Process Modeling With BPMN: Part 2 – On-Demand

This advanced course builds on the BPMN fundamentals introduced in BPMN Part 1 and focuses on modeling more realistic business process behavior. Real-world processes involve events, exceptions, timing conditions, and parallel activities that must be represented clearly in process models.

In this course, you will learn how BPMN supports these advanced scenarios through intermediate events, boundary events, event-based gateways, and advanced activity patterns. Participants will learn how to model exceptions, escalations, and complex process logic so BPMN diagrams more accurately reflect how business operations actually run.

These techniques are essential for analysts who want to move beyond basic documentation and create models that support process improvement and automation initiatives.

Please note that this is day one only of a 2-day course. If you plan to work extensively with BPMN, we encourage you to register for the 2-day course.

Day 2: Advanced BPMN Modeling Techniques

Participants build on the BPMN fundamentals introduced in Part 1 by learning how to model real-world process behavior including events, exceptions, and advanced workflow patterns.

Model Real-World Process Behavior with BPMN

• Review of BPMN fundamentals
• When and why advanced BPMN elements are used
• Modeling more realistic process behavior
• Handling timing, exceptions, and complex workflow logic

Advanced BPMN Building Blocks for Modeling Complex Processes

Model Advanced BPMN Events and Exception Handling

Intermediate Events – Events that occur during a process

• Catching and Throwing Events
• Timer Intermediate Events
• Signal Intermediate Events

Boundary Events – Handling interruptions and exceptions

• Interrupting Boundary Events
• Non-interrupting Boundary Events

Error and Escalation Events – Managing process exceptions

• Error End Events
• Error Intermediate Boundary Events
• Escalation Events

Model Advanced BPMN Sub-Processes

Event Sub-Processes

• Handling events within a running process

Ad-Hoc Sub-Processes

• Modeling flexible or unordered work activities

Model Advanced Activity Behavior

Loop Activities

• While Loop
• Until Loop

Multi-Instance Activities

• Sequential multi-instance
• Parallel multi-instance

Model Event-Driven Process Logic

Event-Based Gateways

• Event-based gateways
• Parallel event-based gateways

Advanced Gateways

• Inclusive gateways
• Complex gateways

Model Advanced BPMN Events

• Conditional events
• Multiple events
• Cancel events
• Compensation events

Apply Advanced BPMN Techniques Through Hands-On Exercises

Participants apply advanced BPMN concepts through exercises that demonstrate how to model real-world process behavior including timing dependencies, exceptions, and complex workflow scenarios.