BPMN2 — Page 331, Figure 11-4, Message Flows part of a Conversation diagram

Reported by dga...@trisotech.com, Jul 29, 2009

Figure 11-4 presents a list of Message Flows associated to the "Delivery
Negotiations Conversation".

Are the message flows listed the correct depiction for the explosion of
the Conversation?

If so shouldn't the conversation object have a [+]?
Are Message Flows graphical elements to be used in a Conversation diagram
or was it presented exclusively to show the relation between two views?

Note that all of these changes will be moved to Chapter 9 Collaboration through The resolution of issue 14654.
(a) Paragraph above Figure 11.4: replace first sentence with the following: "Figure 11.4 shows a subset of the larger Conversation diagram of Figure 11.3, above.
Figures 11.5 and 11.6 show the drill down into the "Delivery Negotiations" Sub-Conversation."
(b) Replace Figure 11.4 with a figure that only shows the two Pools, two Conversation Links, and a Sub-Conversation element (the plus sign that was missing should
be added) - the bottom half of the figure would be removed. See attached figure
(10547_Figure+11-4+Updated.jpg)
.
(c) Replace the caption for Figure 11.4 with the following: "An example of a Sub-Conversation"
(d) Add a figure after Figure 11.4 that shows the expanded version of the Sub-Conversation so that it contains a set of reference Message Flow and Conversation
element ("Variations"). See attached figure
(10690_Figure+11-5+%5BNew+Figure%5D.jpg)
(e) The caption for the new figure should be the following: "An example of a Sub-Conversation expanded to a Conversation and Message Flow"
(f) Add a new paragraph that precedes the new figure: "Figure 11.5 shows a how the Sub-Conversation of Figure 11.4 is expanded into a set of Message Flow and a
lower-level Conversation."
(g) Add another new figure (after item (d)) that shows the Sub-Conversation expanded fully to all of its referenced Message Flow. See attached figure
(10549_Figure+11-6+%5BNew+Figure%5D.jpg)
(h) The caption for the new figure should be the following: "An example of a Sub-Conversation that is fully expanded"
Add a new paragraph that precedes the new figure: "Figure 11.6 shows a how the Conversation of Figure 11.5 is also expanded into a set of Message Flow,
combined with the Message Flow. Note that the newly exposed Message Flow of the lower-level Conversation will be correlated by the CorrelationKey of both the
lower-level Conversation ("Variation ID") and the higher-level Sub-Conversation ("Order ID")."