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Teaching students how to accelerate digital transformation

Software AG

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization Predictive Quality Analytics
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	The digitalization of everyday life is becoming increasingly prevalent, with big data, cloud, mobile access, social and security issues becoming more intertwined and having a significant impact on business and society. This has forced companies to drastically reconsider and transform their processes. The University of Applied Sciences, Saarland (htw saar) recognized the need to prepare their students for this digital era. They wanted to provide their students with a comprehensive overview of current processes within companies and teach them how to best transform these for the digital era. They also wanted to provide real-life problems that students will encounter in their professional career, that students learn to solve using market-leading software. Read More
About Customer	htw saar (University of Applied Sciences, Saarland) is a research-based and application-oriented university in Germany. Students have been able to enroll in computer science since 1984, while the first bachelor’s program, computer science and communication, was introduced in 2001. The university offers around 45 different bachelor’s and master’s programs. The university currently has approximately 130 active professors. In particular, Professor Dr. André Miede uses the package in the “Business Computing” module for students in the master’s programs for applied informatics and computer science and communication. The goal of the module is to teach students how to design, analyze and optimize business processes. Students also learn about the correlation between organizational structures of a company and the relevant IT infrastructure in the enterprise architecture context. Read More
Solution	Software AG offered an educational solution tailored to meet the university’s wish for an encompassing Business Process Management (BPM) lecture package, the ARIS Education Package (AEP). The AEP provides key ARIS products to design, analyze, simulate and optimize business processes. Depending on the objective and the focus of the curriculum and courses, the students are able to practice on information modeling, business process modeling and process optimization in a preconfigured scenario. In the lectures, they work with the processes of the United Motor Group, a fictional global car manufacturer. This comprehensive scenario is used to teach the different aspects of business process analysis and transformation. The packages are divided into exercise blocks of approximately 90 minutes. Not only can ARIS be installed in university computer labs, but students can also download the software from the ARIS Community onto their personal computers. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Predictive Quality Analytics

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

The digitalization of everyday life is becoming increasingly prevalent, with big data, cloud, mobile access, social and security issues becoming more intertwined and having a significant impact on business and society. This has forced companies to drastically reconsider and transform their processes. The University of Applied Sciences, Saarland (htw saar) recognized the need to prepare their students for this digital era. They wanted to provide their students with a comprehensive overview of current processes within companies and teach them how to best transform these for the digital era. They also wanted to provide real-life problems that students will encounter in their professional career, that students learn to solve using market-leading software.

About Customer

htw saar (University of Applied Sciences, Saarland) is a research-based and application-oriented university in Germany. Students have been able to enroll in computer science since 1984, while the first bachelor’s program, computer science and communication, was introduced in 2001. The university offers around 45 different bachelor’s and master’s programs. The university currently has approximately 130 active professors. In particular, Professor Dr. André Miede uses the package in the “Business Computing” module for students in the master’s programs for applied informatics and computer science and communication. The goal of the module is to teach students how to design, analyze and optimize business processes. Students also learn about the correlation between organizational structures of a company and the relevant IT infrastructure in the enterprise architecture context.

Solution

Software AG offered an educational solution tailored to meet the university’s wish for an encompassing Business Process Management (BPM) lecture package, the ARIS Education Package (AEP). The AEP provides key ARIS products to design, analyze, simulate and optimize business processes. Depending on the objective and the focus of the curriculum and courses, the students are able to practice on information modeling, business process modeling and process optimization in a preconfigured scenario. In the lectures, they work with the processes of the United Motor Group, a fictional global car manufacturer. This comprehensive scenario is used to teach the different aspects of business process analysis and transformation. The packages are divided into exercise blocks of approximately 90 minutes. Not only can ARIS be installed in university computer labs, but students can also download the software from the ARIS Community onto their personal computers.

Impact #1	The predefined teaching material in the AEP facilitates lecture preparation while at the same time, students learn proactively how to design and optimize business processes.
Impact #2	The AEP fosters team work and creates the opportunity to make contact with a company, aside from teaching technical skills.
Impact #3	After successful participation in the AEP, the students were also certified free of charge, providing a qualification to list in future job applications.

Impact #1

The predefined teaching material in the AEP facilitates lecture preparation while at the same time, students learn proactively how to design and optimize business processes.

Impact #2

The AEP fosters team work and creates the opportunity to make contact with a company, aside from teaching technical skills.

Impact #3

After successful participation in the AEP, the students were also certified free of charge, providing a qualification to list in future job applications.

Benefit #1	20+ students work on package each semester
Benefit #2	360˚ view of the digital enterprise

Benefit #1

20+ students work on package each semester

Benefit #2

360˚ view of the digital enterprise

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Teaching students how to accelerate digital transformation

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