Cool things you can do with BPMN diagrams (part 1)

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One of my favorite parts of process modeling trainings is discussing with participants how do they plan to use those skills. It is a matter of process maturity in an organization (since some of the scenarios require some BPM know-how), specific goals and planned initiatives of the organizations (if you have a budget for process improvement probably you should try to make this project a success instead of adding several other elements to the scope), but also being aware of what is possible.

The goal of this post series is to give you some ideas of how process models (especially BPMN Business Process Diagrams) can be used.
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Token in BPMN

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Token in BPMN

Recently I had a chance to discuss concept of token in BPMN with my students and thought you may also find this topic interesting.

So, first of all – what is a token? As opposed to other elements of BPMN like Tasks, Events or Gateways, tokens do not have visualizations.

Specification defines Token as: “a theoretical concept that is used as an aid to define the behavior of a Process that is being performed”.

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Interview with Jim Boots – how to approach process modeling and make people care about BPM

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Interview with Jim Boots – how to approach process modeling and make people care about BPM

One of the main struggles of BPM practitioners is how to make organization care about Business Process Management. How to make sure that people will be interested in models you create? How to get the executive support for the process management initiative and what kind of support is sufficient?

Does it sound interesting? Read on…
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Interview with Sandeep Johal – Process Modeling Best Practices

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Interview with Sandeep Johal – Process Modeling Best Practices

Do you hear people asking “Why do we need to draw all those boxes and arrows” and wonder how to convince them that process modeling makes sense? What kind of models really create value for organization? Are there some guidelines that help you create useful models?

To help you answer those questions I have prepared for you interview with Sandeep Johal from Leonardo Consulting.
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