What method is recommended for mapping out an organization's current processes and to design future processes?

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Options

• ADrawing a business model diagram
• BQuerying relational databases
• CWriting detailed descriptions
• DDrawing hierarchical matrixes

• A
  92% (23)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  4% (1)

Explanation

Drawing a business model diagram (A) is the recommended method because visual diagrams - such as flowcharts or business process model and notation (BPMN) diagrams - provide a clear, structured way to capture current ("as-is") workflows and design improved future ("to-be") processes, making gaps and inefficiencies immediately visible to stakeholders.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (Querying relational databases) is a data retrieval technique, not a process modeling method.
• C (Writing detailed descriptions) can supplement process documentation but lacks the visual clarity needed to map process flows and relationships effectively.
• D (Drawing hierarchical matrixes) shows reporting structures or responsibility assignments (like a RACI), not the flow of processes over time.

Memory tip: Think of the word map - you draw a map, not write one or query one. Process mapping = drawing diagrams.

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