BPMN diagrams and ARIS model types: An overview
According to the BPMN 2.0 specification three diagram types are required for process modeling conformance: Process diagram, Collaboration diagram and Conversation diagram (See: Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), version 2.0. Page 2).
A careful consideration of these BPMN diagrams shows that the modeling constructs of the process diagram are a subset of the modeling constructs used in the collaboration diagram. There are also overlapping constructs in the collaboration and conversation diagram.
The model types listed in the following table are available in ARIS.
The BPMN allocation diagram allows the mapping of BPMN attributes and associations to the semantically richer ARIS method where graphical elements are often used to represent BPMN attributes and associations.
BPMN diagram | ARIS model type |
Process diagram | BPMN process diagram (BPMN 2.0) |
Process diagram | Enterprise BPMN process diagram |
Collaboration diagram | BPMN collaboration diagram (BPMN 2.0) |
Collaboration diagram | Enterprise BPMN collaboration diagram |
Conversation diagram | BPMN conversation diagram (BPMN 2.0) |
| BPMN allocation diagram (BPMN 2.0) |
In models of types Enterprise BPMN process diagram and Enterprise BPMN collaboration diagram, the following object types of the ARIS methods are available as lane symbols in addition to the BPMN 2.0 specification:
Application system type
Organizational unit
Position
Role
Group
In models of type Enterprise BPMN process diagram and Enterprise BPMN collaboration diagram, the following additional connections to task objects are available in addition to the BPMN 2.0 specification:
Application system type
supports Task
Organizational unit
supports Task
Position
carries out Task
Role
carries out Task
Group
carries out Task