Welcome
The Business Process Modeling Forum is a web community
dedicated to business modeling standards and their practical
applications. Business modeling (a.k.a., business process
modeling) is a broad term that refers to the analysis, design,
and execution of business processes using BPMN, BPEL, UML, WS-CDL,
and other industry standards. Business analysts and managers
use business models to represent the
current and future states of their enterprises. By comparing and
contrasting high-fidelity models of the “as is” and “to be”
enterprises, business modelers can identify specific process
transformations that can result in quantifiable improvements to
their enterprises. Here you can find information
related to business modeling specifications,
tools, publications, and mailing lists.
Business modeling is supported by a
mix of emerging industry standards that include the following:
- Business Process Modeling
Notation (BPMN) —
A graphic notation for representing business processes. BPMN
defines a Business Process Diagram, which is based on
flowcharting techniques customized for business process, and a
mapping to BPEL executable semantics (see below). The BPMN
industry standard is maintained by the
OMG.
- Unified Modeling Language (UML)
—
The industry-standard
visual
modeling language for specifying
software-intensive systems can also be used to
model business processes. In particular, UML Activity diagrams
provide many of the workflow modeling constructs furnished by
BPMN. The UML industry
standard is maintained by the OMG.
For more information about the UML standard, check out the
UML Forum.
- Business Process Executable Language (BPEL)
— An XML-based executable language
for representing business processes. BPEL is an orchestration
language (cf. choreography language, such as WS-CDL), and
consequently focuses on the view of one business participant.
The BPEL industry standard is maintained by
OASIS.
- Web Services Choreography Description Language (WS-CDL)
— An XML-based non-executable language that
represents global business processes. WS-CDL is a
choreography language (cf. orchestration language, such as BPEL),
and consequently, describes peer-to-peer collaborations of
multiple business participants working on a common business
goal. The BPEL industry standard is maintained by
W3C.
You are encouraged to explore the
following major areas of our web:
- Business Modeling FAQ
— Answers to
Frequently Asked Questions related to business modeling.
- Specifications -
Download the latest BPM specifications.
- Tools -
Selected BPM tools.
- Training
- Selected BPM training resources.
-
Publications -
Selected BPM books, papers, articles, and blogs.
- BM Forum
Mailing List - Open mailing list for all topics related to
business modeling.
- News - News
related to business modeling specifications and tools.
If you want to
have your business modeling tool, training service,
book, paper or blog included in our web,
please submit it to the Business Modeling Forum for review by
clicking here. For more information about
business modeling please read
our Frequently Asked Questions
page and subscribe
to the BM Forum
mailing list.
News
April 2, 2008 –
MetaCase Releases
Update that Supports BPMN.
MetaCase, a leading
provider of Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM)
tools, has announced the release of a new
version of their MetaEdit+® tool that supports
Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN).
For the full
press release click
here.
For older News articles click
here.
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