====== Make process start and end explicit ====== {{tag>event start_event end_event}} Always depict start and end events. ===== ✔ How to ===== Flow_0skr8v5 Flow_0vqa3yk Flow_0vqa3yk Flow_0wup8w6 Flow_0skr8v5 Flow_0wup8w6 ===== ✘ How NOT to ===== Flow_0vqa3yk Flow_0vqa3yk ===== Notes ===== According to [[https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/2.0.2/PDF | BPMN spec]] start and end events aren't obligatory - an activity without incoming sequence flows is treated as implicit process start, activity without outgoing sequence flows is implicit end. However it's better to avoid such diagrams because they may be misunderstood. ===== Exceptions ===== Ad-hoc subprocess: ===== Author(s) ===== --- //[[user:jjjores|Георгий Ржавин]] 2023-09-12 10:27// --- //[[user:bell|Anatoly Belaychuk]] 2024-11-27 16:32//, English translation