Shadowing Practice: Best-Practice Process Modeling | SAP Signavio Process Manager - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Understand and improve how you run with process modeling in SAP Signavio.
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Moving fast and adapting to change requires an in -depth understanding of how business processes run in their current state,
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so they can be improved moving forward. But where to start?
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Well, with SAP Signavio, it's easy.
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SAP Signavio Process Manager is a comprehensive cloud -based solution that enables organizations to collaboratively model,
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compare and simulate processes and process -related content.
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How does it work?
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Once you've logged into SAP Signavio, you can get started with creating content by clicking the Create button.
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BPMN will be listed, alongside all the other different types of content SAP Signavio allows you to create.
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The editor will open and from here you can get started modelling.
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You simply drag
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and drop the business process modelling notation elements from the shape
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side panel on the left onto the blank canvas in the middle.
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You can also contextually build from each element using the quick menu.
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To speed up modelling, you can search for predefined dictionary entries and drag and drop them onto the canvas.
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This helps to not only speed up modelling,
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but also to make sure all users are leveraging the same terms and the same elements in an organisation's process management environment.
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The toolbar at the top offers you all the tools you will need to customise and arrange the elements on the canvas.
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To create a complete picture of your operations, you can fill the process with more detailed and useful information.
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Here you can describe your process, assign roles, attach documents, define risk and controls, cost and durations and much more,
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depending on your use case.
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Now that the process is complete, you can save it into your modelling environment.
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As it saves, the editor will run a convention check to uncover any notation errors
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and offer suggestions on what could be improved.
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Conventions can also be customized to maintain a certain level of conformance specific to an organization's needs.
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To get feedback, you can use the suite -wide collaboration functionality to share your process with anyone within your organization.
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They can then view the process either in SAP Signavio Process Manager
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or SAP Signavio Process Collaboration Hub to leave their feedback as a comment directly on the process step
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or on the process as a whole.
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Depending on an organization's setup, once a process is complete, it could be that it needs to be submitted for approval before publication.
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And through the power of the suite, the approval can be triggered directly from SAP Signavio Process Collaboration Hub.
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This is where the diagram comparison view is helpful.
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If the process is a revision, the approver can see the changes that were made before approving or rejecting the publication.
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The comparison view could also be used to compare a process with a best practice when conducting a fit gap analysis.
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Once approved, the process will then be readily available in SAP Signavio Process Collaboration Hub for everyone to consume and collaborate on.
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All this enables organizations to understand, capture and improve their business processes fast and at scale.
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SAP Signavio Process Manager as part of the SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite allows
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you to model processes collaboratively across your entire organization, rapidly speeding up your ability to react to change.
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Visit Signavio .com to try process modeling for yourself by starting your free trial today.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Best-Practice Process Modeling”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: process, signavio, Sap, modeling, collaboration. This video has 33 sentences and 568 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:35. The speaker talks at a natural 158 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| element noun | /ˈɛləmənt/ | One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. |
| collaboration noun | /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/ | The act of collaborating. |
| suite noun | /swiːt/ | A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue. |
| canvas noun | /ˈkæn.vəs/ | A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp (traditionally) or from cotton and polyesters, useful for making sails, tents, and overcoats or as a surface for… |
| compare verb | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it… |
| publication noun | /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ | The act of publishing printed or other matter. |
| dragon noun | /ˈdɹæɡən/ | In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a… |
| feedback noun | /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ | Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results. |
| enable verb | /ɪˈneɪ.bəl/ | To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| approve verb | /əˈpɹuːv/ | To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. |
| cloud noun | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. |
| alongside | /əˌlɔŋˈsaɪd/ | Side by side with. |
| helpful adjective | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | Furnishing help; giving aid; useful. |
| capture verb | /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ | To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| speed up verb | /spiːdˈʌp/ | To accelerate; to increase speed. |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, publication /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, duration /dʒʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, publication /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, comprehensive /ˌkɑm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/, editorial /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːɹɪəl/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like element, collaboration, suite.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.