Transcript LAB Lecture 2

Modeling &
simulation of
business cases
Editing diagrams
Reminder
• Make sure that you’ve enabled JavaScript in you
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data.
Creating new diagrams
• 1. Click New
• 2. Select BPMN 2.0 as type
•
Opening, editing and
saving diagrams
• 1. double click on the diagram you want to edit. Or
follow the instructions in the figure below after
selecting the diagram:
Adding elements
• You can add elements to your diagram as follow:
• Either by dragging and dropping elements from the
shape repository to the left.
Adding elements
• Or you can use the interactive shortcut menu
surrounding each element.
Adding edges between
existing elements
• If you want to link two components together, you
just need to add an edge between them.
• The edge can be added through either the shape
repository or the shortcut menu.
Moving Elements
• You can easily move you elements using drag &
drop.
• Moving hints using ctrl & shift
Editing properties of
shapes
• Resizing elements
• Select the shape then click and drag the three
blue dots at the lower right corner
Hitting special keys while resizing an element :
Alt Resizing without automatic snapping and
orientation lines.
Ctrl Resizing to every direction.
Shift Keep the aspect ratio while resizing
I t is furthermore possible to combine these
functions.
Editing properties of
shapes
Editing properties of
shapes
• Selecting all elements of one type by ctrl+I to
adjust their properties in one go.
Editing the workspace
• Adding free spaces to shorten or stretch the
workspace
• You can use ctrl+m or just chose the option from the
toolbar as shown below
BPMN 2.0 notations
• ACTIVITY:
• Every activity performs work
• Activity attributes (Name, Description, Time,
Resource (role), Cost).
BPMN 2.0 notations
• Events:
• There are different type of events
• All activities must be performed after the start event
and before the end event.
BPMN 2.0 notations
• LANES:
• Each role that performs activities in a business
process has a lane.
BPMN 2.0 notations
• Gateways
• Exclusive gate ways used to model sequence flow
alternatives.
BPMN 2.0 notations
• Gateways
• Parallel gate ways used to model a parallel work
performed by two activities.