Chapter 2. BPMN 2.0: what’s in it for developers?

This chapter covers

  • Introducing the BPM discipline
  • Categorizing the BPMN 2.0 palette into three levels
  • Designing processes with BPMN 2.0

This chapter stands out from the others in this book because it doesn’t contain a single code example. To get your head around developing BPMN 2.0 processes, it’s necessary to have a thorough understanding of BPM and the main elements of the BPMN 2.0 palette. If you’re already familiar with BPM and BPMN 2.0, feel free to skip this chapter and move on to exploring the Activiti framework in chapter 3.

The definition of business process management (BPM) is broad, and BPM vendors are broadening the term even further every day. Because I can’t (and don’t want) ...

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