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| <p>
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| A Business Process is a collection of interrelated tasks, which solve a particular business problem or process a
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| business event: a claim is received and needs to be processed within 15 days.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| A business process can be decomposed into several sub-processes, which have their own attributes, but also contribute
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| to achieving the goal of the super-process.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| The following process map is done using BPMN 1.0 and illustrates a loan underwriting process. The entry point is a mail
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| with the loan application received, then the process follow a set of activities to decide if the loan is elligible and
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| what kind of loan product we can offer to the borrower and at what financial condition. This process as decribed here
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| is not taking into account the actors of the process. Swim lanes can be added&nbsp;to group tasks per actors.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| <img height="600" alt="" src="resources/LoanApplicationBPM.bmp" width="357" /><br />
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| &nbsp;
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| </p></mainDescription> |
| <purpose>Describes the set of business processes under scope</purpose> |
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