BPM Process Pattern : Multiple Split And MergePattern,

Condition Split & Merge




Characteristics:

Split

• Split Shape decide which activities to be performed based on some business rules.
• Only those activities are execute which satisfy the business rules conditions.
• There should be atleast one activitiy which satisfy the business rule conditions.

Merge

• The system wait for only those activities which passed through business rule conditions.
• The system waits for atleast one activity to complete before moving to next activity. This depends upon AND or OR condition at the merge. AND mean to wait for all incoming activities whereas OR means to only wait for the first activity to complete. There can also be a conditional OR where system waits more than one activities bases on some business rules.