A non-technical entry into business process modeling.

Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) is a graphical representation for specifying business processes in a workflow. The Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a standard for business process modeling, and provides a graphical notation for specifying business processes in a Business Process Diagram.

The Object Management Group (OMG) aims for an independent definition and exchange of business processes, equally comprehensible for business and IT experts. The publication of the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) now has been a major step towards a standardized and uniform process notation.

Where other modeling languages and diagraming techniques struggle being too complex or too abstract for a non-IT user, the Business Process Modeling Notation promises remedy.

Besides the notation, the specification as well defines the mapping to the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) enabling to be understood and executed by compatible workflow engines.

Process Modeler for Microsoft Visio™ delivers a sophisticated design tool for business processes to ghe hands of a business analyst and fulfills the promise of BPMN. The communication to IT experts will be easier and significantly unloaded from technical burden.

From early on, itp-commerce felt the urge to have an uniform tool for business process modeling and therefore influentially participated in the development of the BPMN specification.