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Join Us for Our
February Event: Foundation Skills in BPMN
Wednesday February 24th, 6:15 p.m.
How often have you had to add huge
reams of text to your process and workflow diagrams in order
to make them understandable for non-technical project
stakeholders, and for the models to give you a complete
picture of process-based requirements?
Since the earliest days of business
information technology, modeling the workflow details of
business processes has been accomplished largely through
repurposing diagrams originally designed for software
development. This can lead to frustration when attempting to
detail the nuances of manual process task flow due to the
in-built technology bias of the diagrams. In response,
Business Process Modeling Notation was created by the
Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI). BPMN is
now governed and endorsed by the Object Management Group,
the same organization that governs the Unified Modeling
Language.
The first goal of BPMN is to provide a
notation that is readily understandable by all
business users. This includes:
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Business
professionals who manage and monitor processes within
the business environment
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Business analysts who create
requirements documentation
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Software engineers who implement
the technology that manages the automated portion of
business processes
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Software vendors who need to map
their product offerings to unique business needs.
BPMN creates a standardized
communications bridge between business process design and
process implementation.
The second goal of BPMN is to ensure
that XML languages designed for the automated execution of
business processes, such as BPEL4WS (Business Process
Execution Language for Web Services), can be visualized with
a business-oriented notation.
The Business Process Diagrams
(BPD) created through BPMN take advantage of lessons learned
over the years, including iconography and best ideas from
UML Activity Diagrams®, UML EDOC Business
Processes®, IDEF3®, ebXML BPSS®,
Activity-Decision Flow (ADF) Diagrams®,
RosettaNet®, LOVeM®, and Event-Process
Chains (EPCs) ®.
This event will provide you with
fundamental understanding of BPMN syntax, along with insight
as to where BPMN makes sense as a modeling tool. All
attendees will receive hardcopy of a BPMN Quick Reference
and Full Reference guide sheets.
No time will be spent justifying BPMN
or providing comparative analysis against other modeling
technologies (zealots please note).
When and
Where
 Downtown
Toronto Event: Wednesday February 24thThe event will be held at the offices of Nexient Learning
at 2 Bloor West. This is the CIBC tower on the north west
corner of Yonge and Bloor Street. There is direct
underground access from either the Bay or Yonge-Bloor subway
stations. City parking is available on Cumberland Avenue,
which runs one way from Bay to Yonge one block north of
Bloor Street.
As this facility is in a secure building, please meet
with our Chapter Representative in the main lobby, who will
escort you upstairs.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and
we start at 6:15 p.m. Admission is
free for Toronto Chapter
Members. Admission is $10
for non-members who
preregister for the event,
and $15 at the door.
Space is limited. We highly
recommend pre-registration to guarantee your place. To
preregister for this session
click
here.
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