Show pagesourceOld revisionsBacklinksCopy this pageBack to top Share via Share via... Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Pinterest Telegram WhatsApp Yammer Reddit TeamsRecent ChangesSend via e-MailPrintPermalink × Was this page helpful?-13+1 This is an old revision of the document! "Good" BPMN Rules A subprocess and a control branch may be used as an alternative to the attached event Activities performed in different rhytms belong to different processes Align process and activities instances Arrange diagrams horizontally Attach a sequence flow to any side of the activity box Avoid double negations Avoid micromanagement Avoid sequence flows overlapping Check subprocess result on exit Diagram should fit one page Disconnected sequence flows not allowed Don't overuse black box pools Don't overuse terminate event Don't place more than one expanded pool at one diagram Don't play with elements size Don't save on gateways Don't use "flows with diamonds" Don't use converging inclusive gateways without a paired exclusive gateway Don't use mixed gateways Don't use timer event to depict expected activity duration End event name should answer the question "how did the case end?" Error event may be used to model business exceptions Follow structured modeling rules Intermediate event name should answer the question "what happened?" Keep activities names short Main process flow in a properly organized diagram tends to be V-shaped Make parallel merge explicit Make parallel split explicit Make process start and end explicit Model alternative paths with splitting and merging gateways Model handover by a sequence flow Model processes end-to-end Model work by activity Name process as a service Show the happy path Start event name should answer the question "what happened?" Subprocess must be started by none event Task name should answer the question "what should we do?" Time should flow left to right Use a dedicated process to catch the event initiated by external participant Use a subprocess with a terminate or error error event to model veto power Use collapsed subprocesses Use conditional event to model collaboration Use default flow only in executable models Use event gateways with caution Use task plus gateway to model human-made decisions Use the same naming templates for processes and subprocesses Last modified: 2023-08-03 09:49by Anatoly Belaychuk
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