Hi
In Information Eng. (James Martin), the activities have the hirearchy:
Function
Process
Elementary Process
What is the corresponding hirearchy in BPMN?
Is it like this:
Sub Process
Task
Step
Thanks
What do you mean by 'corresponding'? While the two use some of the same words, they are describing very different things, so you can't equate a level in one with the same level in the other.
D Wright
I agree with David... "Information Engineering" is set of techniques and approaches (think methodology) for designing and developing information systems. BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation) is just a notation for modeling business processes. Pretty much any methodology which calls for documenting/modeling business processes could you BPMN as its notation.
Having said that, BPMN does not define a hierarchy per say. When it comes to "things" that describe behavior/logic BPMN uses the generic term of "Activity" to refer to work that an organization/company does. BPMN defines three types of activities:
In addition, activities can be grouped together using one of the following BPMN concepts:
Of course, a process can contain sub-processes and tasks, and a sub-process can contain other sub-processes and tasks.
Is this what you were looking for?
- Adrian
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