Today Robert Shapiro of XPDL 2.x fame, also a member of the BPMN 2.0 Finalization Task Force in OMG, delivered an update on progress toward completing both XPDL 2.2 and BPMN 2.0. Here is the link to the unedited replay. Also, Sandy Kemsley does her usual fine job of summarizing the high points here.
I would [...]
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 [...]
[This post describes an approach to integrating the Decsion model of von Halle and Goldberg with process modeling in BPMN. For Part 1, click here.]
Before describing the integration of decision modeling with BPMN, I need to summarize the Decision Model approach described by Barb von Halle and Larry Goldberg in their excellent book. I can’t [...]
Continue reading about Integrating Process and Rules – Part 2
I am a little surprised at the scores on my BPMN self-test. Ten questions, four diagrams each, one of which is the correct answer. The scenarios are typical from real-world processes, and most of the patterns should be used routinely in process models. A couple of questions are a little hard, but I would have [...]
I saw a link a couple days ago for a BPMN self-test, and thought I’d try it out. The test, available to anyone, is “part of a research project by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Technische Universiteit Eindhoven on the understanding of BPMN Process Models.” It’s harmless I suppose, but – to my way of thinking, [...]
Active Endpoints’ Alex Neihaus points me to a post by his CTO Michael Rowley entitled “Which is simpler: BPMN or BPEL?” I’m groaning before I even read it, because I know where Michael is headed. Right off a cliff, in my view.
Their product ActiveVOS is one of the first to support BPMN 2.0 diagrams, but [...]
Continue reading about BPMN vs BPEL: Are We Still Debating This?
Lombardi’s Teamworks 7 adds a wealth of features tosupport massive reuse of process artifacts across multiple projects in various stages of development and maintenance. My latest BPMS Report takes a close look at Lombardi’s brand new offering.
I just finished a white paper on case management for Global 360, whose Case360 product comes the closest to my own view of what case management is all about. Click here to download the report. If you are interested in that topic, you might want to subscribe to my BPMN Case Management site, www.bpmncase.com.
I wrote previously about Lombardi’s efforts to open up Blueprint using XPDL 2.1. A BPMN diagram created in Blueprint can be exported as XPDL and imported into itp commerce Process Modeler for Visio, the tool I use in my BPMessentials training. This is great! Even though it is a standard, BPMN is rarely portable between [...]
Continue reading about Blueprint and BPMN Diagram Portability


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