business process automation

Does BPMN fully support the workflow patterns? How does Camunda conform to BPMN? This concludes the series on control flow patterns and is an overview on all 43 patterns and how they can be modeled with BPMN and automated with Camunda.

We present BPMN business process modeling challenges, some inspired by the Workflow Patterns Resource Perspective. Others feature real-world process modeling errors for you to identify and correct.

Axon Ivy vs BonitaSoft vs Camunda: we have compared the three BPMS using the Resource Patterns. The results are discussed in this video:

Business processes can be automated using Workflow Management Systems. The choice of a Workflow Management System is an important step for every organisation because the amount of modeling and implementation effort invested over time is significant. The choice of such a system is based on functional and non-functional requirements. The workflow patterns can be seen as a systematic guide for the functional requirements. The workflow patterns explain the modeling features a Workflow Management System may and can be used to compare different options.

We started with the 43 workflow patterns on control flow and have analysed how they can be modeled in BPMN and how they can be implemented in Camunda. The results are published in the form of a series of Youtube videos that has started in 2023 and will be finished in 2024:

The BPMN specifications of this series are contained in the supplementary material and are ready for download. If you want to be informed about upcoming videos subscribe to the channel, hit the bell, etc., etc. – you know the game…

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Robotic Process Automation comes in two variants: attended and unattended. In attended RPA, the human user sits in front of his computer, presses a button and watches closely what the robot does. In unattended RPA, the robot is working on its own physical or virtual machine without being supervised. Watch our collection of short videos on RPA  where both aspects are discussed.

There is a new video series on Business Process Automation. The previous video series is on the Business Process Management System YAWL. It focuses on using the system and is over 90% hands on tutorials. This new series tries to fill the gap about more general practical tips on Business Process Automation that are independent of YAWL.