For you who read this blog on occasion, please help. I am looking for any valid BPMN diagrams that can not be represented as standard XPDL. Many people understand that XPDL is a superset of BPMN, meaning that everything from BPMN can be represented as XPDL, while the converse is not necessarily true. There are, however, a few vocal opponents who claim that XPDL can not be used to store BPMN.
OK. Both BPMN and XPDL are complex subjects. (more…)
Categories: BPM · Workflow
Tagged: BPMN, notation, process diagram, XPDL
A business process is compsed of activities. Are those activities of a computer (an automating diagram) or are those activities of people (a facilitating diagram)? There are places for both kinds of diagrams in making organizations run better, and BPMN is a notation designed to support both as well. To support facilitation diagrams well, there is one key thing that is missing: a way to denote a “choice“. (more…)
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