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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I read somewhere that it was possible to chain xslt’s together, so I thought it was worth a try to combine the Visio-to-BPMN transform and the BPMN validator into a single operation. And it worked! So now you can do Method and Style validation directly on diagrams created with the BPMN template in Visio Premium [...]
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I am making two BPMN model validation tools, which reinforce the rules of my Method and Style approach, available on BPMS Watch. As I have said in the past, the biggest obstacle most people – business and IT – face in creating good BPMN is attention to proper model structure and labeling… NOT the shape [...]
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I mentioned in a previous post I had created a tool that converts BPMN diagrams from Visio Premium 2010 to BPMN 2.0-compliant XML. It was an interesting project because Visio itself does not internally “understand” the structure of a BPMN model. Sure, it can test many of the rules in the BPMN spec, but that [...]
Last Friday I had a run-through of my upcoming BPMN Method and Style Level 1 workshop. It was a good thing. I got some helpful feedback on the content, and I learned a few tricks of Microsoft Visio 2010 (having the Visio product manager in attendance didn’t hurt). It was a little rushed to squeeze [...]
If you’ve been wanting to learn how to add “method and style” to your BPMN modeling but not yet ready for the full BPMessentials training and certification, here’s an opportunity for you. On July 20, I’ll be conducting a 4-hour BPMN Method and Style Level 1 Workshop in a virtual classroom format, i.e., interactive delivered [...]
I want to call your attention to three recent white papers I’ve written and posted on the site. They are all free downloads available to anyone registered on BPMS Watch. All three deal with the new generation of tools available to help users get started in BPM and bridge the once-formidable divide between business process [...]
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It’s safe to say that despite the proliferation of real BPMN tools, the majority of BPMN-like process diagrams that exist in the world have been created in Microsoft Visio. For me, Visio – by itself – was always just a “drawing” tool, not a real modeling tool. Even if you could find a BPMN stencil [...]
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