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BPMN is the industry standard for business process modeling, whether for simple documentation, analysis, or executable implementation. With the introduction of BPMN 2.0, now officially released, any process modeling tool not based on BPMN should be considered "legacy" and "proprietary." But few modelers know how to use BPMN correctly or effectively. BPMessentials shows you how. Not just compliant with the spec but armed with a concrete methodology and consistent modeling style. Get started today with our BPMN training, either online/on-demand via Flash video, or live in a classroom setting. We offer hands-on exercises, and certification that demonstrates mastery.

Leverages inline Method and Style validation and new certification procedures

Version 4.0 of the training, launched in 2009, introduced a bold, practical approach to mastering the new BPMN 2.0 standard called BPMN Method and Style. The new BPMessentials version 5.0 benefits from the experience of teaching this approach to approximately 1000 students in the past year and a half, culminating in the incorporation of Method and Style validation rules built into the Process Modeler tool! What were once taught as modeling "best practices" have been distilled into "style rules" that can be checked in the tool while you model! Version 5 of the training is available through live classes, instructor-led virtual classroom, and online/on-demand.

BPMessentials 5.0 continues our popular"levels"-based approach to process modeling. Level 1 uses a limited, business-friendly working set of shapes and symbols largely familiar from traditional flowcharting. Level 2 uses an expanded working set appropriate for business analysts and architects, including message, timer, and error events, to model handling of common process exceptions. In 2010, the final version of the BPMN 2.0 standard formally adopted the BPMessentials Level 1 and Level 2 working sets, with minor adjustments, as the BPMN 2.0 Descriptive and Analytic process modeling conformance subclasses. In the new training, Level 1 and Level 2 palettes have been adjusted to match the official standard.

A unique benefit of BPMessentials training is the post-class certification, in which students demonstrate mastery of the material with individualized feedback from Bruce Silver or similar BPMN expert. In version 5, the certification procedure represents a change from previous versions. In the new procedure, Step 1 is on online multiple-choice exam that tests understanding of both the rules of BPMN and the Method and Style approach. You really need to pay attention to the material to pass the exam, and you cannot go on to Step 2, the modeling exercise, until you pass the exam. The exercise is a BPMN model you create yourself, prevalidate (and fix) using the built-in Process Modeler features, and then submit by email for feedback. You may need to iterate until it is correct.

Students with valid training keys who started on a previous version of the training have the option of switching to v5.0, including the new certification procedure.

Click here to view the Course Overview. In so doing, you will also verify compatibility of your browser with the Flash video format.

Bruce Silver will be offering the next live-online training in three consecutive 5-hour sessions. In USA that is November 28-30 from 1pm-6pm PST (4pm-9pm EST). In Sydney that is November 29-December 1 from 8am-1pm, and in New Zealand from 10am-3pm. Price is $1095 for 1, $995 each for 5+, $895 each for 10+. Includes 60-day software and post-class certification. Click here to register.

Creating business process models that can be shared effectively across the business - and between business and IT - demands more than a digest of BPMN shapes and symbols. It requires a step-by-step methodology for going from zero to a complete process model. It also requires consistent application of a modeling style, so that the modeler’s meaning is clear from the diagram itself. Author Bruce Silver explains not only the meaning and proper usage of the entire BPMN 2.0 palette, but calls out the working subset that you really need to know. He also reveals the hidden assumptions of core concepts left unexplained in the spec, the key to BPMN’s deeper meaning.

The book addresses BPMN at three levels, with primary focus on the first two. Level 1, or descriptive BPMN, uses a restricted palette in combination with some relaxation of BPMN’s rules to meet the needs of business users doing basic process mapping. Level 2, or analytical BPMN, takes advantage of the notation’s exceptional expressiveness for detailing event and exception handling, key to analyzing and improving process performance and quality. Level 3, or executable BPMN, is brand new in BPMN 2.0. Here the XML underneath the diagram shapes can be deployed to a process engine to actually execute the model. The method and style recommended by the book aligns these three levels, facilitating business-IT collaboration throughout the process lifecycle.

Inside the book you’ll find detailed discussions, illustrated with over 100 examples, about:

The questions BPMN asks, and does not ask
The meaning of basic concepts like starting and completing, sending and receiving, waiting and listening
Subprocesses and hierarchical modeling style
The five basic steps in creating Level 1 models
Event and exception-handling patterns
Branching and merging patterns
Level 2 modeling method
Elements of BPMN style: element usage and diagram composition

Certification of proficiency based on both online exam and mail-in exercise
- Individualized feedback and mentoring with certification exercise
Hands-on with a tool - Process Modeler for Visio from itp-commerce
- Many in-class exercises, with discussion of the solutions
A step by step methodology at two levels
- Level 1: From a blank page to a complete descriptive model
- Level 2: Expressive exception handling
Focus on consistent modeling style, including validation in the tool

Diagram clarity and completeness
Hierarchical modeling with top-down traceability
Model validation and correction
Models that can be shared by business and IT

Developed by a BPMN expert, member of the BPMN 2.0 technical committee and author of BPMN Method and Style
Your choice of delivery: private class, public class, or online/on-demand


