===== Process Flowcharting Links =====

[[https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/|"Business Process Model and Notation" (BPMN™) Standard]]

[[https://www.bpmnquickguide.com/view-bpmn-quick-guide/|BPMN Quick Guide]]

The suite of BPMN symbols is included in all major flowcharting software programs (e.g., [[https://www.edrawsoft.com|EDraw]], [[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/business-process-modeling-notation|Visio with BPMN]]). Also, everal free and/or inexpensive online Flowcharting applications are available, such as:
  * [[https://www.bonitasoft.com/downloads|Bonita Studio (Desktop)]]
  * [[https://camunda.com/download/modeler/|Camunda Modeler (Desktop version of Cawemo))]]
  * [[https://cawemo.com|Cawemo (Web-Based)]]
  * [[https://app.diagrams.net/|Diagram Draw.io (Web-Based - Select "BPMN 2.0" from "More Shapes" dialog))]]
  * [[https://www.diagrams.net|Draw.io-Desktop]]
  * [[https://www.gliffy.com|Gliffy (Web-Based)]]
  * [[https://www.lucidchart.com|LucidChart (Web-Based)]]

==== Legacy Flowcharting Symbols (ISO 5807:1985) ====
While still valid, ISO 5807:1985 (re-affirmed in 2019) is extremely antiquated.

[[ :flowchart| Flowcharting Symbology / Conventions]] (Based upon [[https://www.iso.org/standard/11955.html|ISO 5807:1985]])

Preference should be given to using the OMG "Business Process Model and Notation" (BPMN™) standard for flowcharting your processes.

You may wonder that if ISO 5807:1985 is so antiquated, why hasn't ISO adopted BPMN. It has. ISO/IEC 19510:2013 (reaffirmed in 2022) is identical to OMG [[https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/2.0.1/PDF|BPMN 2.0.1]]... which is a free download. 

Then why should you pay for "[[https://www.iso.org/standard/62652.html|ISO/IEC 19510:2013, Information technology — Object Management Group Business Process Model and Notation]]" when the more current OMG BPMN 2.0.2 is a free download from [[https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN]]? 

The only answer I can offer is that ignorance (and resistance to change) can be expensive.