BPMN 2: Business Process Model and Notation

Part 1: Level 1 process modelling

• Business Process Model and Notation concepts and definition.
• The benefits of the BPMN 2 standard.
• BPMN 2 orchestration and collaboration processes.
• Control flow models.
• The token principle.
• Fundamental BPMN model elements.
• Getting started with Bizagi Modeler business process mapping software.

Practical work:

• Model batches of processes to solve a common business problem.

Part 2: Level 2 process modelling

• Task types: user, manual, script, service, send and receive.
• Business rules and associated tasks.
• Introduction to the Decision Model and Notation standard.
• Data gateways.
• The role of subprocesses.
• Embedded subprocesses.
• Start, end and intermediate events.

Practical work:

• Model an initial batch of processes while respecting the modelling elements.

Part 3: Level 2 process modelling (continued)

• The event table.
• Start events.
• End events.
• Signal events.

Part 4: Level 3 process modelling

• Intermediate events upstream in the flow and downstream of tasks or subprocesses.
• Interrupting and non-interrupting events.
• Error events.
• Escalation events.
• Compensation events.
• Link events.

Practical work:

• Model a second batch of processes while respecting the modelling elements.

Part 5: Level 3 process modelling (continued)

• Specific embedded subprocess cases: transaction, event and ad hoc.
• Reusable subprocesses: call activities.
• Event-based and complex gateways.
• Repeating events.
• Multi-instance pools.

Part 6: Level 4 process modelling

• The difference between events on a task boundary and events on a subprocess boundary.
• The difference between events inside and outside a subprocess.
• The difference between interrupting and non-interrupting events, and events that are neither.
• Using tokens: elements that create and consume tokens and those that do not.

Practical work:

• Model a third batch of processes while respecting the modelling elements.

Part 7: Collaboration process modelling

• Message types to use in exchanges.
• Best practices for modelling collaboration.

Practical work:

• Model a collaboration process.

Part 8: Transforming processes into applications

• Writing and executing a process with Oracle BPMS.
• Workspaces in a BPM application.

Practical work:

• Presentation of a business process transformed into an enterprise application.

Part 9: Level 1 modelling methods

• Establishing the scope.
• Identifying lanes.
• Defining start events.
• Defining end events.
• Task types and names.
• Using links.
• Checking token distribution.
• Using artefacts.

Practical work:

• Implement a modelling method in a failing business process.

Part 10: Level 2 modelling methods

• The Process Owner's role.
• The operational Centre of Excellence (CoE) or BPM department.
• Breaking down a complex process.
• Creating a hierarchy of processes and subprocesses.
• The process description approach: orchestration or collaboration.

Practical work:

• Apply modelling processes using best practices.