Test 991: IBM WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced V6.0.2 Business Analysis and Design

Section 1 - Industry and Tooling (11%)

1. Understand business process management concepts
2. Understand how WebSphere Business Modeler relates to the SOA lifecycle
3. Understand the different business processing modeling methodologies
4. Understand critical success factors for business process modeling
5. Configure the WebSphere Business Modeler environment

Section 2 - Modeling (32%)

1. Model business processes and related attributes
2. Model roles and related attributes
3. Model resources and related attributes
4. Document the flow of business items through a process
5. Apply modeling elements to accurately describe a business process
6. Use WebSphere Business Modeler team support and publishing functionality to work in a collaborative environment
7. Model business processes in Swimlane layout and its capabilities
8. Define naming conventions to effectively manage a project
9. Import artifacts
10. Export artifacts

Section 3 - Simulation (17%)

1. Define simulation settings and attributes for running simulations
2. Demonstrate the effects of simulation settings on simulation outputs
3. Demonstrate the effects of varying combinations of modeling syntax on simulation outputs
4. Understand how resources and roles are applied by the simulation engine
5. Identify risks/benefits of a future process design based on simulation data and process design goals
6. Understand how statistical distributions affect simulation behavior

Section 4 - Analysis and Validation (24%)

1. Validate the process flow using WebSphere Business Modeler features
2. Use static and simulation results to validate a process model
3. Validate that a model meets requirements
4. Apply comparative analysis to evaluate the impact of a change to a model
5. Analyze process duration
6. Analyze process costs
7. Identify bottlenecks
8. Identify process improvement opportunities
9. Analyze resource allocation

Section 5 - Queries and Reports (9%)

1. Use predefined report templates to generate reports
2. Create customized reports using Report Designer
3. Print and export reports and diagrams
4. Utilize predefined queries
5. Create and run custom queries

Section 6 - Modeling Business Measures (7%)

1. Demonstrate knowledge of business measures concepts
2. Design efficient and suitable business measures
3. Define business metrics for business processes
4. Demonstrate knowledge of phases of modeling and monitoring a process