How many of you use Ad Hoc Subprocesses when modeling?

Hey everyone, In preparation for our next book, I thought it might be helpful to provide cheat sheets to some of the most asked about notations. I will keep this a running forum post. The first cheat sheet: Event-Based Gateways Josh

If you could pick one concept (BPMN) and one mode for consumption; what would it be? Is it something simple? something complex? something out in left-field, where I am sitting? Let me know in the comments below. Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2021 can get us back to a sense of normalcy and I can see you and in-person conferences. Josh

All; We are in the midst of writing our 2nd edition book and we want your help. Specifically, as it pertains to what you want to learn about, what you think others want to learn about, or things that we could have covered in greater detail. What we find with BPMN is that there are certain notations that are used for a variety of reasons, which was why we took the "most important" approach to our first book. One area that we are diving into further with our second edition, is the application of simulation and your BPMN models, or more importantly, learning how to simulate your process models using BPMN (and the right tools). So, if there is a notation, concept, or modeling scenario you would like for us to include, please let us know. We would love to incorporate the ideas of the BPMN modeling community. Either reply to this thread or email us directly. Josh Josh@bpmpractitioners.com Joe@bpmpractitioners.com

How many of you are using simulation for your business or technical process models using BPMN?

I am curious on your experiences with BPMN and applying it to areas of emerging technology. What are you currently working on in the field?

This forum post will be used to highlight discrepancies or tweaks to our book. Since, we can't just edit and push out an update quickly, I thought this would be a good place to share what readers like you have found.

Welcome. This forum is designed to engage in the thought-experiment - knowledge creation. Let's begin by sharing the responses to the thought-experiment questions.

Welcome! Thanks for reading our book and/or completing one of our consultation learning experiences on our website. Whether you completed these in our learning events, training program, or through your own self-direction, this place is for you to share your solutions with the BPMN community. Guidelines for posting: 1. Please name the consultation exercise you are presenting. 2. Please attach a JPEG or PNG file. 3. Share what else you would recommend or change. How could we make our solution better? 4. Be respectful when commenting on other people's solutions or ideas, we are all learners. We look forward to seeing your consultation solutions and engaging in a more in-depth examination of BPMN with all of you. Josh and Joe

Welcome! With the upcoming launch of our book: Learning BPMN 2.0: A practical guide for today's adult learner, it was about time we create a place for you, the adult learner and BPMN practitioner. So, as you read through our book, and practice modeling out the various exercises, share with us your models. Specifically, as you encounter differences or questions. We would love to hear from you. Guidelines for posting. 1. Please list name of the General Practitioner exercise. 2. Please upload your JPEG or PNG file to this thread. 3. Please share why you came to the conclusion for your model, if possible cite BPMN v2.0, based on your interpretation. We look forward to engaging with you and truly hope you enjoyed our book. Josh and Joe

Understanding formal expressions really come down what tool you are using for BPMN. If you are using a tool, there is specific executable language or formal expressions within the standard. For instance an unified expression language (UEL) for a conditional sequence flow from our book (Figure 168), may look like this in XML: <sequenceFlow is="flow1" Name="fromEvaluateTrainingMaterialtoModifyVideoResource" sourceRef="EvaluateTrainingMaterial" targetRef="ModifyVideoResource" <conditionExpression xsi:type="tFormalExpression"> ${evaluationresult == 'update video required'} </conditionExpression> </sequenceFlow> Basically, this expression is indicated that when the condition "update video required" is the result of our evaluation of training material, we move from activity Evaluate Training Material to Modify Video Resource. For those who are learning or may have experience with formal expressions, share any examples you may have, or feel free to point out how I could better write my formal expression.

There are some great BPMN forum groups (Google, LinkedIn) that users ask BPMN related questions. So, what are your BPMN related questions?

Here is a list of some awesome research articles we have enjoyed by fellow researchers and practitioners: 1. What we can learn from quality issues of BPMN models from industry by Henrik Leopold, Jan Mendling, and Oliver Gunther. 2. How novices design business processes by Jan Recker, Norizan Safrudin, and Michael Rosemann. 3. Semantics and analysis of business process models in BPMN by Remco Dijkman, Marlon Dumas, and Chun Ouyang. 4. On the ontological expressiveness of conceptual modeling grammars for service productivity management by Jorg Becker, Danial Beverungen, Ralf Knackstedt, Hans Peter Rauer, and Daniel Sigge 5. An ontological model of an information system by Yair Wand and Ron Weber

Share what you have observed in terms of impacts from poor modeling techniques? How has that effected your organizations BPM efforts?

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Conducting interviews is a great way of capturing the process from the subject matter expert’s (SME) perspective. So, let's reverse it, and you interview us. What are your questions? If you could only ask one, what would it be regarding BPMN?

Join the discussion. Here you can post questions about your BPMN Learning Centre experience. This place is where you can ask questions, challenge our solutions, or share your work as it relates to the BPMN Learning Centre.