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Home Training Area Trainer Login BPMN Training Certified BPMN Professionals Buy Contact Imprint privacy policy	About BPMessentials.com BPMessentials.com is your learning resource for business process management. You can find free reports, articles, and presentations that will help you get started in BPM. Direct Access to Training Modules (login required) >> enter >> BPMN Training BPMN is the industry standard for business process modeling, whether for simple documentation, analysis, or executable implementation. With the introduction of BPMN 2.0, now officially released, any process modeling tool not based on BPMN should be considered "legacy" and "proprietary." But few modelers know how to use BPMN correctly or effectively. BPMessentials shows you how. Not just compliant with the spec but armed with a concrete methodology and consistent modeling style. Get started today with our BPMN training, either online/on-demand via Flash video, or live in a classroom setting. We offer hands-on exercises, and certification that demonstrates mastery. >> find out more >> Created by Camtasia Studio 6 About Version 5.0 of the Training Leverages inline Method and Style validation and new certification procedures Version 4.0 of the training, launched in 2009, introduced a bold, practical approach to mastering the new BPMN 2.0 standard called BPMN Method and Style. The new BPMessentials version 5.0 benefits from the experience of teaching this approach to approximately 1000 students in the past year and a half, culminating in the incorporation of Method and Style validation rules built into the Process Modeler tool! What were once taught as modeling "best practices" have been distilled into "style rules" that can be checked in the tool while you model! Version 5 of the training is available through live classes, instructor-led virtual classroom, and online/on-demand. BPMessentials 5.0 continues our popular"levels"-based approach to process modeling. Level 1 uses a limited, business-friendly working set of shapes and symbols largely familiar from traditional flowcharting. Level 2 uses an expanded working set appropriate for business analysts and architects, including message, timer, and error events, to model handling of common process exceptions. In 2010, the final version of the BPMN 2.0 standard formally adopted the BPMessentials Level 1 and Level 2 working sets, with minor adjustments, as the BPMN 2.0 Descriptive and Analytic process modeling conformance subclasses. In the new training, Level 1 and Level 2 palettes have been adjusted to match the official standard. A unique benefit of BPMessentials training is the post-class certification, in which students demonstrate mastery of the material with individualized feedback from Bruce Silver or similar BPMN expert. In version 5, the certification procedure represents a change from previous versions. In the new procedure, Step 1 is on online multiple-choice exam that tests understanding of both the rules of BPMN and the Method and Style approach. You really need to pay attention to the material to pass the exam, and you cannot go on to Step 2, the modeling exercise, until you pass the exam. The exercise is a BPMN model you create yourself, prevalidate (and fix) using the built-in Process Modeler features, and then submit by email for feedback. You may need to iterate until it is correct. Students with valid training keys who started on a previous version of the training have the option of switching to v5.0, including the new certification procedure. Course Overview Click here to view the Course Overview. In so doing, you will also verify compatibility of your browser with the Flash video format. Bruce Silver Virtual Classroom November 28++ Bruce Silver will be offering the next live-online training in three consecutive 5-hour sessions. In USA that is November 28-30 from 1pm-6pm PST (4pm-9pm EST). In Sydney that is November 29-December 1 from 8am-1pm, and in New Zealand from 10am-3pm. Price is $1095 for 1, $995 each for 5+, $895 each for 10+. Includes 60-day software and post-class certification. Click here to register. BPMN Method and Style 2nd Edition Now Available Creating business process models that can be shared effectively across the business - and between business and IT - demands more than a digest of BPMN shapes and symbols. It requires a step-by-step methodology for going from zero to a complete process model. It also requires consistent application of a modeling style, so that the modeler’s meaning is clear from the diagram itself. Author Bruce Silver explains not only the meaning and proper usage of the entire BPMN 2.0 palette, but calls out the working subset that you really need to know. He also reveals the hidden assumptions of core concepts left unexplained in the spec, the key to BPMN’s deeper meaning. The book addresses BPMN at three levels, with primary focus on the first two. Level 1, or descriptive BPMN, uses a restricted palette in combination with some relaxation of BPMN’s rules to meet the needs of business users doing basic process mapping. Level 2, or analytical BPMN, takes advantage of the notation’s exceptional expressiveness for detailing event and exception handling, key to analyzing and improving process performance and quality. Level 3, or executable BPMN, is brand new in BPMN 2.0. Here the XML underneath the diagram shapes can be deployed to a process engine to actually execute the model. The method and style recommended by the book aligns these three levels, facilitating business-IT collaboration throughout the process lifecycle. Inside the book you’ll find detailed discussions, illustrated with over 100 examples, about: The questions BPMN asks, and does not ask The meaning of basic concepts like starting and completing, sending and receiving, waiting and listening Subprocesses and hierarchical modeling style The five basic steps in creating Level 1 models Event and exception-handling patterns Branching and merging patterns Level 2 modeling method Elements of BPMN style: element usage and diagram composition Why Our Training Is Unsurpassed Certification of proficiency based on both online exam and mail-in exercise Individualized feedback and mentoring with certification exercise Hands-on with a tool - Process Modeler for Visio from itp-commerce Many in-class exercises, with discussion of the solutions A step by step methodology at two levels Level 1: From a blank page to a complete descriptive model Level 2: Expressive exception handling Focus on consistent modeling style, including validation in the tool Diagram clarity and completeness Hierarchical modeling with top-down traceability Model validation and correction Models that can be shared by business and IT Developed by a BPMN expert, member of the BPMN 2.0 technical committee and author of BPMN Method and Style Your choice of delivery: private class, public class, or online/on-demand	Search: Special version for BPMessentials students Process Modeler 5.6 Process Modeler 5-SR6 is the key to BPMN Method and Style! 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About BPMessentials.com

BPMN Training

About Version 5.0 of the Training

Bruce Silver Virtual Classroom November 28++

BPMN Method and Style 2nd Edition Now Available

Why Our Training Is Unsurpassed

Special version for BPMessentials students

Process Modeler 5.6

BPMN 2.0 Poster

Bruce Silver's BPMS Watch