Converting an atomic process to a decomposed process

Chapter 4 Building an Analysis Business Process Model

Converting an atomic process to a decomposed process

You can convert an atomic process to a decomposed process in any of the following ways:

Press CTRL and double-click the process symbol (this will open the sub- process directly).
Open the property sheet of the process and, on the General tab, select the Decomposed process radio button.
Right-click the process and select Decompose Process from the contextual menu.
From a selection of symbols in the diagram, using the Tools→Create Composite Process command. A sub-process diagram is automatically created and filled with the symbols you have selected.

When you create a decomposed process, a sub-process diagram is added below its entry in the browser:

The decomposed process is empty at first. Any objects that you create in the sub-activity diagram are listed in the Browser under the decomposed process.

A decomposed process must always have one start and one end at least.