MDG Technology for BPMsim
MDG BPSim Execution Engine
Enterprise Architect gives you the ability to configure BPSim simulations using a BPMN diagram. The BPSim functionality provides the modeller and business strategist with unprecedented flexibility to assign functional information to a model and then assess the quality of the information received back from the simulation engine based solution.
This allows ideas to be tested, optimal staffing ratios to be identified, probabilities to be experimented with, the timing and duration of events to be altered and bottlenecks to be removed before funds are committed to project delivery.
The BPSim execution module
To run a BPSim simulation you need a suitable execution module that understands the BPSim standard. Sparx Systems has teamed up with Lanner (known as the world leader in business process simulation and optimisation) to bring you the MDG BPSim execution engine that enables smooth integration between model, configuration, simulation and results.
MDG Technology for BPSim
The Trial Edition allows you to test the full range of functions for 30 days without any restrictions.
This extension requires Enterprise Architect 12.1 Build 1225 or higher, from version 14 it is included in the Ultimate and Unified Edtion.
Key benefits of using BPSim:
Experimenting with project variables to identify the optimal solution
Check your expectations before you commit funds to projects
Handle triggers, events, resources and waiting times to understand how they affect your business process.
Improve resource allocation and event scheduling
Eliminating bottlenecks and identifying key success factors
Compare simulations to improve decisions
The Enterprise Architect Toolbox contains a business process simulation artefact that can be used to configure your simulation. You have the option of managing a range of variables:
Waiting time
Sequence flow
Event probability
Resource allocation
This allows you to run multiple simulations of a business process while changing variables such as labour resources or waiting times that the business controls.
It allows you to compare and contrast the results. These help you identify the factors that contribute to success or alternatively highlight scenarios that could lead to failure. Use diagrams, reports and insights from running a business process simulation to improve decision making and ultimately improve the underlying business process model.
Simulation
The business process model provides unprecedented flexibility to configure and control the mapping of simulation parameters from different perspectives including control, time and resources.
Automate every aspect of execution, from the date and time the process is repeated, through the number of times the scenario is repeated as a whole in an execution cycle.
Reports
Understand how factors such as task duration or resource management can impact the underlying business model. Monitor a range of variables and observe how changes affect the success of the underlying business model.
Each simulation configuration can be saved as a separate artefact. EA can flag discrepancies between reports, making it easier to draw conclusions and make decisions.
Solve real-world problems, bottlenecks and improve resource allocation, planning and business outcomes before committing funds to a project.
Tables & diagrams
Enterprise Architect uses diagrams and graphics to visualise the results of various simulations from different perspectives. Report data can become the input for a diagram element. You can compare and contrast results from a base simulation and subsequent experiments. Stakeholders can easily draw conclusions from the corresponding diagrams.
Visualise data from multiple report sources to tailor the appearance to your individual needs.
Charts and graphs help with decision making and can bring your data to life.
