Hi everyone -
I host bi-weekly process modeling office hours for my team, and this scenario came up as an off-shoot of a discussion we were having about event subprocesses. I didn’t have an immediate, elegant solution come to mind, so I thought I would turn to this forum to gather more expert insights.
The Scenario
The main process involves:
Start Event: Hunger Noticed
End Event: Hunger Satisfied
Main Activities:
Select Recipe
Prepare Meal
Eat Meal
While selecting a recipe or preparing the meal, an external event occurs: a dinner invitation from a friend. This triggers a decision:
- If you accept the invitation:
- Clean up any in-progress meal preparation
- Go to dinner with your friend
- If you decline the invitation:
- Resume the in-progress meal preparation
My Modeling Challenge
I want to model this scenario clearly and concisely in BPMN, but I’m finding it tricky to represent:
The interruption occurring during either “Select Recipe” or “Prepare Meal”
The conditional resumption of meal prep if the invitation is declined
The overall flow in a clean and maintainable way
But I’d love to see how others would tackle this!
