BPMN, DMN, and CMMN - OMG standards for process improvement Training Course

Introduction to Standards

• Overview of BPMN, DMN, and CMMN: what these standards entail.
• Determining when to utilize BPMN.
• Determining when to utilize DMN.
• Determining when to utilize CMMN.

Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)

Basic BPMN Symbols in Context

• Activities
• Gateways
• Events
• Sequence Flows
• Messages
• Artifacts

Modelling Collaboration

• Pools and Participants
• Lanes

Message Flows

• Techniques for modelling messages

Activities

• Distinction between Activities and Tasks
• Human Interactions
• Categories of Tasks
• Sub-Processes
• Call Activities
• Loop Characteristics and Multi-Instance behaviour

Items and Data

• Data Modelling principles

Events

• Core Concepts
• Start and End Events
• Intermediate Events
• Triggers
• Event Types
  • Message
  • Timer
  • Error
  • Escalation
  • Cancel
  • Compensation
  • Link

Gateways

• Sequence Flow considerations
• Exclusive Gateway
• Inclusive Gateway
• Parallel Gateway
• Event-Based Gateway
• Parallel Event-Based Gateway
• Complex Gateway

Decision Model and Notation (DMN)

Introduction to DMN

• Brief History
• Foundational Concepts
• Decision Requirements
• Decision Logs
• Scope and Applications of DMN (covering both human and automated decision-making)

Decision Requirements

• DRG (Decision Requirement Graph)
• DRD (Decision Requirements Diagram)
• Decision Tables
• Simple Expression Language (S-FEEL)
• FEEL

Case Management Model and Notation (CMMN)

Case Management Elements

• Core Infrastructure
• Case Model Elements
• Cases and Roles
• Information Model Elements
• Plan Model Elements
• Artifacts

Notation

• Cases
• Case Plan Models
• Case File Items
• Stages
• Entry and Exit Criteria
• Plan Fragments
• Tasks
• Milestones
• Event Listeners
• Links
• Planning Tables
• Decorators
• Artifacts