BPMN 2.0 Conversation Toolbox Pages

Conversation Model

Extend a composite Activity that defines the logical relationship of Message exchanges between two or more business entities.

Conversation

Extend a Class element to group a set of Message Flows together based on a certain concept.

Pool

Extend a Partition element to logically organize an Activity.

Activity

Represents work that is performed within a Business Process. An Activity can be modeled as a:

• Sub-Process - a compound Activity that is defined as a flow of other BPMN 2.0 elements or
• Task - an atomic Activity that cannot be broken down into a smaller unit

As a sub-process, the Activity can be made a composite element that links to a child diagram containing the flow of other BPMN elements.

Start Event

Define the initiating event in a process.

Elements of this type cannot be edge-mounted on other elements.

Intermediate Event

Define an intermediate event in a process.

Elements of this type can only be edge-mounted on Activity elements.

End Event

Define the terminating event in a process.

Elements of this type cannot be edge-mounted on other elements.

Gateway

Define a decision point in a business process.

If a condition is true then processing continues one way; if false, then another.

Text Annotation

Create a comment.

Conversation Link

Connect a Conversation Node to a Pool element, in either direction.

Either the source or target element for a Conversation Link must be a Conversation Node element.

Message Flow

Extend a Control Flow relationship to define the flow of communications in the process.

Sequence Flow

Extend a Control Flow relationship to define the flow of activity.

Association

Link the information and artifacts with BPMN graphic elements.