The five basic categories of elements are:
Flow Objects are the main graphical elements to define the behavior of a business process. There are three flow objects:
Data is represented with four elements:
There are four ways of connecting the flow objects to each other or other information. There are four connecting objects:
There are two ways of grouping the primary modeling elements through swimlanes:
Artifacts are used to provide additional information about the process. There are two standardized artifacts