BPMN and Business Process Management - An Introduction to the New Business Process Modeling Standard - Executive Summary - Part 1

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BPMN, the Business Process Modeling Notation, is presented as a new standard for modeling business processes and web service processes within the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI). The text explains how BPMN uses the Business Process Diagram (BPD) to represent complex processes while remaining easy for users to understand. It positions BPMN as enabling Business Process Management (BPM) by managing process change and mapping to other BPMI specifications, while contrasting BPMN’s approach with BPEL4WS and describing execution and orchestration through BPMS systems.

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Executive Summary

Introducing BPMN

BPMN Enables Business Process Management (BPM)

BPMN Enables Modeling of B2B and B2C

A First Look at BPMN

Modeling Business Events

Business Processes, Sub-Processes, and Tasks

Modeling the Sequence Flow of a Process

Modeling Decision Points with Gateways

Who Does What – Pools and Lanes

Modeling B2B Message Flows

Understanding How Data Is Transformed

BPMN Conclusion

| BPTrends March, 2004 BPMN and Business Process Management | | --- | | BPMNand
Business Process Management
An Introduction to the
New Business Process Modeling Standard
By Martin Owen and Jog Raj
Popkin Software
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Introducing BPMN .......................................................................................... 4
BPMN Enables Business Process Management (BPM) ......................................... 4
BPMI.ORG Created to Establish BPM Standards ............................................. 4
Rigor of the BPMI.ORG Standards ............................................................... 5
BPMN Enables Modeling of B2B and B2C ......................................................... 5
BPMN Maps to Business Execution Languages .................................................. 5
BPMI.ORG Works with OASIS for e-Business Standards .................................. 5
BPMN Models Web Services .......................................................................... 6
A First Look at BPMN ...................................................................................... 6
Modeling Business Events ............................................................................. 8
More Complex Events--Specifying Trigger Types ......................................... 8
Business Processes, Sub-Processes, and Tasks ...............................................10
Decomposing Your Processes Into Hierarchies..............................................10
Easily Viewing Process Complexities ........................................................... 11
Modeling the Sequence Flow of a Process.......................................................12
Modeling Decision Points with Gateways ........................................................ 12
Who Does What – Pools and Lanes ............................................................... 15
A Pool Can Represent Many Things............................................................. 16
Modeling B2B Message Flows ....................................................................... 16
Enforcing B2B Rules................................................................................. 17
Black Boxes and White Boxes....................................................................... 17
Understanding How Data Is Transformed .......................................................18
Annotating the Models with Text...................................................................20
BPMN Conclusion........................................................................................20
Simulating Business Processes ........................................................................20
Mapping to Business Execution Languages........................................................21
BPMN Maps Directly to Execution Languages ...............................................21
BPMS’s Orchestrate Web Services....................................................................22
How BPMN Fits In with UML ............................................................................22
UML Is Alien to Most Business Analysts..........................................................23
UML Lacks an Implementation View of Business Models ...................................23
UML Lacks Mathematical Foundation to Map to BPEL’s .....................................24
BPMN and UML Play Together.......................................................................24
Conclusion .............................................................................

FAQs

What does BPMN stand for and what is it used for?

BPMN stands for Business Process Modeling Notation. It is used as a standard to model business processes and web service processes.

How does BPMN represent processes, according to the text?

BPMN uses a Business Process Diagram (BPD). The BPD is designed to be easy to use and understand, while supporting complex process modeling.

What is the relationship between BPMN, BPMI specifications, and execution standards?

BPMN is one of three BPMI specifications, alongside BPML and BPQL, and it is designed to map directly to execution languages. Business Process Execution Languages are run and orchestrated through a Business Process Management System (BPMS).

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