Comments on: Two BPMN Self-Tests

By: acaforio

acaforio — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:03:48 +0000

Anyway, while the test seems totally misdirected as to what is important to know about BPMN, it is a quite clever marketing tool for BPMN training. There are hints in that direction on the self-test site

If the test is like yours that aims at really appreciate BPMN understanding, it is good for marketing both the training and the BPMN value.
Moreover I think that your diagrams are far more complex (while very compact, meaningful and understandable) than the Humboldt ones. Wasn’t BPMN designed to create richer but understandable process models?

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BPM HOJE » BPMN Teste — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:24:10 +0000

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BPMN-Selbsttest von Bruce Silver | ananet.ch — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:01:20 +0000

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By: allweyer

allweyer — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:51:18 +0000

Thanks for mailing the diagrams and the detailed explanations of the correct answers. This is really helpful.

By: Und noch ein BPMN-Selbsttest - Kurze Prozesse

Und noch ein BPMN-Selbsttest - Kurze Prozesse — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:44:59 +0000

[...] von dem BPMN-Test der Humboldt-Uni hat auch Bruce Silver einen BPMN-Selbstest online gestellt. Anders als bei den Kollegen aus Berlin geht es ihm aber nicht um das Verständnis [...]

By: bruce

bruce — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:27:46 +0000

OK, test takers now receive a detailed answer sheet with explanations by email from me after I tabulate their scores.
–Bruce

By: bruce

bruce — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:59:34 +0000

@allweyer and mack,
Good suggestion about posting the answer sheet including the diagrams (with explanation). I can’t find a way to do this directly on iLinc (except before you submit… that wouldn’t work). I will probably send a followup email instead when I receive the score. Later this week I hope…
–Bruce

By: mack

mack — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:13:00 +0000

Agree with allweyer – nice to see the diagrams again for evaluation of errors.

BPMN 2.0 needs more training on my side, and still running on BPMN 1.0 (!) in my organistation. Would appreciate more of theese test (or more questions?). I have tried out the self-test by Humbolt, but was thrown out just before finishing… (grrr). The test is a good benchmark for BPMN architects (as long as you lock the door, log out of outlook, and shut the phone down), but I would never suggest this for others in my org before they have extensive hands on training on how-to-model-BPMN. Your test however could be used to checkout knowledge levels along the learning track. Could it be an idea to group the test according to your book? I have adviced several internal resources to read your book, and it would be great if individuals could “check-out” the theory along the way. Would probably conflict with your online-training, but could be done in a more high-level test?…

By: allweyer

allweyer — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:30:38 +0000

Nice test, you really need to understand the meaning of the BPMN constructs in order to answer the questions. When reading the evaluation, I would have liked to see the diagrams again.

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