This stage will drive the language used when you discuss BPM-related topics. Important definitions that you will adopt will be explained, exemplified, and dissected. That makes this stage vital, as those definitions will relate to your everyday work and to the way you communicate with others in the project (and in the company). This is also the reason why it is important that the important aspects of BPM are discussed with your peers. You might constitute a new vocabulary out of them, and just like any vocabulary, it's important that it is shared by everyone.

Each definition will be scoped to a particular context. I will first explain each concept in a very generic way, as it helps you to understand the reason and purpose of the concept without including any reference to implementation or technical details. In more technical sections, I will map these concepts to more technical terms with concrete references to jBPM6.