Thanks for your comments. Yes, at the time the hospital was installing Epic. I was getting overwhelmed with requests for mapping help, so I recored this video. Before I got the word out on the video, the requests stopped coming in! I've seriously thought about consulting, but haven't made the leap yet. For now, I'm continuing to teach classes within my organization.
@almessegee
11 жыл бұрын
Your're welcome. Glad it was helpful.
@praiseoduwole7915
9 жыл бұрын
Quiet helpful Alan, thanks for the video, I should be able to deal with my assignments now on mapping process.
@juanez8
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting! I'm new and learning
@almessegee
10 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Juan. Everyone's new at some point!
@KarinVorster
11 жыл бұрын
That was very helpful. Easy when you know how! Thank you.
@abdelrahmanbadr8252
9 жыл бұрын
Thank you Alan, that was REALLY helpful, appreciate the effort
@unmeshrajput1444
10 жыл бұрын
thanks Alan. you are awesome..
@almessegee
10 жыл бұрын
You're welcome. I appreciate the complement.
@sherubawon1
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alan. You just made my work easy..
@almessegee
8 жыл бұрын
+A Adesakin You're welcome. Glad I could help!
@arnold9448
8 жыл бұрын
Great explanation. Sometimes, it's really hard to translate a case text into a bpmn scheme, this makes it easier.
@RadhikaMital
9 жыл бұрын
thank you! this video was very helpful!
@andreiaaguiar7922
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Alan, your explanation was very good for me!!!
@almessegee
8 жыл бұрын
+Andréia Aguiar, You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful.
@anatolvenedictov1181
9 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job! Thank you!
@JSnygg
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. Very interesting. How do you manage parallelism in your initial table?
@almessegee
10 жыл бұрын
You're welcome and great question! To define our terms, I assume that by parallelism, you mean tasks occuring at the same time. If so, to identify parallel tasks in the table, I have used a numbering scheme for each step. I number the tasks that occur at the same time with the same number. The other way is to link them with a bracket and put a "P" on the vertical line to indicate that the linked steps occur in parallel. This can get really messy if you have a bunch of parallel tasks, though. Does that answer your question?
@JSnygg
10 жыл бұрын
Alan Messegee yes, that's what I meant. Thanks for the reply!
@vincentli3734
9 жыл бұрын
Very helpful, thank you Alan.
@MusicforMe123
9 жыл бұрын
Thank you, thank you, thank you, that was an excellent tutorial.
@TheNightCitizen
8 жыл бұрын
Best regards and thanks a lot. Outstanding explanation.
@almessegee
8 жыл бұрын
+Carlos Taveira You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for checking it out.
@Katof9tails
9 жыл бұрын
Many thanks Alan, that was incredibly helpful
@almessegee
9 жыл бұрын
You're welcome. Glad it was helpful.
@tacosdecamaron
11 жыл бұрын
thanks for the explanation.
@laurarussell7453
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Very helpful for me;) Much gratitude.
@almessegee
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Laura. Glad you found it helpful.
@successsolutionstv
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Alan, this helped me heaps, cheers from Australia, Sharyn
@almessegee
8 жыл бұрын
+Sharyn Aiken (Self-Made Success 101) You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for checking it out.
@tacramerutube
11 жыл бұрын
If you had to pick a free flowchart software which would you use? Secondly I am currently installing EHRs and would be interested in corresponding with you.
@vanilla3719
10 жыл бұрын
great tutorial. Thanks!
@almessegee
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks Olya. Glad you found it helpful.
@nealferguson6430
9 жыл бұрын
Alan, this was really useful. However, why do you not use parallelograms?
@jaredw8711
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tips! I have one question. In the beginning of the video you state that we should start from the first step then go straight to the last step..However, In your example, you went from the first step, to the second, third, etc. Is that b/c you already knew your end task? Does this process change based off of knowing the last step or can we make assumptions for the last step and tweak accordingly? Thanks and great video!
