Business Process Management

Concepts, Languages, Architectures (Fourth Edition)

Workflow patterns, BPMN and Petri nets

You find a description of the Workflow Patterns at http://workflowpatterns.com.


a) What is the difference between the patterns Exclusive Choice (XOR-Split) and Deferred Choice?

b) How are they represented in BPMN and Petri nets?

More information on the Workflow Patterns can be found in the book in chapter 4.1.