The visual representation of the steps involved in a business process makes it easy for business users to understand how a process works. Like other business process modeling tools, BPMN 2.0 helps stakeholders gain a better understanding of a process through a universally understood language. BPMN 2.0 uses and benefitsīPMN 2.0 is used to build easy to follow business process model flowcharts. The standard was officially published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that same year – ISO/IEC 19510. BPMN 2.0 was developed in 2010 but was not released until 2013. One year later BPMN was formally adopted as a standard by OMG. In 2005 BPMI merged with the Object Management Group (OMG).

BPMN 2.0: a brief historyīPMN was originally developed by the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI) in 2004. The standard is widely used in business process management since it is easily understood by business users while also providing technical users with the ability to represent and implement complex processes. What is BPMN 2.0?īPMN 2.0 is an open standard notation system based on a flowcharting technique that is used to model business processes. Keep reading for a brief overview of what BPMN 2.0 is, its history, uses, benefits, and BPMN 2.0 elements and symbols. Yet BPMN 2.0, a 500+ page ISO standardized specification, can be confusing to those unfamiliar with business process management. Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is widely used by both business owners and technical users to design and implement business processes.

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