BPMN 2.0 — Business Process Model and Notation
The OMG standard for business process modelling — used by Portamus for all BPM engagements.
Understanding BPMN 2.0 — Business Process Model and Notation
What Is BPMN 2.0
BPMN 2.0 (Business Process Model and Notation) is the OMG standard for graphically representing business processes. It provides a rich notation covering process flows, collaboration diagrams, choreography diagrams, events, gateways, and data objects — enabling precise, executable process models that bridge the gap between business and IT.
BPMN & Business Process Management
BPMN is the lingua franca of business process management. It enables business analysts and process architects to model, communicate, and improve processes in a standardised way that is understandable to business stakeholders and directly executable by BPMS platforms and workflow engines.
Portamus & BPMN
Portamus uses BPMN 2.0 in all BPM engagements — from initial process discovery and as-is documentation through to to-be process design, automation blueprints, and BPMS implementation support. This ensures process models are reusable, tool-agnostic, and maintainable by the client team.
Where Most Organisations Get Stuck
Undocumented Processes
Inconsistent Process Notation
No Process Repository
Automation Readiness Gaps
Key Requirements
BPMN 2.0 provides a complete notation covering all aspects of business process modelling — from simple sequential flows to complex inter-organisational choreographies and decision logic.
Process Flow Diagrams
The core BPMN diagram type — modelling the sequence of activities, tasks, and gateways that constitute a business process within a single organisational pool.
Collaboration Diagrams
Multi-pool BPMN diagrams that model how two or more organisations or departments interact through message flows, showing the complete inter-party process from each participant's perspective.
Gateways & Decision Logic
BPMN's gateway elements — exclusive (XOR), inclusive (OR), parallel (AND), and event-based — model the branching logic and conditional flows that govern how processes route through alternative paths.
Events & Triggers
BPMN start, intermediate, and end events model the triggers (message, timer, signal, error, escalation) that initiate, interrupt, or conclude process flows — enabling precise modelling of exception handling and time-based logic.
DMN Integration
BPMN integrates with DMN (Decision Model and Notation) to separate complex decision logic from process flow — enabling business rules to be defined, validated, and changed independently of the process model.
Scope of Engagement
Process Discovery
Structured workshops with process owners and participants to elicit, document, and validate the current-state (as-is) process landscape.
As-Is Process Modelling
Development of BPMN 2.0 as-is process models that accurately represent current operations, including exception paths, decision logic, and system integrations.
To-Be Process Design
Design of optimised, future-state process models using BPMN 2.0, incorporating improvement opportunities identified during analysis.
Process Documentation
Comprehensive process documentation including BPMN diagrams, process descriptions, RACI matrices, KPI definitions, and implementation guidance.
BPMN Enablement
Practical BPMN modelling workshops to build internal capability so your team can maintain and extend process models independently.
What You Walk Away With
As-Is Process Models
BPMN 2.0 models of all in-scope current-state processes, validated with process owners.
Process Analysis Report
Analysis of as-is processes identifying inefficiencies, risks, automation opportunities, and improvement priorities.
To-Be Process Models
BPMN 2.0 models of the target-state processes incorporating all agreed improvements and automation blueprints.
Process Repository
A structured, searchable process repository containing all BPMN models, process documentation, and governance information.
Implementation Guidance
Technical specifications and guidance for implementing to-be processes in BPMS platforms or workflow automation tools.
What Changes Once You're Certified
Standardised Process Documentation
Improved Process Efficiency
Automation Readiness
Better Process Governance
Reduced Process Risk
How We Structure This Engagement
Understand
Conduct process discovery workshops to understand the current process landscape, identify in-scope processes, and gather as-is documentation from process owners and participants.
Analyse
Model as-is processes in BPMN 2.0, validate models with stakeholders, and analyse for inefficiencies, bottlenecks, compliance risks, and automation opportunities.
Design
Design optimised to-be process models in BPMN 2.0, incorporating improvement opportunities, decision logic, and system integration points.
Document
Produce complete process documentation — BPMN models, process descriptions, RACI matrices, KPIs, and implementation specifications.
Embed
Establish the process repository, transfer process ownership to business stakeholders, and run modelling enablement workshops for the internal team.
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