BPMN for Business Users Training Course

Introduction

• The importance of understanding BPMN
• The BPMN Specification
• Different BPMN Versions
• BPMN in the Context of Business Modeling
• Key questions for professionals working with BPMN

Levels of Model Description in BPMN

• Descriptive BPMN
• Analytical BPMN

Types of BPD Diagrams

• Private Process
• Public Process
• Collaboration

The Role of Events

• Start and End Events
• Start and End Events for Descriptive Modeling
• Timer Intermediate Event in Normal Flow
• Link Event (Off-page Connector)

Activities as Work

• Tasks Used in Descriptive Sub-type Modeling

Flow Control Management

• XOR Gate in Descriptive Modeling
• AND Gate in Descriptive Modeling
• Uncontrolled Flow

Flows Within Diagrams

• Sequence Flow
• Message Flow

Additional Diagram Objects

• Associations
• Artifacts

Limits and Process Diagram Boundaries

• Participants
• Lanes

Practical Process Construction

• Basic Sequences Within a Process
• Creating Negative Paths
• Diagrams Without and With Actors
• Loops Within a Process
• Communication Between Processes
• Indicating Unconditional Waiting
• Synchronization of Independent Paths Within a Process
• Synchronization Between Independent Processes
• Describing the Scenario “at least one condition is true”
• Analyzing Process Scenarios
• Process Interruption