Conformance Analysis

The Conformance Analysis View incorporates the conformance checking capability of QPR ProcessAnalyzer. There are two views in the conformance analysis: the other shows the violations, and the other shows possible root causes for the nonconformance using the Influence Analysis for Case Attributes.

Design Model

The design model is the set and order of events against which the data in the QPR ProcessAnalyzer model is tested. The design model is defined using BPMN 2.0 notation.

Creating the Design Model

It's recommended to create the design model automatically based on the data in the as-is model. To do this, click on Auto-create Design Model. You will then have two options for generating the design model automatically:

• Create Tasks and Flows: this will create a design model that is effectively the same as the as-is model. Thus, the as-is model will conform perfectly to the design model. After the tasks and flows are created, you can edit the design model and remove the events and flows that shouldn't occur in the process. Note however, that the amount of flows that is created can easily be overwhelming.
• Create Tasks Only: this will generate only the tasks without any flows. The result is a model that needs to be filled with flows to be a valid design model.

Note that the previous design model is replaced by the generated model.

Editing the Design Model

The design model editor is open after using either of the creation methods described above. When viewing the analysis, you can open the design model editor by clicking Edit Design Model.

When editing the desgign model, use only the following elements: Start event, End event, Task, Gateway, and Connector.