In the previous chapters, we were introduced to the concept of BPM and we got an overview of the jBPM tool stack and the family along some hands-on experience to build our first application using jBPM. The next four chapters will detail each jBPM component that we have discussed so far and the remaining chapters will guide you to customizing jBPM, integrating with the application architecture, and deploying a production-ready BPM application.

The first step that a business analyst with requirements for an application in hand would be the design and modeling of the business processes. This step is not often straightforward and involves multiple artifacts apart from the business process flow itself. This chapter will take us through the journey of designing a business process with all its etiquettes and will simulate the business process to understand how the designed business process would behave in a runtime environment.

The chapter guides you through...