Chapter 3. Process Overview
3.1. Process Overview
Figure 3.1. A Business Process
A business process is a flow chart that describes the order in which a series of steps need to be executed. A process consists of a collection of nodes that are linked to each other using connections. Each of the nodes represents one step in the overall process and the connections specify how to transition from one node to the next. A large selection of predefined node types have been defined.
Processes can be created with the following methods:
- As an XML file that follows the XML schema defined in the BPMN 2.0 specification.
- With the graphical web-based designer included in the BRMS user interface.For details see Section 5.1, “Process Designer”
- With the graphical process editor in the JBoss Developer Studio plug-in.For details see Section 6.1, “JBoss Developer Studio”
