Summary

This chapter offered a comprehensive knowledge of the flow control patterns by showcasing the essentials of flow control patterns, which are used in designing and modeling business processes. Recipes can be served as reference to control flow patterns in BPM and are explained with simple sample processes and examples. The next chapter will demonstrate how processes can handle batch jobs and how to simultaneously spawn multiple work item instances in a process. The chapter will also uncover iteration patterns by demonstrating structured loop and unstructured looping mechanisms. Implicit and explicit termination patterns in the end will showcase the termination pattern.