Private Business Process

Intro

In BPMN, a Private Business Process is internal to a specific organization. It is the typical workflow or BPM process executed within a single participant.

Key points:

• Captures internal tasks, rules, and events.
• Supports automation and optimization.
• Common use cases across EA/BPM/Data/App/Tech include operations, finance, HR, and IT service workflows.
• Pitfall: mixing external participant activities into private processes.

Examples:

• Accounts payable invoice processing.
• Employee onboarding within HR.
• Incident management within IT operations.

In practice:

Model private processes inside a single pool; use message flows to interact with external participants.

Related terms: Process; Pool; Collaboration

FAQs:

Q: Can a private process call external services?
A: Yes; via message flows or service tasks.

Q: Is a private process always automated?
A: No; it may include manual steps.

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