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White, IBM Corporation  \nAbstract  \nThis paper is intended to provide a high-level overview and introduction to the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN). The context and general uses for BPMN will be provided as a supplement to the technical details defined the BPMN 1.0 Specification, which has been recently completed and released to the public. The basics of the BPMN notation will be discribed—that is, the types of graphical objects that comprise the notation and how they work together as part of a Business Process Diagram. Also discussed will be the different uses of BPMN, including how levels of precision affect what a modeler will include in a diagram. Finally, the value in using BPMN as a standard notation will be defined and the future of BPMN outlined.  \nWhat Is BPMN?  \nThe Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI) has developed a standard Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) . The BPMN 1.0 specification was released to the public in May, 2004. This specification represents more than two years of effort by the BPMI Notation Working Group. The primary goal of the BPMN effort was to provide a notation that is readily understandable by all business users, from the business analysts that create the initial drafts of the processes, to the technical developers responsible for implementing the technology that will perform those processes, and finally, to the business people who will manage and monitor those processes. BPMN will also be supported with an internal model that will enable the generation of executable BPEL4WS. Thus, BPMN creates a standardized bridge for the gap between the business process design and process implementation.  \nBPMN defines a Business Process Diagram (BPD), which is based on a flowcharting technique tailored for creating graphical models of business process operations. A Business Process Model, then, is a network of graphical objects, which are activities (i.e., work) and the flow controls that define their order of performance.  \nBPMN Basics  \nA BPD is made up of a set of graphical elements. These elements enable the easy development of simple diagrams that will look familiar to most business analysts (e.g., a flowchart diagram) . The elements were chosen to be distinguishable from each other and to utilize shapes that are familiar to most modelers. For example, activities are rectangles and decisions are diamonds. It should be emphasized that one of the drivers for the development of BPMN is to create a simple mechanism for creating business process models, while at the same time being able to handle the complexity inherent to business processes. The approach taken to handle these two conflicting requirements was to organize the graphical aspects of the notation into specific categories. This provides a small set of notation categories so that the reader of a BPD can easily recognize the basic types of  \nelements and understand the diagram. Within the basic categories of elements, additional variation and information can be added to support the requirements for complexity without dramatically changing the basic look-and-feel of the diagram. The four basic categories of elements are:  \n• Flow Objects  \n• Connecting Objects  \n• Swimlanes  \n• Artifacts  \nFlow Objects  \nA BPD has a small set of (three) core elements, which are the Flow Objects, so that modelers do not have to learn and recognize a large number of different shapes. The three Flow Objects are:  \nEvent  \nActivity  \nGateway  \nAn Event is represented by a circle and is something that“happens” during the course of a business process. These Events affect the flow of the process and usually have a cause (trigger) or an impact (result) . Events are circles with open centers to allow internal markers to differentiate different triggers or results. There are three types of Events, based on when they affect the flow: Start, Intermediate, and End (see the figures to the right, respectively) .  \nAn Ac","cbCaimIF3Cf3dZlC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimIF3Cf3dZlC","pdf",367087,11,"English","# What Is BPMN?\n# BPMN Basics\n## Flow Objects\n## Connecting Objects","[{\"question\":\"What is BPMN and why was it created?\",\"answer\":\"BPMN is a standard Business Process Modeling Notation created to be understandable to business analysts, technical developers, and business users. It provides a standardized bridge between business process design and process implementation.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the three core Flow Objects in a BPMN Business Process Diagram (BPD)?\",\"answer\":\"The three core Flow Objects are Event, Activity, and Gateway. 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