Successful Process Mining Projects — Example Files

This page contains all files needed for you to follow the example I described in my book “Successful Process Mining Projects.”

You will be able to review the briefing files and transform the data so that it is usable in a process mining tool. It also includes all the “solutions” that are mentioned in the book so that you can learn how I did the things I describe. 😉

Client problem / briefing

Here you find the Statement of Work and the initial client briefing files (aka the outcome of steps 1 and 2 of the 6-step method for Process Mining projects).

Statement of Work for project

Client briefing deck

Procure-to-Pay diagram from client

Procure-to-Pay diagram as graphic

Data Files

These are the “source files” (extracts from source systems). Please note that the monthly salary is calculated for a 20-day month and that external resources are added for completeness in the salaries file.

Export from procurement system

Export from finance system

Monthly salaries

Mapping cases to product areas

Transformations

The KNIME workflows used in the example. Please note that you need to point the read and write nodes of the initial transformation workflow to the locations on your hard drive (or wherever you store them).

Initial transformations

Initial transformations as graphic

Full transformations & calculations

Full transformations & calculations as graphic

Initial activity log (1)

Activity log with costs (2)

Activity log with automation column (3)

Activity log with supplier info (4)

Reference Processes

Here is the cleaned-up discovered process and the future-state process that was agreed upon with the client (including attributes for simulation in the future-state ARIS XML file).