1. Process Patterns in BizAGI

2. Slide 2 Overview Types of events Types of gateways Design patterns list

3. Slide 3 Events Fire as a result of something happening A message is received A period of time elapses An exceptional conditional arises We typically perform an action in response to an event

4. Slide 4 Event Types Message – Arrives from a participant Timer – Process starts at a period in time Rule (conditional)– Triggers when a rule becomes true

5. Slide 5 Event Types (2) Link – Connect the end event of one process to the start of another process Multiple – Multiple ways of triggering the process Exception – An error End events

6. Slide 6 Message Events Messages are typically sent by one participant and received by another Send sales order information that is received by accounting to check credit The event can be thrown or caught Sending a message means throwing a message Receiving a message means catching a message See MessageThrowCatch in EventSamples

7. Slide 7 Message Throw Catch Example

8. Slide 8 Timer Events The event fires a specific time or cycle Only applicable to start or intermediate events In BizAgi, use the Element properties to set the timer to a date or cycle Examples Time delay to approve credit Wait for payment date Start payroll process every two weeks See Timer in EventSamples

9. Slide 9 Conditional Events Events that fire when an external condition becomes true or false Process A/P checks on Mondays We could also implement this as a timer Inventory below threshold – generate order request Only applicable to start or intermediate events See Conditional in EventSamples

10. Slide 10 Gateways 1 Gateways are used to depict decisions or merges Types Exclusive (XOR) Only one output (alternative) flow is allowed Gateways diverge or converge Inclusive (OR) A default output flow must be specified Parallel for / join (AND)

11. Slide 11 Gateways (2) Event-based gateways These are (Exclusive) gateways that rely on external messages

12. Slide 12 Gateway – XOR Example Exclusive XOR Decision See ExclusiveGateway in EventSamples

13. Slide 13 Gateway - OR Inclusive OR decision

14. Slide 14 Gateway – Example 3 Parallel Forking – All sequence flows drawn out of the gateway are taken

15. Slide 15 Processes and Tasks A process is a network of steps A process can be marked as having a sub- process To mark an activity has having a sub process, right-click the activity and click Transform to subprocess

16. Slide 16 Sub Processes – Illustration (1)

17. Slide 17 Data Objects First, we are not talking about a database or physical data We are talking about information about a process Data objects are attached to a sequence or message flow with a dashed line

18. Slide 18 Data Objects (Illustration)

19. Slide 19 Text Annotation Contains descriptive text about a process A line connects the annotation to the activity

20. Slide 20 Workflow Patterns (Introduction) In this second section of the lecture, we talk about simple and complex workflow patterns Much of this is derived from the AIFB paper (Modeling Workflow Patterns) in this lecture

21. Slide 21 Sequence Pattern Tasks are executed in sequence (one after another)

22. Slide 22 Parallel Split This is a logical AND gateway The parallel branches are executed concurrently

23. Slide 23 Parallel Split (Example)

24. Slide 24 Synchronization Two or more different branches get merged into a single branch All merged branches must be completed before the process can continue (Implied) Synchronization can occur because of a parallel split

25. Slide 25 Synchronization (Illustration)

26. Slide 26 Exclusive Choice Here, we are making a decision with mutually exclusive outcomes (Only one outcome is possible)

27. Slide 27 Exclusive Choice (Example)

28. Slide 28 Simple Merge A point in a process where two or more branches are merged into a single branch The initial branches are created via some type of choice

29. Slide 29 Simple Merge (Example)