Business process models benefit from the powerful model tools available in the PowerDesigner enterprise modeling environment.
Customizing the BPM Environment
The BPM environment includes a set of parameters and configuration options that define various aspects of the model content and behavior. You can set these parameters:
Generating Other Models from a BPM
You can generate another BPM from your BPM. You can use the BPM to BPM generation to generate an analysis or collaborative BPM into an implementation BPM designed for the different orchestration process languages supported in PowerDesigner (BPEL4WS, WS-BPEL, and SOA).
Checking a BPM
The Business Process Model is a very flexible tool, which allows you quickly to develop your model without constraints. You can, however, check the validity of your BPM at any time.
Importing Visio Diagrams into PowerDesigner
Importing your Visio diagrams into PowerDesigner's rich metadata environment enables you to link your architectural objects with the objects that will implement them, and to profit from PowerDesigner's powerful impact and lineage analysis features. You must have installed Visio 2002 or higher and have selected to install the Visio plug-in from the PowerDesigner installer.
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