%0 Book Section %1 citeulike:3457154 %A Wohed, P. %A van der Aalst, W. %A Dumas, M. %A Hofstede, A. Ter %A Russell, N. %D 2006 %J Business Process Management %K bpmn, evaluation, patterns, workflow %P 161--176 %R 10.1007/11841760\_12 %T On the Suitability of BPMN for Business Process Modelling %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11841760\_12 %X In this paper we examine the suitability of the Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) for business process modelling, using the Workflow Patterns as an evaluation framework. The Workflow Patterns are a collection of patterns developed for assessing control-flow, data and resource capabilities in the area of Process Aware Information Systems (PAISs). In doing so, we provide a comprehensive evaluation of the capabilities of BPMN, and its strengths and weaknesses when utilised for business process modelling. The analysis provided for BPMN is part of a larger effort aiming at an unbiased and vendor-independent survey of the suitability and the expressive power of some mainstream process modelling languages. It is a sequel to previous work in which languages including BPEL and UML Activity Diagrams were evaluated. Keywords: BPMN, Business Process Modelling, Workflow Patterns.

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