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--- articles:process_related_links [2023/02/04 11:31] – rrandall
+++ articles:process_related_links [2023/02/04 12:04] (current) – [Legacy Flowcharting Symbols (ISO 5807:1985)] rrandall
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 [[https://www.bpmnquickguide.com/view-bpmn-quick-guide/|BPMN Quick Guide]]
-[[flowchart| Flowcharting Symbology / Conventions]] (Based upon [[https://www.iso.org/standard/11955.html|ISO 5807:1985]])
+The suite of BPMN symbols is included in all major flowcharting software programs (e.g., [[https://www.edrawsoft.com|EDraw]], [[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/business-process-modeling-notation|Visio with BPMN]]). Also, everal free and/or inexpensive online Flowcharting applications are available, such as:
-Note 1: While still valid, ISO 5807:1985 is extremely antiquated. Preference should be given to using the "Business Process Model and Notation" (BPMN™) standard for flowcharting your processes.
-Note 2: The suite of BPMN symbols is included in all major flowcharting software programs (e.g., [[https://www.edrawsoft.com|EDraw]], [[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/business-process-modeling-notation|Visio with BPMN]]). Also, everal free and/or inexpensive online Flowcharting applications are available, such as:
   * [[https://www.bonitasoft.com/downloads|Bonita Studio (Desktop)]]
   * [[https://camunda.com/download/modeler/|Camunda Modeler (Desktop version of Cawemo))]]
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   * [[https://www.gliffy.com|Gliffy (Web-Based)]]
   * [[https://www.lucidchart.com|LucidChart (Web-Based)]]
+==== Legacy Flowcharting Symbols (ISO 5807:1985) ====
+While still valid, ISO 5807:1985 (re-affirmed in 2019) is extremely antiquated.
+[[ :flowchart| Flowcharting Symbology / Conventions]] (Based upon [[https://www.iso.org/standard/11955.html|ISO 5807:1985]])
+Preference should be given to using the OMG "Business Process Model and Notation" (BPMN™) standard for flowcharting your processes.
+You may wonder that if ISO 5807:1985 is so antiquated, why hasn't ISO adopted BPMN. It has. ISO/IEC 19510:2013 (reaffirmed in 2022) is identical to OMG [[https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/2.0.1/PDF|BPMN 2.0.1]]... which is a free download.
+Then why should you pay for "[[https://www.iso.org/standard/62652.html|ISO/IEC 19510:2013, Information technology — Object Management Group Business Process Model and Notation]]" when the more current OMG BPMN 2.0.2 is a free download from [[https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN]]?
+The only answer I can offer is that ignorance (and resistance to change) can be expensive.