Process Modeling - How to leave & re-enter

[former_member1013733]

What is the best way, in a process map, to represent a point where you have to leave the current process to complete a new one before moving onto the next step? And how do you represent where you come back into the initial process? Could it be throwing and catching?

[jerryjanda]

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[Projit]

Hi Danielle, Using throwing and catching intermediate events is a good way to represent the scenario that you are referring to.

Throwing intermediate events can be used interchangeably with End events to represent a transfer of the token from one process to another. Similarly, Catching intermediate events can be used interchangeably with Start events to represent when a previous process is kickstarting the existing one.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Projit

An example.