Building Reliable Process Models: BPMN Events

An introduction to the meaning of Events in BPMN.

This video is a short introduction to the meaning of the shapes but is not an exhaustive tutorial on how to use them.

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Building Reliable Process Models: BPMN Pools and Lanes

An introduction to the meaning of Pools and Lanes in BPMN.

This video is a short introduction to the meaning of the shapes but is not an exhaustive tutorial on how to use them.

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Building Reliable Process Models: Defining Process Scope

Rather than jumping straight into modelling process steps, set out the scope of the process first. Here is a method you can use to do that.

BPMN 2.0: What is it? Why use it?

Before we get into the vocabulary and grammar of BPMN 2.0, let’s have a quick look at what it is and why I think you should be using it for process modelling.

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Defining Process Scope

As a business process modeler, you might find yourself modelling what you think is one process, only to find that it is several processes. This can dramatically alter your estimate of how much effort is required.

I learned this to my cost many years ago. This video outlines my approach to defining the […]

Introduction to the BPMN 2.0 Level 1 Palette

The slide deck below is an introduction for process modelers to the Level 1 Palette of shapes for Business Process Modelling Notation 2.0.

When I was new to the BPMN palette years ago, I used it as I had used any other process flowcharting palette previously, i.e., I used the shapes […]

Process Model versus Process Map

When it comes to describing business processes BPMN 2.0 is my notation of choice.

This post is about what I mean when I say “process model” and “process map”, so let’s not get hung up on the terms themselves. If you are an advocate of and expert in BPMN and you […]

Deconstructing a BA job advert

I saw a job advert on Jobserve and it’s typical of adverts that fail to grasp what a senior business analyst should be able to do for a client.

Click here to read the advert before you proceed.

So what’s wrong with it? I’ll go down through it as […]

Business Architecture is about more than software requirements

I believe that when when business analysis is limited to (or centred around) the software development lifecycle, it ceases to be about defining the needs of the business and instead supports the main need of the solution provider: deliver software to schedule, which should be a means and not an end in itself. […]

Defining process scope

Before attempting to model a business process, you should first define its scope so you know how it starts, how it ends and whether it is really one process or many.