BPMN Terminate Event

15 Dec 2021 in BPMN on Bpmn, Bpmn 2.0, Terminate event

The BPMN Terminate Event article provides a detailed explanation of the terminate event element, including the BPMN notation, an example diagram and guidelines.

• What is a Terminate Event?
• BPMN Notation
• Finally
• Reference

The BPMN Terminate Event article focus on the definition and usage of the terminate event element as documented in the BPMN 2.0 specification. The example process diagram illustrates the correct use of the terminate event annotation. The BPMN Guidelines section contains a detailed set of rules that apply to the terminate event and explains how the element may or may not be used within the different BPMN diagrams.

What is a Terminate Event?

“For a Terminate End Event, all remaining active Activities within the Process are terminated. If a token reaches a Terminate End Event, the entire Process is abnormally terminated.” ~ BPMN Specification

BPMN Notation

The BPMN specification defines the Terminate Event element using the following description and notation:

	Catching Events						Throwing Events
	Start Event			Intermediate Event				End Event
	Standard	Event Sub-Process Interrupting	Event Sub-Process Non-Interrupting	Catching	Boundary Interrupting	Boundary Non- Interrupting	Throwing	Standard
Terminate Event

BPMN Notation: Terminate Event

Finally

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Reference

• Business Process Model and Notation Specification Version 2.0.2. (2014, January). https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/2.0.2/