Product Description
BPMN Modeling and Reference Guide
Understanding and Using BPMN
Develop rigorous yet understandable graphical representations of business processes
Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a standard, graphical modeling representation for business processes. It provides an easy to use, flow-charting notation that is independent of the implementation environment. An underlying rigor supports the notation – facilitating the translation of business level models into executable models that BPM Suites and workflow engines can understand. Over recent years, BPMN has been widely adopted by Business Process Management (BPM) related products – both the Business Process Analysis and Modeling tool vendors and the BPM Suites.
This book is for both business users and process modeling practitioners alike. Part I provides an easily understood introduction to the key components of BPMN (put forward in a user-friendly fashion). Starting off with simple models, it progresses into more sophisticated patterns. Exercises help cement comprehension and understanding (with answers available online). Part II provides a detailed and authoritative reference on the precise semantics and capabilities of the standard.
This book explains the BPMN using simple language. However, for business analysts and information analysts this book does not contain anything new. Even more, the BPMN as such has the same level of complexity as UML activity diagrams. Why bother with BPMN in the first place? The book does not provide the answer to this question nither.
The added value of BPMN is not justified even with this book. It’s generaly accepted belief that management does not want to be bothered with BPMN, UML or any alike kind of syntax – even if you put word “Business” in it. So this book will not help you understand what are the advantages of BPMN?
I’m awaiting a good book which will justify the user of BPMN and clearly state the benefits and advantages of BPMN above UML and other existing modeling languages. Till then, I’ll keep using the proven modeling languages and techniques.
May I get my money back for this book?
Rating: 1 / 5
This text reads like a novel. One example is used in Part I of the learning approach. It starts with a high-level diagram and proceeds with follow-up detail diagrams – to use a cliche – it’s like peeling an onion. At each level, new concepts and associated symbols are introduced with page references to indepth discussions later in the text.
I really like this learning approach and found the text easy to read and understand. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5
As being one of the BPMN gurus, Stephen White, wrote in fact, a good book about the theme. The book is objective, and has a good explanation level.
Personnaly, I recommend it, for the rookie or intermediary levels.
Rating: 4 / 5
I just got the book in the kindle version and I sincerely hope that Amazon will answer to my complain: the book is useless, since there is no picture nor a diagram. So the digital version is not complete and I simply cannot read the book I bought. I hope Amazon will solve my problem and in this case I will rate the book accordingly.
Rating: 1 / 5
WARNING *** Do NOT buy the Kindle version of this book. I did this today, because I needed to read the book for a work task. It probably is a great book, but the Kindle version is WORTHLESS at best. A book about graphical notation without the graphical figures is really worthless and it costs MORE than the paper edition. How about explaining that one folks. The publisher should be ashamed to even offer the book much less charge a premium for it. DO NOT BUY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Thankfully Amazon will refund your money if you do make the mistake.
Rating: 1 / 5