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Pearson BTEC International Level 3 Qualifications in Information Technology –
Specification – Issue 3 – September 2022 © Pearson Education Limited 2022
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A4 Drivers for change
The reasons why business processes need to change:
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improve productivity
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meet demand for shorter process timescales
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increase competitiveness
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reduce costs
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take advantage of changes in technology
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respond to political, economic and social pressures, and local legal and
regulatory changes.
Learning aim B: Examine an organisation’s business processes and activities
to inform improvements
B1 Investigation methods
The features of investigation methods used to understand a business process.
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Methods used to understand a business process:
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observation of the process in action
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inspecting relevant documentation such as procedure manuals
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interviews with staff who implement or manage the process.
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Methods of recording the details of the process such as video or audio
recording, note taking.
B2 Analysis of a business process
The concepts and analysis of the business process.
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The purpose of the business process and nature of the process,
e.g. paper-based, physical (such as taking an item of stock and despatching it),
IT-based.
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The inputs and outputs of the process, process attributes.
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Decomposition into subprocesses.
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The individual activities of the process/subprocess, rules (internal or external)
that apply to the activities, how decisions are made, e.g. if payment is overdue,
send reminder letter and block account.
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