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Questions tagged [bpmn]

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How do you perform modeling in an Extreme Programming environment?

I know methodologies, like Extreme Programming (XP), which specifies its own specific practices for developing software. However, unlike Scrum where it focuses more on management aspects, XP specifies software practices that are required to be…
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How to use BPMN and use case and other diagrams together

I asked this question on stackoverflow, but it seems this question is not suitable there, so I post here for discussion. BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notations) is used for modeling business process by visualization, thus making intangible ideas…
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What is the difference between a process model and a use case diagram?

When using bpmn to specify a process model. And using UML to specify a use case diagram. Don't they both describe processes? What's the difference between the two? I'm reading a course which states: A process model makes the processes in which the…
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What's a good notation for showing MVC interactions?

I'm developing various websites and functionality to cater to various different use-cases up in Django. Is there a good notation for showing what behaviour is at each stage, e.g., swimlanes. I use BPMN 2 notation for everything, but feel that I am…
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Choosing a process modeling notation

It is questionable whether this question really belongs here, but, in any case, it does not fit in Stack Overflow or any other Stack Exchange site. So here I go. The purpose My current pet project consists in developing a software tool to generate…
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How do we learn BPM products?

What are the topics I should learn for a BPM (Business Process Management) product? I mean, do I need to learn BPMN (Business Process Modelling Notation), BPEL (Business Process Excecution Language)? Are there any open source lightweight BPM…
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BPMN - I think I need to split up a pool (consumer-provider-situation)

I thought this might be a thing to happen regularly, but I might be wrong. I have a process that is quite clear in its structure. But: We are in a multi-provider environment and at the very beginning of the process, the actor himself does not know…
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BPMN 2.0: Can sub-processes / event sub-processes have a message end event?

boiling it down to the painpoint: I wonder, if sub-processes can end with a message end event. And in addition, does this hold for event sub-processes as well? (I know that event sub-processes are not allowed to have boundary events.) The standard…
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BPMN: How can messages cross sub-process borders?

I need to send messages from within a subprocess. Now I read about the booking example and boundary events to and fro. But I am missing the concept how to pass information into and out of a sub-process. I know that a call action would open up all…
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No longer than 2 hours condition in BPMN 2.0 diagram

I'm using Enterprise Architect and the following exercise is for educational purposes. My exercise is to draw a BPMN 2.0 business process diagram(s) about user querying data from a bus station website. The exercise states that all restrictions…
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Can BPM be created with just one lane?

BPMN is very popular notation for process modeling and it's theory is based on task sequences and work flows between actors. So it's seems that it's necessary condition to declare at least two lane (Actor) for model. But sometimes i find independent…
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How to keep track of all functionality in a large application

As the title says - how to keep track of functionality as the application grows large? My company use Word-documents where the application has been broken down into chunks called "use cases" - which vary in size and complexity. The problem is that…
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Can BPMN boundary events on subprocesses communicate in either direction?

My old post (which is hidden and will anyway be deleted by me later) seemed to cause confusion, so here is a new - hopefully clearer - question. Thanks for your feedback @ JimmyJames, Jörg W Mittag, candied_orange. I added quite some images, hoping…
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How to handle data input in an BPMN?

I am designing a new process to request service accounts. I am in charge of both, the process design and the technical implementation of the request & creation flows. I am new to BPMN and currently learning as I go. The process starts when an…
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What BPMN symbol should I use when a service outside wants a BPMS to run a workflow?

I want to specify in a BMPN model that a workflow starts whenever a specific service outside tells me to. What standard BPMN symbol shall I use for this? Think of it as a company wants to start a workflow only at night, so it uses an application and…
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