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We are looking for good process mapping software that can run with Windows
98
and that is relatively inexpensive. Any assistance would be greatly
appreciated.

Ron Ingersoll
tampaclown@aol.com

Ronald J. Ingersoll, (Ph.D.)
Doris M. Ingersoll, (Ph.D.)
The Enrollment Management Center, Inc.
1002 South Harbour Island Blvd.
Unit 1611
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 813.226.3803
Fax: 813.223.1031
Email: tampaclown@aol.com (Ron)
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Conna <gandolf@cyberverse.com> in Torrance, California writes:

I'm not sure what I think of as relatively inexpensive is what others think.

I use VISIO for process mapping. I use it for swimlane processes mainly.
But, I have also used their built in IDEFO maps and other great templates.

Conna <gandolf@cyberverse.com>

Can process mapping and flow-charting be effectively applied to courses or
parts of courses? This is a question asked in "TQM for Professors and
Students":
http://weatherhead.cwru.edu/msmesb/1992Tennessee/roberts.htm

Cybercollegially,
Charles Wankel
mg-ed-dv list editor
wankelc@stjohns.edu

Process mapping and Deployment Flow Charting, IMHO, are the foundation of
excellent syllabi. These are powerful tools in the "Learning System" (as
opposed to the Thought-Leader or Teacher System). In fact, we devote over an
hour to Deployment Flow Charting and Process Mapping in our 2-day workshop
"Continuous Quality Improvement in the Classroom: A Collaborative Approach"
because these techniques expose poor processes.

Bob Cornesky
TQM1BOB@AOL.COM

Take a look at ARIS 4.11...

http://www.ids-scheer.com/

James O'Reilly
james.oreilly@t-online.de

Each of my courses that includes the software development life cycle include
an exercise in that topic for mapping out a process in order to identify the
elements that have not been optimized. (what are the non-value added
hand-offs; what are the wait states; which hand-offs end up dropped through
cracks (eg FAXes))

Most students don't have VISIO to do this, so I make samples from VISIO,
convert them to PowerPoint and the students use Powerpoint in the exercise.

Conna <gandolf@cyberverse.com> in Torrance, California