ACCT 480
Final Exam Study Guide
I. BPMN Process
Ch 2 BPMN Procedure p. 31-36
Purpose and use of Activity models
Building blocks for BPMN Diagrams
Identifying Participants in BPMN
Messages in BPMN
Ch 5 BPMN Sales Process p. 105-107
Basic Sales Activity Model
Ch 6 BPMN Acquisition Process p. 131-
141
Basic Purchases Activity Model
II. Conversion Process
Ch 7 AIS for Manufacturing Firms p. 150-
167
Conversion Process Accounting
Transactions
Figure 7.5 UML Class Diagram for
Conversion Process
III. Systems Risks & Controls
Ch 10 p. 194-219
Code of Ethics
SOX
Control Concepts
COSO Internal Control Framework
COSO ERM Framework
Risk Assessment & Response
Control Activities
COBIT Framework use & definition
ITIL use & definition
Ch 11 p. 220-239
Study definitions of all vocab on p.
235
Chapter lightly represented on final
IV. Business Value of IT & Balanced
Scorecard
Ch 13 p. 260-273
Balanced Scorecard Framework
Purpose of Strategy Maps
Balanced Score Card Management
Process
Ch 14 p. 274-291
Business Case for IT Initiatives
Estimating Benefits and Costs
Assessing Risks
Understand the definition of Value
Proposition (No Capital Budgeting
Metrics on Final)
V. Cumulative Concepts
Understand value of AIS for firms
(Review Ch 1).
Define Structure Models (Review Ch
3).
Understand value of Relational
Database Systems vs. Excel or other
data collection methods (Review Ch
4).