BPMN Notations summary for processes PDF

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Summary

summary of BPMN notations for the process model...

Description

Element Event

Flow Objects

Connecting Objects

Artefacts: Do not directly affect the sequence flow of the process

A Trigger that starts, modifies, or completes a process  Have internal markers (inside circle) to differentiate triggers  3 types of events (depending on how they affect flow): Start, Intermediate, and End

Activity

An Activity or task performed by a person of system Types: Process, sub-process, and task Either unbounded or contained within a pool

Gateway

A Decision point that can adjust the path based on conditions/events. Determines branching, forking, merging, or joining of paths

Sequence Flow

Shows order of activities that will be performed in a process

Message Flow

Depicts messages between two participants that flow across “pools”  does NOT connect events or activities within a pool

Association

Swimlanes

Description

Associates an artefact to a flow object

Pool

Major participants within a process. A different pool may be in a different company or department but still involved in the process

Lane

A Sub-partition within a pool that shows the activities and flow of a certain role or participant, who is accountable for parts of a process Used to organise and categorise activities

Data Object

Provide information on an activity and what these activities require to be performed or what they produce

Group (Box around group of objects for documentation purposes

Logical grouping of activities which can be used for documentation or analysis Can be used to identify activities of a distributed transaction that is shown across pools

Text Annotation

Provides further explanation to a part of the diagram for the reader

(attached to “association”)

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