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Process Modelling<br />

Techniques<br />

Figure 10.35.3: Activity Diagram<br />

Partition for Role 1 Partition for Role 2<br />

Task 1<br />

The flow of work splits.<br />

Tasks are executed in<br />

parallel.<br />

Task 2A<br />

Task 2B<br />

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Decision<br />

[True]<br />

10.35.4 Usage Considerations<br />

.1 Strengths<br />

Task (I/O)<br />

[False]<br />

Task 3<br />

Flow merges.<br />

Sub-Process<br />

A sub-process embeds<br />

another process model.<br />

• Appeals to the basic human understanding of sequential activities.<br />

• Most stakeholders are comfortable with the concepts and basic elements of a<br />

process model.<br />

• The use of levels can accommodate the different perspectives of various<br />

stakeholder groups.<br />

• Effective at showing how to handle a large number of scenarios and parallel<br />

branches.<br />

• Can help identify any stakeholder groups that may have otherwise been<br />

overlooked.<br />

• Facilitates the identification of potential improvements by highlighting “pain<br />

points” in the process structure (i.e. process visualization).<br />

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