ABPMP Certified Business Process Leader (CBPL®)

This accelerated ABPMP Certified Business Process Leader (CBPL®) course, is the highest level professional certification that ABPMP offers. It represents proof of a mastery level competency for those who pass the examination and become Certified as a Business Process Leader CBPL™.

The CBPL™ is unique in our rapidly changing market place. This BPM certification was developed by recognized Executive Level BPM practitioners to test the level of skill and competency in several areas of business transformation. This certification can be earned by having a minimum of 10 years experience in Business Process management.

The certification is designed to test practitioner’s mastery of all things BPM and includes questions on all phases of the business transformation life cycle as well as question dealing with strategy execution and the use of BPM technologies.

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the ABPMP exam, and achieve your Certified Business Process Leader (CBPL®) certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is ideal for:

• Project managers
• Program manager
• Consultants
• Administrators
• Directors or C-level executives

Module 1: Business Process Management

Business Process Principles:

• Articulating the definition of Business Process Management and why organizations implement BPM with process of applying the philosophy and the goal for BPM projects
• Describing the drivers and the impact on the organization

BPM Lifecycle:

• Describing the phases of BPM implementation, the methodology and the projects impacting the goals of the organization
• Understanding the BPM lifecycle and the various activities at each phase

BPM Professionals:

• Understanding the principles of change with the shift from an organizational and hierarchical focus changing to a process based focus
• Describing the roles required for moving to a process centric organization

Module 2: Process Analysis

Process Analysis:

• Defining the term process analysis
• Recognizing the processes across various functional areas and the challenges that result for process improvement efforts
• Describing the various methods to collect information

Techniques of Process Analysis:

• Defining and describing model types and components
• Recognizing processes across various functional areas and the challenges that result for process improvement efforts
• Describing the benefits of capturing process documentation

Approaches of Process Analysis:

• Defining the role of the process analyst for capturing process documentation
• Understanding the use of varied levels of detail used to capture process activities and procedures
• Describing the various methods to collect information

Module 3: Process Modelling

Process Modelling Notations:

• Understanding the origin and the types of business process modelling
• Distinguishing between the Value Stream, Activity Based Costing methods and other approaches for modelling business process information
• Identifying the types of process models
• Describing the common standards of process modelling
• Identifying the key components of an effective symbols charts and functions

Using Process Models:

• Business Process models are for identifying process activities with addressing the various ways process models can facilitate process change
• Incorporating the role and the added value of modelling
• Understanding how data collection from process analysis is used to propose changes to the process

Module 4: Process Design & Transformation

Process Design:

• Understanding the impact of the logical and physical aspects on the process design
• Identifying the reasons for process design and opportunities for transformation
• Describing how the gaps in the current state are leveraged for business process information
• Explaining common process analysis elements required for effective process design considerations
• Identifying the elements considered to design an effective process flow

Critical Success Factors for Process Transformation:

• Identifying the critical success factors required to identify process activities and facilitate process change
• Describing the role process owners, executive sponsors and analysts provide for successful process transformation
• Understanding how process methodologies and frameworks help guide the process analysis required for process transformation
• Understanding how data collected from process analysis is used to propose changes to the process

Module 5: Process Performance Management

Effective Process Measures:

• Understanding the role and objectives of measurements and metrics in the Process Performance Management
• Describing fundamental metrics dimensions and characteristics of effective metrics
• Describing the concept of “value added” versus “non-value added” measurement approaches

Importance and benefits of process performance management:

• Understanding the benefits of cross-functional process improvement efforts versus isolated functional area improvements
• Understanding the reasons for continuous process monitoring and control
• Describing the role of business intelligence in decision support for process owners and managers

Module 6: Process Improvement Methodologies

Alignment of business process and enterprise performance:

• Understanding the various methodologies used to assess process performance and to support continuous improvement
• Understanding the difference between the key approaches to process improvement methods
• Explaining the key differences in the tools used by each

Modelling and simulation:

• Describing the difference between Process Measuring and Modelling and Simulation
• Understanding the process of Modelling and Simulation and describe its objectives and benefits

Decision support for process owners and managers:

• Familiarizing with common decision support frameworks and their benefits
• Describing the reasons for planning for monitoring and controlling of business processes

Module 7: Process Organization & Change Management

Process Orientation:

• Distinguishing between the horizontal focus of the organization versus the traditional vertical focus
• Understanding the definition of a process centric enterprise and the impact it can have on management’s accountability for performance

Characteristics of the process culture:

• Understanding what the characteristics of an enterprise process culture are and how they support the process centric strategies

Process Management and Governance Roles:

• Defining the role of the process owner
• Describing how the process owner’s responsibilities differ from those of the functional manager
• Explaining and distinguishing the different roles of the process owner, the project manager, the process analyst and the process governance team to accomplish their main responsibility

Organizational Change Management:

• Understanding how process integration will impact to the traditional organizational structure and management roles
• Defining the change management issues encountered in implementing process changes and role definition

Module 8: Enterprise Process Management (EPM)

Enterprise Process Governance:

• Understanding concepts of the Enterprise Process Management as a way of expressing strategy in terms of cross-functional activity
• Identifying main factors that impact cross-functional enterprise decision making
• Describing reasons and objectives of Enterprise Process Governance
• Describing benefits of EPM and importance of business knowledge, roles and responsibilities, goals and priorities
• Explaining aspects of the Customer Centric Measurement Framework
• Defining activities of process assessment

Process Frameworks:

• Uses and benefits of different frameworks to achieve and establish of common definitions and standardized processes
• Describing major elements of an Enterprise Framework Model

Module 9: Business Process Management Systems (BPMS)

BPM System Architecture

• BPM System Components

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered Certification Guarantee:

ABPMP Certified Business Process Leader (CBPL®) exam

• Duration: 3 Hours
• Format: Multiple Choice
• Number of questions: 140 Questions

Before attending this accelerated course, you should have a minimum of 10 years’ experience in Business Process management.

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

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• Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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