https://studiegids.vu.nl/en/courses/2024-2025/E_DBI_DTBPMAcademic & research skills: - Be able to critically examine academic research in the area of IT Management and Business Process Management. Bridging theory and practice - Show a critical understanding of state-of-the-art theory and empirical findings in the domain of IT Management and Business Process Management, concerning the following subjects: o Business Process Management, Redesign, and Analysis o Business-IT Alignment o IT Management for Digital Transformation - Be able to apply that understanding in (a) modelling, analyzing and redesigning business processes, and (b) formulating advice on the implementation of appropriate IT solutions based on that analysis and redesign.Digital transformation refers to the significant changes in organizations (in terms of people, process and technology) that are triggered by the increasing use of digital technologies (or IT). Changes in organizations and their processes are directly related to changes in digital technologies that support (or even shape) these processes. Moreover, business processes and technology have become so intertwined, that changing business processes is inevitably preconditioned by changes in technology, or even that changes in technology can drive the needed improvement in business processes and the related organization. The course is focused on the alignment between business process management and IT in the context of digital transformation. We will discuss the concept of Business-IT alignment in detail, and elaborate both the business process angle and the IT angle on alignment. In terms of the business process angle, we will focus on how digital transformation changes the requirements for business process management, and also discuss recent developments like process mining and robotic process automation. Students will also gain some practical experience with both these technologies. For the IT angle, we will address the history of Information Technology and discuss how concepts like Enterprise Architecture and Agile software development / DevOps are related to digital transformation and alignment, and what kinds of issues these developments raise in terms of managing the IT function in organizations. In the course we will pay specific attention to (a) the identification, modeling, analysis, and (re)design of business processes and (b) the implementation of related IT solutions in organizations. In relation to this, we address the way digital technology can enable organizations to further develop and enhance their business processes, both on an inter-organizational level as well as on an intra-organizational level. The case on which the students will work is a real-life collaboration with an organization and deals with the topics addressed above.Lectures and tutorial sessionsWritten examTeam assignmentsVarious papers that will be made available via CanvasFor the BPM sessions: Dumas, M., La Rosa, M., Mendling, J., and Reijers, H. (2018). Fundamentals of Business Process Management. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. (available online).Students in the MSc Digital Business and Innovation programAs students are likely to have differing levels of knowledge and expertise in business process modelling, analysis, and redesign, knowledge clips are offered in which these skills are explained. These knowledge clips are not obligatory, but strongly recommended for students who have not practiced these skills before, and will use the Dumas et al. (2018) book.