

(2) for creation/maintenance purposes, typically used by process analysts or subject matter experts.Īs a result, there is a delicate balance between the information that you want to expose to the end users (the consumption perspective) and the information you need for proper process management and improvement (the creation perspective) and conserving this balance is like walking the tight rope, one misstep and you're going to disappoint a lot of people. (1) to consume the information for various different purposes (think about training a new employee or defining a baseline for process improvement) and Depending on your intention to model, certain modeling notations will be more effective and suitable than others, but one thing is always good to remember: modeled processes (or documented processes as I like to call them) typically serve two purposes:

Of course you all expected that answer, however, it is true. As promised in the previous article, I will be discussing various different modeling notations and to get things going I am going the answer the fundamental question "what is the best modeling notation?" right away: it depends.
