1. Business Process Management
Executive Summer School 2015
http://www.ism.lt/businessprocess
Partners
presents

2. About Executive Summer School
 A special learning event organized and hosted by ISM Executive School
 It will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania on August 10-14, 2015
 Target audience – managers, consultants, and business analysts / architects
 The event features a solid international faculty including worldwide recognized
practitioners and educators in Business Process Management (BPM) area
 A concise technical program: process architecture, process design, process
improvement, process mining, and continous process improvement culture
 A practical learning approach: a program is driven by practical assignments
 Learning meets fun: a technical program is enriched by special social events
 A visit at process-oriented Lithuanian enterprise Schmitz Cargobull Baltic
 Excellent networking opportunities
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3. ISM in a Nutshell
 Established in 1999 by BI Norwegian Business
School and the Innovation Norway
 First private university in Lithuania
 ISM Business Council – representatives of top
companies such as Lithuania airBaltic, DnB Nord
Bank, Get Jar, Microsoft, Lindorff, etc.
 Campus in Vilnius
 Executive School, doctoral, graduate and
undergraduate studies
 More than 2000 students
 International environment: local and international
academic staff
 Exchange and double degree programmes in 47
countries
 More than 100 Partner Universities
STARTS WITH KNOWLEDGE. LEADS TO SUCCESS
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4. Business process management (BPM) is a "holistic
management" approach to aligning organization's
business processes with the needs of clients.
It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency
while striving for innovation, flexibility, and
integration with technology.
BPM attempts to improve processes continuously.
[ wikipedia ]
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Business Process Management

5. Business Process Architecture
Business Processes
People
Information
Systems
Finance
Mission, Vision,
Strategy, Tactics, Goals, Objectives
Other
Resources
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6. What Will You Learn?
Knowledge
 Business process management fundamentals
 Business process modeling standards and practices
 Business process reengineering principles
 Business process mining techniques
Skills
 Identify business processes that are critical for strategy execution
 Map business processes using standard notations (BPMN, DMN, CMMN)
 Find process problems by analysis and examining process execution logs
 Reengineer processes by applying process improvement patterns
Attitudes
 Add value
 Remove waste
 Improve continuously
 Think strategically

7. BPM Executive Summer School Program
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DAY 1
August 10
BUSINESS PROCESS ARCHITECTURE
Dr. Darius Silingas, ISM Executive School
Social Event: Opener Barbeque
DAY 2
August 11
BUSINESS PROCESS DESIGN
Dr. Juergen Pitschke, BCS
Social Event: City Assignment (Challenge)
DAY 3
August 12
BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Prof. Marlon Dumas, University of Tartu
Free Evening
DAY 4
August 13
BUSINESS PROCESS MINING
Dr. Anne Rozinat, Fluxicon
Social Event: Process Art Session
DAY 5
August 14
CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT CULTURE
A visit at Schmitz Cargobull Baltic
Social Event: Dinner Cooking Teamwork

8. BPM Executive Summer School Faculty
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Darius Silingas is BPM Program Manager at ISM Executive School and Head of Solutions
Department at No Magic Europe. Darius has got 17 years of professional experience in
software engineering, education, and consulting. He is globally recognized for the expertise
in model-based development of information and business systems. Darius led training and
consulting sessions at many famous organisations in 22 countries. Darius has got Ph.D. in
Informatics and is OMG Certified Expert in BPM.
Juergen Pitschke is founder of the owner managed consulting company BCS - Dr. Juergen
Pitschke. The focus of his work is modeling, implementing, and managing enterprise
solutions. He is recognized for his wide knowledge about applying a wide range of standards,
methods and approaches in a systematic way in daily practice. Clients value his abilities to
explain concepts, to help teams to adopt and successfully apply methods, and to guide a
project successfully.
Marlon Dumas is Professor of Software Engineering at University of Tartu, Estonia where he
leads a team of 20+ BPM researchers. Prior to this appointment, he was faculty member at
Queensland University of Technology and visiting researcher at SAP Research, Australia.
Prof. Dumas has provided consultancy and training to multiple organizations in Australia and
the Baltics. He is co-inventor of six granted US/EU patents in the field of BPM and co-author
of the textbook “Fundamentals of Business Process Management”. Marlon is one of the 3
most cited researchers in the field of BPM according to Google Scholar (15000+ citations).
Anne Rozinat has 10+ years of experience with process mining and obtained her PhD cum
laude in the process mining group of Prof. Wil van der Aalst at the Technical University in
Eindhoven, the Netherlands. She is a co-founder of Fluxicon. Fluxicon’s process mining
software Disco is based on proven scientific research, and loved by professionals worldwide
for setting the gold standard in performance and user experience. Anne regularly blogs about
process mining at http://fluxicon.com/blog/ and can be reached via email
(anne@fluxicon.com) and Twitter (@arozinat).

9. Agenda of a Typical Day
09:00–10:30 Session 1
10:30–10:45 Coffee break
10:45–12:15 Session 2
12:15–13:45 Lunch break (with a practical assignment)
13:45–15:15 Session 3
15:15–15:30 Coffee break
15:30–17:00 Session 4
18:00–21:00 Social Event
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10. Registration and Fees
Register to attend BPM Executive Summer School by
contacting:
Partification fee:
– €1200 – early bird price, valid till July 10
– €1500 – regular price
! Due to intense format of the summer school, the number of participants
is limited to 12 – do not hesitate to register and secure your place
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Agne Janeniene
Phone: +370 682 16439
e-mail: agne.janeniene@ism.lt

11. References
The home website of BPM Executive Summer School:
http://www.ism.lt/businessprocess
Darius Silingas and Juergen Pitschke discuss about BPM Executive
Summer School:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nERKF19FwPI
Anne Rozinat – Getting Started with Process Mining:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ohfnED_-aQ
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12. Darius Silingas
Technical Program Chair
Phone: +370 686 12748
e-mail: darius.silingas@ism.lt
Organization Committee
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Aiste Petrikene
Coordinator
Phone: +370 686 12748
e-mail: aiste.petrikene@ism.lt
Ieva Sliziene
Social Program Chair
Phone: +370 618 73650
e-mail: ieva.sliziene@ism.lt
Agne Janeniene
Registration Manager
Phone: +370 682 16439
e-mail: agne.janeniene@ism.lt
Aneta Slekyte-Kaminiene
Publicity Manager
Phone: +370 614 69085
e-mail: anesle@ism.lt