Title: Documenting, Analysing, and Improving a Process Type: In-Semester - assignment Task Length: 3500 words Weighting: 30% Links to Learning Outcomes: 1-11 Due: Monday 25nd May 2017, 11:55pm Description: Documenting, Analysing, and Improving a real Business Process PART A: Students will undertake a real analysis and improvement project for a local company. Specifically, you must: • Locate a local company which will allow you to interview them and review their existing business processes. • For this local company, provide the following information: o An overview of its existing business process architecture • For one major business process in this company, undertake the following tasks: o Provide a brief description of the process and the purpose or desired outcome of the process o Identify key stakeholders and their expectations/requirements o Fully describe, document and represent the current AS-IS, step by step, process, using appropriate maps, models, and tools. Include all data, document, and information flows, in addition to technologies, people and functional areas involved in its completion. o Undertake analysis of the types of inefficiencies associated with the execution of this process. o Provide a list of recommendations for the improvement of this process for the company. Note: All the information should be compiled and presented in a written report format, with the inclusion of any appropriate maps and models. In preparing and submitting the professional-style business report, the following guidance should be followed: • If references are included in the report, you will use the Harvard style of referencing.