The ‘Business Process Model and Notation’ is an essential tool for creating end-to-end models of key business processes. This, in turn, helps businesses to optimise their processes, find flaws, and make complex decisions with a much deeper perspective of how things work. Becoming certified in BPMN also helps business analysts to enjoy fantastic career and networking opportunities
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Although there is no official examination or assessment, you will receive a certificate of completion once you successfully finish this course.
This eLearning course will teach you everything you need to know to create precise BPMN process models that can be clearly understood and adopted by your wider business. Our course has been designed & written by leading BPMN training experts.
You can practice your skills with prescribed in-class exercises using the Orbus Software BPMN 2.0 Visio template.
Each module concludes with a brief knowledge check to help students consolidate what they have learned. The questions are a combination of true or false, complete the sentence, sorting exercises, and the occasional scenario.
Feedback is given with each answer to help the learner work through the topics. Students can also enjoy expert tutor support.
BPMN Level 1
Module 1: Course Overview
This course has been designed & written by leading BPMN training expert Bruce Silver to teach you everything you need to know to create precise BPMN process models that can be clearly understood and adopted by everyone in your organisation.
In this module, you will get an overview of the course, the key objectives, and the Orbus BPMN modeling tool that you will use with the BPMN language.
Module 2: What is BPMN?
In this module, you’ll learn about what BPMN is, the ways in which it is similar to and different from traditional flowcharts, and why understanding BPMN has become a critical skill required for almost everything in BPM.
Module 3: Getting Started with BPMN
In this module, you will learn how to use the Orbus BPMN 2 Template to create simple BPMN diagrams that include tasks, gateways, and multiple end states.
Module 4: Pools, Subprocesses, and Hierarchical Modeling
In this module, you will learn about pools, lanes, activity types, and the important role that sub-processes play in hierarchical BPMN models.
Module 5: Collaboration and a “Complete” Top-Level Diagram
In this module, you will learn about the different processes essential to creating complete process models. These include collaboration, the message flows which indicate interactions between processes and external entities (such as customers), service providers, and more.
In addition, you will learn about the rest of the shapes and symbols in the BPMN Level 1 palette.
Module 6: BPMN Concepts and the High Level Map
In this module, you will come to understand the precise meaning of BPMN’s most fundamental concepts and why they are critical to creating properly structured models.
You will apply them in the first two steps of the method: ‘Scoping the Process’ and the ‘High-Level Map’.
Module 7: Creating BPMN with The Method
In this module, you will translate the High-Level Map into a top-level BPMN diagram. You will then expand each High-Level Map activity in a separate child-level diagram.
You will also learn how to add message flows to the model, replicating the collaboration from child to parent-level.
Module 8: BPMN Style
In this module, you will learn the basic elements of BPMN Style which are applicable to Level 1 process models.
BPMN Level 2
Module 1: Events Overview and Using Timer Events
In this module, you will learn about the various ways in which BPMN uses intermediate events, the important events you need to learn, and how to use the first of the ‘Big 3’ event types: ‘Timer’.
Module 2: Sending, Receiving, and Using Message Events
In this module, you will learn about sending and receiving messages in BPMN and the proper use of Message events.
Module 3: Using Error, Event Sub-processes, and the Other Level 2 Events
In this module, you will learn how to use the ‘Error’ event. You will also come to understand event sub-processes and the other Level 2 event types.
Module 4: Branching and Merging
In this module, you will learn more about branching and merging with gateways and conditional sequence flows.
Module 5: Iteration
In this module, you will learn how to use loop and multi-instance activities, along with multi-pool structures, to describe iterative behavior in BPMN.
Module 6: Following the Rules, and Next Steps
In this module, you will learn about the BPMN metamodel, XML, rules, and the importance of model validation. You will also receive suggestions for further learning.
BPMN is a language for business process modeling. It is used to map out businesses processes for the sake of providing clarity and perspective to decision makers. More information can be found in our Information Centre.
BPMN provides users with a language for creating graphical representations of business practices, process flows, and so on. These maps are made up of ‘pools’ and ‘swimlanes’ that cover different elements.
With this perspective, decision makers find it easier to align business and IT, improve efficiency, and make long-term plans.
The clarity and perspective offered by BPMN makes it easier for managers and stakeholders to align business and IT, improve efficiency, adapt quickly, and ensure clear communication.
BPMN is also highly adaptive and can continue to be used as a business evolves and incorporates new elements. More information can be found in our Information Centre.
Business process modeling is all about perspective: ensuring that decision makers and stakeholders have a clear view of how the business works and how different elements interact. This is an essential part of optimising efficiency and collaboration, which can help businesses to save time and money while enjoying higher ROIs.
BPMN Foundation and Practitioner does not have an exam. Any student who finishes the course will receive an official certificate of completion.
Yes, this course requires a desktop version of Microsoft Visio to follow the course instructions. Please note, Microsoft Visio for the web has limited functions.
The BPMN language is flexible enough to be used by organisations of virtually any size, industry, sector, or location.
BPMN can be used to create models of varying complexity in order to suit different audiences. Each model will still use the same terminology, however, ensuring that they can always be understood by practitioners.
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