movies.A Real Business Example.Recap.Key Analysis Points.Chapter 2 Process Identification.What Do You See?Finding the Story.Trigger Events.Naming the Major Processes.Process Timelines.Customer Experience Analysis.Recap.Key Analysis Points.Chapter 3 Information Gathering.What You Need to Know and Where You Go to Learn It.Preliminary Information.Process Identification.Process Description Overview.Identifying the Process Owners.Meeting with the Process Owners.What to Discuss.Process Profile Worksheet.Meeting with the Unit Owners.Workflow Surveys.Data Gathering.Recap.Key Analysis Points.Chapter 4 Interviewing and Map Generation.Creating the Storyboard (Finally).Ground Rules.Sticky-Note Revolution.Basic Rules.Conducting the Interviews.Creating a Final Map.Example.Recap.Key Analysis Points.Chapter 5 Map Generation: An Example.Try It--You'll Like It.Unit Level.Task Level.Action Level.Recap.Key Analysis Points.Chapter 6 Analysis.Into the Editing Room.Triggers and False Triggers.Inputs and Outputs.Process Ownership.Business Objective.Business Risks.Key Controls.Measures of Success.Analyzing the Actual Maps.Cycle Times.Finalizing the Project.Recap and Key Analysis Points.Chapter 7 Map Analysis: An Example.This Is Only an Attempt.Process Profile Worksheet.Analyzing the Maps.The Bigger Picture.Recap and Key Analysis Points.Chapter 8 Pitfalls and Traps.Challenges.Mapping for Mapping's Sake.Lost in the Details.Penmanship Counts.Round and Round, Up and Down.Failure to Finalize.Letting the Customer Define the Process.Leading the Witness.Verifying the Facts.Do Not Forget the Customers.Recap.Key Analysis Points.Chapter 9 Customer Mapping.Identify Jobs the Customer Wants to Get Done.Customer Mapping versus Process Mapping.The Steps of Customer Mapping.The Customer Profile Worksheet.Customer Mapping Example.WeTrainU Customer Mapping Example.Spaghetti Maps.Recap.Key Analysis Points.Chapter 10 RACI Matrices.Process versus Authority.How Do I Know There's a Problem?What Is a RACI Matrix?Analyzing the RACI Matrix.Expense Payment Process Example.RACI Matrix to Process Map.Process Map to RACI Matrix.Recap.Key Analysis Points.Chapter 11 Enterprise Risk Management and ProcessMapping.Efficiency versus Effectiveness.Enterprise Risk Management: A Primer.And Now for Process Mapping.The Internal Environment.Objective Setting.Event Identification.Risk Assessment.Risk Response.Control Activities.Information and Communication.Monitoring.Recap.Chapter 12 Where Do We Go from Here?Additional Applications.Control Self-Assessment.Re-Engineering.Training.That's Not All, Folks!Index.