CR — The scope does not clarifies the relationship between CMMN and BPMN

The scope section should clarify the relationship between CMMN and BPMN. It is my impression that “CMMN is complementary to BPMN”, but it is not explicitly said in the specification. There is currently a debate on the relationship between CMMN and BPMN, and the specification is silent on this topic. It is important to note that CMPM RFP (Bmi/2009-09-23) request was to enhance BPMN with case management, and I believe CMMN does that, but it is not mentioned in the specification scope section.

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Add "This specification is intended to be consistent with and complementary to BPMN."

Current text in 1 Scope session (page 1):

This specification defines a common meta-model and notation for modeling and graphically expressing a Case, as well as an interchange format for exchanging Case models among different tools. The specification is intended to capture the common elements that Case management products use, while also taking into account current research contributions on Case management. It is to Case management products what the OMG Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) specification is to business process management products.

BPMN has been adopted as a business process modeling standard. It addresses capabilities incorporated in a number of other business process modeling languages, where processes are described as the predefined sequences of activities with decisions (gateways) to direct the sequence along alternative paths or for iterations. These models are effective for predefined, fully specified, repeatable business processes.

For some time, there has been discussion of the need to model activities that are not so predefined and repeatable, but instead depend on evolving circumstances and ad hoc decisions by knowledge workers regarding a particular situation, a case (see Davenport 1994 and 2005; and Van der Aalst 2005). Applications of Case management include licensing and permitting in government, application and claim processing in insurance, patient care and medical diagnosis in healthcare, mortgage processing in banking, problem resolution in call centers, sales and operations planning, invoice discrepancy handling, maintenance and repair of machines and equipment, and engineering of made-to-order products.

Change first paragraph as follows:

This specification defines a common meta-model and notation for modeling and graphically expressing a Case, as well as an interchange format for exchanging Case models among different tools. The specification is intended to capture the common elements that Case management products use, while also taking into account current research contributions on Case management. It is to Case management products what the OMG Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) specification is to business process management products. This specification is intended to be consistent and complementary to BPMN.