BPMN Method and Style with BPMN Implementers Guide 2nd Edition by Bruce Silver

Thie popular first edition of this book was published in 2009 based on the draft BPMN 2.0 specification.  This second edition is based on the final BPMN 2.0 specification.  Although the diagram elements have changed little since the first edition, both the methodology and style sections have been completely rewritten. The second half of the book, the BPMN Implementer’s Guide, is completely new.  It puts the focus on the XML serialization of the diagram, for both non-executable and executable process models.  It details the BPMN 2.0 metamodel and XML Schema, and describes the BPMN-I Profile, a set of serialization rules that facilitate interchange of BPMN models in the Analytic subclass between tools.  It also explains how BPMN 2.0 describes execution-related details, such as process data and data mapping, services, messages, and human task assignment, illustrated with an example executable process created in Bonita Open Solution.  It concludes with guidelines for implementers on how to align executable design with business-oriented top-down process modeling.