@almessegee
10 жыл бұрын
Sorry for not responding sooner... I must have missed the auto-generated email. I like to identify the first and last steps at the outset. You're correct in that I already knew them in this example. Where I've gotten into trouble before is not knowing (or at least thinking I knew) the first and last step before diving in. Sometimes you do have to just start and a natural end point will become evident as you learn more about the process. I've also gotten into trouble with not determining an appropriate level of detail first. Trying to mix and match various levels of detail in the same map doesn't work so well. Much better to cascade it... start with a high level map and then detail out the needed steps on their own map. Visio and other mapping software have some nice features to make this linking easy. I hope this helps.
@SunsetHavenFarm
8 жыл бұрын
Great explanation Alan. Do you have a demo for process mapping a complete job, like the job of a supervisor?
@almessegee
8 жыл бұрын
+Diane Banic Hi Diane, thanks for the compliment. Process maps are typically task oriented. I'm sure there are parts of a supervisor's job that could and should be process mapped, but I'd use other tools as well in order to understand where the opportunities hide. Time observations, a waste-walk and spaghetti mapping might all prove useful. "A day in the life of" chart might be helpful too. If you're not familiar with them, you basically do high-level time observations and group like activities into pie chart categories. It all depends on what you're trying to discover.
@patriciabrevick7324
10 жыл бұрын
In the text layout you had a column for what system was used but, you didn't show where the system was used in your swimlane diagram. I would had liked to seen how the system object is included in the workflow process. Thx
@almessegee
10 жыл бұрын
Hi Pat, sorry for my delayed response. Thanks for your comment. In the case of a swimlane diagram, I will either put it as part of the text in the box, e.g. "Download 2-3 jobs from Transcend" or float a free text box as close to the applicable shape as possible. I have also done some where I use one of the swimlanes to identify in which system the task is being performed. This requires a very neat grid-like format and flow to the map which isn't always possible.
@Michael.P247
10 жыл бұрын
Alan Messegee Thanks Pat Brevick for asking that question and thanks Alan Messegee for that answer. Sometime ago I facilitated a To-Be process workshop with a couple of stakeholders in which I clearly stated at the beginning of the workshop how important it is for the group of stakeholders to agree to what level of detail we would go in documenting the processes models, whether we needed to include systems in a separate lane or not. During the workshop I tried to make them understand that it isn't necessary to always represent the system in a separate lane, but just like Alan Messegee said its better/neater to 'annotate' ( float a free text box close to the applicable shape) near or just above a task to show what system is being used to perform a task. The stakeholders wouldn't have it.....one stakeholder in particular wanted to see every system used to perform a task in a process, i gently explained that it would make the lanes too many and the process map very rough. The project goal was to implement a C.R.M in the back end and e-forms on their website to take over old heavily manual ways of doing things. I was made to leave the job unfortunately. I'm a business analyst but they looked at me as if I was a solution architect! Stakeholders are very difficult to engage....especially when you're working in an environment not used to business analysis......
@bsphamngoctrung6951
9 жыл бұрын
thanks. could you please refer a few books specifically in laboratory process mapping. thanks
@menfoy
11 жыл бұрын
thanks
@tacramerutube
11 жыл бұрын
I hear Epic and workflow process for Surgery... Are you by any change installing EHRs for Epic? Sounds like you do consulting?
@alidalleh5920
8 жыл бұрын
Amazing video for flow charts but i want to ask you about do you know anything about Business Process Re-engineering (BRP) waiting for your reply best regards
@almessegee
8 жыл бұрын
+ali dalleh Hi Ali. Thanks for watching. I am familiar with the general concept of BPR, but not an expert. I suggest looking elsewhere for information. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. - Alan
@quebuenavaina
7 жыл бұрын
Hi alan. Thx for the video. By i have question. Is necessary include administrative process when i want to describe physical process to make something like cup cake?
@almessegee
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Leonardo. Thanks for watching! To answer your question, I'd say that it depends on your objective, the complexity of the tasks and the number of people/departments involved. I have found that process mapping is most helpful when there are multiple people or departments involved and the process requires coordination between them. In a situation where you have one person making cup cakes at home, process mapping may not be very helpful. A standard recipe or standard operating procedure (SOP) may be more helpful. If, however, you're talking about a large bakery where different people are responsible for different steps of the administrative and baking processes, then process mapping could help significantly. Hope that helps answer your question.
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