BPMN is simple enough to be readily understandable by business, yet rich enough to support executable implementation – without changing the underlying metamodel. As a result, it has become the de facto standard or announced future direction of BPM Suite.

Over the next several weeks, this six-part series will explain to the BPX community the unique features and benefits of BPMN, including: the notation and its underlying semantics; best ractices for effective modeling with BPMN; understanding BPMN events; useful patterns for modeling exceptions; and more. In this first installment, we’ll look at exactly why BPMN is vital to the Business Process Expert.