Tuesday, December 2, 2008

BPM Process Pattern : Merge Pattern

Merge Pattern



Characteristics:

  • Diamond shape represent the merge point.
  • There are 2 configurations for the merge shape: AND or OR. AND means to wait for all incoming connections whereas OR means to wait for only first incoming activity to complete.
  • The total execution time of process is computed by selecting the maximum time taken by any branch.
  • The System wait until all incoming branches to merge are completed.

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