Symbols

Like flowcharts, BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) diagrams use a set of standard symbols. Each shape is having a specific meaning and business context where it’s most appropriate. If you become overwhelmed while drawing your BPMN chart, simply check this guide.

The term 'Events' represents the events in a business process. Specific details in a process can be represented by styling each event. There are three event type in business process, they are start events, intermediate events, and end events. Following are the event symbols contained with start event, which can be combined with any event type. Some commonly used event symbols are following BPMN Message Symbol