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Chapter 7
Business Process Modeling
is chapter deals with business process modeling (BPM) and requirements gathering/analysis
in support of the business architecture. ere are a number of modeling approaches; the chapter
focuses on a handful of specific ones. ree topics are covered: (1) the Business Process Modeling
Language (BPML) and the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), both promulgated by
the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI.org)*; (2) the Unified Modeling Language
™
(UML)†; and (3) the Model-Driven Architecture
™
(MDA) (UML and MDA are both promulgated
by the Object Management Group (OMG)). Figure 7.1 depicts the context ...