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Conceptual-level Workflow Models

Conceptual-level Workflow Models typically provide an end-to-end view of an entire Business Process unless the Business Process is so complex that it requires more than one conceptual level. The purpose of a conceptual-level Workflow Model is to organize and link together the more detailed models that are based on their Activity Usages.

BPMN event subprocess

Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a graphical notation that describes the logic of steps in a business process. This notation has been especially designed to coordinate the sequence of processes and messages that flow between participants in different activities.

Most BPM tools (e.g. OpenText Cordys, bizagi) these days support BPMN and having a resource that quickly and clearly explains all of the basic terms and applications is critically important.

I hope that you will pass this blog post along to others in your organisation and maybe even print it out to have on hand when others have questions related to BPMN 2.0.

First things first – make sure that there is both a mandate, and funding, for the work you are doing. If you require the support from within your company to get started with BPM, you should concentrate on building a business case for your BPM initiative first.

Even when the process is being automated without major changes to the way work flows through the company, the users themselves will experience a disruption. BPM always represents a new way of doing things. Therefore, both business managers and end users need to recognize the problems with the existing process and have a desire to fix them.