The BPMN spec contains way over 100 different object types that can be used in the different model types. There are special rules about how to use them, which I will explain in later lessons. This article contains an overview of the available objects. BPMN Objects Overview Depending on your use case and point of view, the amount of available object in the different BPMN models might be a blessing or a course. Most likely business people will shy away from the notation and might see it as “too complex”, while technical folks who want to implement a workflow system …

BPMN is not one specific model type -like an Event-driven Process Chain- but is a collection of multiple model types that are connected to each other. This article will show the available model types in the BPMN 2.0 specification and how these are supported in ARIS (as of ARIS 7.1 SR9).   BPMN model types The BPMN 2.0 specification contains some changes compared to the 1.x specification (shown in the graphic below): the BPMN process diagram was divided into two model types – the BPMN Process and the BPMN Collaboration Diagrams the new Choreography Diagram, and the new Conversation Diagram. BPMN Process and Collaboration Diagrams The split of …