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Business Process Model and Notation: applied decision

Represent process events, activities, decisions and handoffs with a shared notation.

30 minutes

Scenario

A hospital laboratory loses urgent samples between collection and analysis. The written procedure lists steps but no acknowledgment at the courier handoff.

Your role
Decision owner with responsibility for affected people
Method
Business Process Model and Notation

Evidence pack

e1

Situation

A hospital laboratory loses urgent samples between collection and analysis. The written procedure lists steps but no acknowledgment at the courier handoff.

e2

Method constraint

Mistaking a neat diagram for observed practice, or modelling every detail before the boundary is agreed.

Constraints

  • State assumptions and protect affected people.
  • Do not treat the method artifact as causal proof.

Case steps

Work through each prompt using the evidence pack. These guided cases support self-directed practice; server-scored attempts are not available yet.

1
Open Response

Frame the decision and identify the affected actors and evidence gaps.

2
Open Response

Apply the method to compare at least two interpretations or responses.

3
Open Response

Choose one bounded next test, its owner, safeguard and rejection signal.