Thanks to all of you who took my BPMN Self-Test. BPMN, today accepted as the universal process modeling standard, is outwardly familiar — it looks like traditional swimlane flowcharts — but few people really know how to use it effectively. That’s what I try to teach in my book and the BPMessentials training. The self-test examines some of those parts of BPMN that are extremely useful in modeling everyday scenarios but which are not part of the traditional flowcharter’s existing knowledge. If you haven’t taken the test yet, why don’t you do it right now? Just click here. Then come back when you’re done and check out the answers. If you have taken it and would like to see my explanation of the answers, read on.
Q1. Exception propagation from subprocess
Q2. Loop and Multi-instance activities
Q3. Wait for requested document or timeout
Q4. Conditional activities
Q5. Alternative responses or timeout
Q6. Timed interval
Q7. Order cancellation
Q8. Missed SLA
Q9. Order change
Q10. Abort concurrent activity
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Tags: BPMN, bpmn 2.0, bpmn method and style, bpmn self-test, bpmn training
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I have some questions on your answers.
Q. #7. I understand the question in such key: wait for some time, and if the cancelation is not received, fulfill order (for example situation with pre-ordering of the new items). In such way does the diagram is correct?
Zuek,
I am not sure I understand your question. In C, the correct answer to Q7, the process listens for the cancellation (it is not really paused “waiting”) while Fulfill Order is running. If cancellation is not received, the process continues to ship the order; if the cancellation is received, the order is not shipped. Since the earlier steps are not shown, possibly there is some ambiguity about what actions comprise Fulfill Order. None of the other choices describe “waiting” for some time period and then fulfilling the order.
–Bruce
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Hi Bruce,
the URLs for the video streams are no longer valid. Could you remedy this?
Thank you…and Thanks for a great blog!
Paul
Links fixed today. –Bruce
Fixed now.