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What is the correct way to represent Business Rules in a BPMN process model (technically Enterprise BPMN Collaboration Diagram) so that the Business Rules can also be included in the Overview tab, in ARIS Connect Viewer?
Background: We are trying to create operational level BPMN process models, to represent the process in a way that is understandable for regular business users (meaning: not ARIS experts). Business Rules are very important because this is a major reason for doing this: we need to clarify the rules for many actions and decisions. A simple example would be "Review and Approve Credit" where different people need to approve based on the amount of the credit -- we need a "Business Rule" to tell who can approve.
We also want this to be user friendly, and many users like to read processes in tabular/list format. The Overview tab is very close to what we need; in the Activities lise, we just need to add the Business Rules as a column. This will be very important for adoption -- many people do not know how to read the BPMN models, and the system will be rejected if there is no easy way to read the process.
We are using FAD models for additional details on each of the Task (function) objects in the BPMN models. We can use the Business Rule object in the FAD models, but we are told this cannot be displayed in the Overview tab, because the Business Rule object is not supported in BPMN. (which contradicts the idea that ARIS meta-model is flexible)
We have been told that the REQUIREMENTS object is the only thing available in BPMN, but this does not make sense because I thought that was intended for IT requirements, and the relationship is "refers to" not "governs" or "controls" which would be more logically correct. If we must use REQUIREMENT object, we can do that; and we will need to make it show in the Overview tab.
Thanks in advance!
Thank you for your reply M.
I have not looked hard at it, but my rough understanding is that DMN is for "hard" business rules that can be coded, using numerical values and associated rules. This could work for the simple example that I gave above, but I think we need something more simple and flexible. Many of our business rules are more like "guidelines" and are intended to be used by people to provide guidance, not hard-coded into automated processes.
The Business Rule object that is available in EPC and FAD is perfect for our need. However this is not available in BPMN. Even though it is available in FAD models, and we use FAD models to provide more detail in BPMN models, such as additional Roles, and most of that comes through to the Overview tab, I am told that the Business Rules in the FAD model will not come through to the Overview page, because it is effectively "blocked" by the BPMN standard.
Is there any equivalent in ARIS implementation of BPMN, to the Business Rule object in EPC and FAD?
Is there any trick to force ARIS to show the Business Rules from a FAD assigned to a function in BPMN, in the Overview tab?
thanks again
