Business Process Incubator

This validation takes a Visio file by mapping the Visio shapes in your drawing to their BPMN equivalents and validates it according to the BPMN 1.2 standard rules that apply to the graphic representation of a BPMN diagram. You will experience varying level of success in this mapping depending on the shapes you have used in your drawing. For optimal results, you can use the Trisotech BPMN Modeler for Visio. You could alternatively use the Microsoft Visio 2010 BPMN Stencil or the Microsoft Visio EPC stencil.

• Mandatory BPMN 1.2 elements such as statements that start with MUST or SHALL are validated.
  (These are statements that define the aspects of the standard that have to be met).
  
• BPMN 1.2 statements that do not have an impact on the graphic representation are not validated.
  (As an example it will validate if a sequence flow crosses the boundary of a pool, but it will not validate if the message attribute of a message flow is present or that it referrers to a correct message element).
  
• BPMN 1.2 rules about geometric form of the shape, border type and thickness are not validated
  
• Elements that were introduced in BPMN 2.0 and have no equivalent representation in BPMN 1.2 are considered invalid
  
• The Visio file is analyzed to find the best possible BPMN equivalent mapping. If the produced result is not what you would have expected, we provide enterprise specific mappings. Contact us as support@businessprocessincubator.com for more details.