{"id":1792,"date":"2013-10-24T10:49:54","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T10:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2025-04-15T09:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:45:05","slug":"business-processes-without-learning-heavy-bpmn-say-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/business-processes-without-learning-heavy-bpmn-say-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Business processes without learning heavy BPMN? &#8211; Say yes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s admit it: at some moment, we have to to put effort in learning BPMN to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/bpm-system\/\">manage business processes<\/a>. At the same time, this kind of business notation is rather heavy and complicated and, first of all, you need to learn how to use it, which already takes time. In case you want to delegate the task of describing, improving and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/business-process-automation\/\">automating your business processes<\/a> and hire a process management professional for that, it turns out to be costly.<\/p>\r\n<p><!--more-->\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/platform\/try\/\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'abtest', 'platform-banner-click');\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"pl-banner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cmw-platform-banner.png\" class=\"img-fluid my-5\" alt=\"CMW Platform banner\" title=\"CMW Platform banner\"><\/a><\/p> \r\n<p>Moreover, the BPM professional will require special software to draw BPMN schemes \u2013 so add this line to your expenses too. Even in this case those diagrams, let\u2019s be honest, are hard to communicate to other managers when you need to explain about what\u2019s on the diagram and why. So, well basically even though BPMN is a great tool, it requires time and monetary investment.<\/p>\r\nAs an alternative to traditional BPM, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/workflow-software\/\">Comindware Tracker<\/a> provides simple automated workflow schemes which are easy to configure and easy to read: you don\u2019t have to take 100 years to explain what\u2019s on the scheme. Comindware Workflow scheme can be understood intuitively. Other advantages of lighter BPM with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/workflow-software\/\">Comindware Tracker<\/a> are the following:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Simplicity<\/li>\r\n\t<li>No need to learn the notation<\/li>\r\n\t<li>No need for special software to draw the workflow<\/li>\r\n\t<li>No need to have special BPMN skills to work with<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Easy to combine and read the scheme<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<p>It\u2019s possible to implement well-thought out business processes without learning BPMN. And you can try to do it right now for the next 30 days at no fee: Comindware trial is available for you here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"text-center post__button\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/workflow-software\/try\/\" class=\"btn btn-green btn-lg\">\n\n            Get a 30-day trial!\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"author bg-light border\">\n\t<section class=\"row p-3 p-sm-5 align-items-center\">\n        <aside class=\"col-sm-3 col-4\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author__img img-fluid rounded-circle\" title=\"Anastasia Chumakova\" alt=\"Anastasia Chumakova\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/anastasiya-chumakova.jpg\" alt=\"Anastasia Chumakova\">\n        <\/aside>\n        <article class=\"col-sm-9 col\">\n            <p class=\"author__text\">Anastasia Chumakova is <em>Product Marketing Analyst<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/workflow-automation\/\">Workflow Automation<\/a> Expert at Comindware.<br\/>She currently explores online process management product development trends, contributes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/\">www.cmwlab.com<\/a> and provides tips for better use of Comindware Tracker and online work management solutions.<\/p>\n        <\/article>\n    <\/section>\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s admit it: at some moment, we have to to put effort in learning BPMN to manage business processes. 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