The following is selected list of selected business process modeling publications, including books, papers, articles and blogs. Authors or publishers who are interested in having their tools evaluated for inclusion should send a request to: pubs@BusinessModelingForum.com.

• Books
• Papers
• Articles
• Blogs

Books

• Essential Business Process Modeling by Michael Havey
  • Editors' Rating:
  • PRO: A quick introduction to business process modeling that includes overview chapters on BPMN, BPEL, and WS-CDL.
  • CON: Doesn't address any language in detail and examples are trivial, so you will need another book or resource if you really want to learn how to model business processes.
• Business Modeling With UML: Business Patterns at Work by Magnus Penker, et al.
  • Editors' Rating:
  • PRO: A solid introduction to business modeling using a UML profile (customization).
  • CON: Needs to be updated to address recent advances in BPMN and UML Activity diagram alignment.

Papers

• “Using BPMN to Model a BPEL Process"
  by Stephen A. White, IBM white paper, February 2005.
• "BPMN and Business Process Management"
  by Martin Owen, et al., Popkin Software white paper, September 2003.

Articles

• “Using BPMN to Model a BPEL Process"
  Stephen A. White, IBM white paper, February 2005.

Blogs

• “BPMS Watch,”
  by Bruce Silver, a leading independent industry analyst covering BPM technology.
• "BPM in Action,"
  by Michael Dortch, an IT consultant and industry analyst.
• "Column 2"
  by Sandy Kemsley. A blog on business process management, enterprise architecture, business intelligence and technology in business.