I was expecting more feedback on my Executable BPMN 2.0 post. I did get a thoughtful and amusing rant from Alex Pavlov. He dismisses the whole idea of executable BPMN 2.0 as a cynical ploy by the middleware vendors that created it. Besides making some good points on the possibility of executable BPMN 2.0, he [...]
About 99% of the effort in drafting the BPMN 2.0 standard, and 95% of the bad rap it has received, relates to “executable” BPMN 2.0 models. It’s been over a year since publication of the final spec, and it seems that executable BPMN 2.0 tools don’t really exist yet. I hope I’m wrong. For years [...]
The questions of BPM vs Case Management, process vs case, and – almost too horrible for some Case people to contemplate – BPMN extensions for case management – are getting all frothy again. Here is my take on the topic. 1. The question is BPM part of case management, or is case management part of [...]
The second edition of my book BPMN Method and Style is now available. It just went up on Amazon US today, not yet in UK. Here is the link to the Amazon page. Wow, that was a lot of work. I’ve moved the book’s website www.bpmnstyle.com to a section of this site, making it easier [...]
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My BPMN training includes post-class certification. It’s optional, and not everyone who tries for it gets it. For the first few years we offered it, only 10-15% of students got certified. Now it’s well over half, and in some classes close to 100%. I actually think it’s the most valuable part of the offering, and [...]
Visio Premium’s BPMN template is a drawing tool for BPMN diagrams, not a true modeling tool that internally understands the BPMN metamodel. It does provide a validation feature that uses Visio 2010′s new Validation API to check the diagram against the rules of the BPMN 1.2 spec, and that is helpful. But deep down, the [...]
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Our BPMN Method and Style live-online classes have been very well attended, with many students from overseas. The next one is timed to be convenient for those in Australia and New Zealand. I needed to go to my world time zone calculator for this one. Here are the dates and times, depending on your location: [...]
At this week’s SAP Tech Ed conference in Las Vegas, BPM is definitely off the main track. The only other BPM analyst here that I recognized is Jim Sinur of Gartner. The keynote sessions were all about HANA, SAP’s new in-memory analytics platform that is the key to reinvigorating the entire SAP portfolio (at least [...]
Based on a very successful July class, with 35 students, including several from Europe and Asia, we’re going to do another one in September. Save the date – BPMN Method and Style training, live online on September 19, 20, and 21 from 11am-4pm ET (8am-1pm PT, or 5pm-10pm Europe time). The class will leverage some [...]
Continue reading about New BPMN Live Online Class – Sept 19-21
Interest in BPM training and certification is accelerating, and being able to understand and create BPMN process models has become a critical foundation skill. We’ve set the dates for the next 3-day virtual classroom: July 11, 12, and 13 from 11am-4pm ET (8am-1pm PT, or 5pm-10pm Europe time). Check out Sandy Kemsley’s review of the [...]
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