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Modeling Standards

Business process models provide an abstract view of complex structures. By focusing on specific parts of a structure, they highlight key relationships and ignore less relevant aspects. Models are used to document, analyze, and communicate reality. The essential requirement here is that different viewers of the model content will interpret it in the same way, despite having varying degrees of insight.

For this reason, modeling standards define model elements and their meaning. Modeling standards therefore allow efficient, collaborative business process management across corporate boundaries and disciplines.

EPC

Event-driven process chains (EPCs) are a leading industry standard for modeling business processes. The business-oriented notation enables non-technical users to document and optimize their workflows quickly and easily.

EPC

BPMN

Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a standard for modeling business processes. The notation is strongly IT-oriented.

BPMN

UML

Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a leading standard in the software engineering sector. However, UML has a wide range of uses and is not restricted to software modeling.

UML

BPEL

Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) is a technical standard used to describe executable process models. Execution of the business functions is handled by Web services.

BPEL

WSDL

Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is a standard for describing Web service interfaces. It is used to model the available operations, including the addresses for calling them.

WSDL