Payroll process - Swim lane process mapping diagram

"Business process mapping refers to activities involved in defining what a business entity does, who is responsible, to what standard a business process should be completed, and how the success of a business process can be determined.
The main purpose behind business process mapping is to assist organizations in becoming more efficient. A clear and detailed business process map or diagram allows outside firms to come in and look at whether or not improvements can be made to the current process.
Business process mapping takes a specific objective and helps to measure and compare that objective alongside the entire organization's objectives to make sure that all processes are aligned with the company's values and capabilities.
ISO 9001 requires a business entity to follow a process approach when managing its business, and to this end creating business process maps will assist. The entity can then work towards ensuring its processes are effective (the right process is followed the first time), and efficient (continually improved to ensure processes use the smallest amount of resources)." [Business process mapping. Wikipedia]
The swim lane process map example "Payroll process" was drawn using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Cross-Functional Flowcharts solution from the Business Processes area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This SDL diagram example was redesigned from the Wikimedia Commons file: Sdl beispiel client.png. [commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:Sdl_ beispiel_ client.png]
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The diagram "Specification and Description Language example" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Specification and Description Language (SDL) solution from the Engineering area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This example was designed on the base of the diagram "Organization Development vs. Business Process Reengineering" from the website of the Computer Science, Faculty 3, Bremen University. [informatik.uni-bremen.de/ gdpa/ part3/ p3gpo.htm]
"The efforts, behaviour, and performance of an employee in any organization for their growth is known as Organization development(OD).
Organization development (OD) is a field of research, theory and practice dedicated to expanding the knowledge and effectiveness of people to accomplish more successful organizational change and performance. ...
Key concepts of OD theory include: organizational climate (the mood or unique “personality” of an organization, which includes attitudes and beliefs that influence members’ collective behavior), organizational culture (the deeply-seated norms, values and behaviors that members share) and organizational strategies (how an organization identifies problems, plans action, negotiates change and evaluates progress)." [Organization development. Wikipedia]
The workflow diagram example "Organization Development vs. Business Process Reengineering" was created using ConceptDraw PRO software extended with the Business Process Workflow Diagrams solution from the Business Processes area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This cross-functional flowchart sample shows the order processing flow.
"Opportunity flowcharts are a variation of detailed basic flowcharts. They get their name because they highlight opportunities for improvement. Like all flowcharts, they make the process visible. But they take this idea one step further by separating value-added steps (those essential for making the product or service) from cost-added-only steps (those that are included only to check for or fix problems). ...
An opportunity flowchart is created by rearranging a detailed basic flowchart. The steps needed if everything works perfectly should flow down the left side of the chart. Steps that exist because of problems and inefficiencies flow across the right side." [Flowcharts: Plain & Simple. Inc Staff Joiner Assocs. 1995. P. 60.]
The swim lane diagram example "Process flowchart - Order processing" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Process Flowcharts solution from the Business Processes area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.