BAMOE v8 offers workflow functionality beyond the scope defined by the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) specification. These features are highlighted under the Case Management topic in the BAMOE v8 documentation and can be categorized in two distinct topics:

Instead of implementing Case Management as defined in the Case Management Model and Notation (CMMN) specification, BAMOE v9 leverages BPMN extensions to provide a comparable experience. This is called flexible processes. A flexible process in BAMOE v9 is any process definition that uses ad hoc components or other features that enable the process to be executed more flexibly than traditional processes.

For example, a flexible process does not require a standard start event and does not require all nodes to be connected. Some of the typical components in flexible processes include the Ad-Hoc process property that enables the process to use ad hoc auto-start fragments and to not require strict start and end events, ad hoc subprocesses that contain embedded inner activities within another process, and milestones that flag or trigger tasks and events.

A typical flexible process consists of one or more of the following basic components:

Ad hoc Process capabilities comparison between BAMOE 8 and 9:

Capabilities BAMOE 8 (Case Management) BAMOE 9.2 (Flexible Process) Concepts available in Flexible Process Management in BPMN

Ability to trigger / re-trigger nodes using signals

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

A REST API request can serve as a signal event to trigger milestones or to create and start ad hoc fragments such as ad hoc processes, ad hoc subprocesses, or tasks.

Ad-hoc processes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Ad-hoc sub processes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Milestones

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

AdHoc fragments

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Case file instance

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Data can be stored through the use of Data Objects and Process Variables.

Per case runtime strategy

✅ Yes

❌ No

No differentiation between different runtime strategies

Adding comments to a Case

✅ Yes

❌ No

Different stages of a Case

✅ Yes

❌ No

Dynamic tasks and processes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Allowing runtime modifications like Using Dynamic Subprocesses or call activities based on condition during process Instance execution

Case ID / Case Id generator

✅ Yes

❌ No

Case lifecycle (close, reopen, cancel, destroy)

✅ Yes

❌ No

Case Management operations

✅ Yes

❌ No

Access to case(s) and its runtime data

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Process Instance Data Access operations are available

Case Instance Migration Service

✅ Yes

❌ No

Case Instance Migration Reports

✅ Yes

❌ No

Defines human task specification to create new user task in ad hoc (dynamic) process instance

✅ Yes

❌ No

Defines work item task specification to create new "service" task in ad hoc (dynamic) process instance

✅ Yes

❌ No

Case related events Listeners and Handlers

✅ Yes

❌ No

Asynchronous CaseInstance Audit Event Producer & Handler

✅ Yes

❌ No

Upgrading Case Management projects

BPMN files that include ad-hoc features can be added to a BAMOE v9 workflow project, as BAMOE v9 supports the ad-hoc features listed above. Case file and data related operations are no longer available in v9 and would need to be replaced.