Dear All,
I would like to highlight the proper usage of Process Interface(s) during ARIS EPC Models. A process interface provides the functionality to link multiple processes.
During the documentation of a particular process, quite often we come across situations, where particular steps are performed as part of another process. One way to overcome this situation is to copy all those steps from the process and add them within the current process. However, this can make the current process quite lenghty and also distract the user from focusing on the steps of the current process.
In such cases, it is wiser to link the processes through the Process Interface. However, it is necessary to ensure that the starting and ending events for Process Interface are correctly managed to avoid ‘Semantic Check’ errors.
Kindly find attached a sample usage of Process Interface. Here, the process being documented is related to receiving of Payroll Records and then executing the Payroll Cycle. However, in order to disburse cash, it is first necessary to withdraw cash from the safe deposit. Thus it has been linked through the ‘Cash Withdrawal from Main Safe’ process interface.
As you can see, the starting Event of the process attached through the interface precedes the Process Interface symbol. Similarly, the ending event of the attached process becomes the succeeding event to the Process Interface symbol. This resolves the ‘Semantic Check’ issues.
Hope this article would help in correct usage of the Process Interface symbol and would lead to better linkage of multiple processes.
Regards,
Anosh
