Easy BPMN Diagrams

Easy to Use

Start with a BPMN template and just click to add new symbols. Contextual controls help you make the right choices for activities, events, gateways, data objects, and more.

Easy to Work With Other Apps

SmartDraw is easy to work with no matter what other apps you use. You can add BPMN diagrams to:

• Microsoft Office^®
  • Word^®
  • PowerPoint^®
  • Excel^®
• Microsoft Teams^®
• Google Workspace^™
  • Google Docs
  • Google Sheets
• Atlassian^™ apps
  • Confluence
  • Jira

Easy to Save to Your Existing Storage Solution

SmartDraw works hand in glove with most file storage systems. You can save your files directly to:

• SharePoint^®
• OneDrive^®
• Google Drive^™
• DropBox^®
• Box^®

There is no need to create a parallel set of common folders and permissions, SmartDraw can just save files directly into your existing set up.

Easy to Get Help

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See how easy it is to create a BPMN diagram using SmartDraw's built in BPMN tools and templates. You start by picking one of the BPMN templates included.

Drag and drop BPMN symbols to the work area. Once you already have a shape on the page, click any of the yellow dots at the perimeter of the shape to start drawing a line and add a shape from the menu that pops up. This menu is pre-populated with the most common symbols for BPMN. Each BPMN symbol will also trigger a set of contextual controls to make representing even a complex process easier.

A BPMN diagram is made up of 4 major components: activities, tasks, events, and gateways. There are also data object controls, choreagraphy controls, and pools.

Each element can have additional notation to denote its type, trigger, or marker.

SmartDraw's BPMN symbol library contains all the building elements you'll need to make a BPMN diagram. Additionally, SmartDraw has powerful contextual controls to make adding types, triggers, and markers easy.

SmartDraw's BPMN templates have sophisticated contextual controls based on the shape selected to let you quickly set markers and types.

For example, for tasks, you'll be able to set the activity type, task type, and add as many markers as you need.

You can add any number of markers to a selected task to note its behavior in the process.

With an event shape selected, you can quickly change the type of event represented. There are three main types of events: start, intermediate and end. You can also represent the difference between interrupting and non-interrupting events and catching vs throwing events.

You can also easily set event triggers as needed.

Instead of wasting time looking for the right symbol or worrying about having to replace a symbol when all you need to change is the type or marker, these new controls now let you build and edit your BPMN diagram more easily.

Specify the gateway type using a drop-down.

See all the BPMN tools and how they work.