activiti(BPMN2.0第一章)

本章介绍

• Introducing the world of BPM
• 引入BPM世界
• Designing processes with BPMN 2.0
• 用BPMN 2.0设计流程
• Implementing a BPMN 2.0 process with Activiti
• 用Activiti实现BPMN 2.0流程

We are about to start our journey in designing business processes with BPMN 2.0 and implementing these processes with the open source BPM platform Activiti. But before we explore these topics, we need some background into business process management (BPM).

我们即将开始采用BPMN 2.0设计业务流程，并用开源BPM平台Activiti实现这些流程的旅程。但是，在我们开发这些主题之前，我们需要了解一些业务流程管理（BPM，Business Progress Management）的背景知识.

The definition of business process management (BPM) is really broad, and BPM vendors are broadening the term even further every day. Because we can’t (and don’t want) to cover the full spectrum of what is covered by BPM, this chapter defines the boundaries what we’ll cover in this book. You’