Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)

Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is the new standard for modeling business processes and web service processes, as put forth by the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI - bpmi.org). BPMN is a core enabler of Business Process Management (BPM), a new initiative in enterprise architecture, which is concerned with managing change to improve business processes.

BPMN provides a number of advantages to modeling business processes over the Unified Modeling Language™ (UML™). First, it offers a process flow modeling technique that is more conducive to the way business analysts model. Second, its solid mathematical foundation is expressly designed to map to business execution languages, whereas UML is not. BPMN can map to UML and provide a solid business modeling front end to systems design with UML.

Telelogic System Architect® provides rich and comprehensive support for Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), and supports cross-organizational reporting for process analysis and management. System Architect's repository represents a shared workspace for storing, analyzing, and presenting data about processes in accordance with the BPMN standard. System Architect delivers the following benefits:

• Confidence that all business processes are aligned with the needs of the business
• Increased responsiveness to changes in the marketplace
• Reduction of wasteful business activity throughout the organization
• Reduced complexity of business processes
• Improved consistency and communication
• More effective resource allocation
• Better support for your customers, leading to increased satisfaction
• An excellent basis for ongoing business process improvement