BPM（Business Process Management），即业务流程管理，是一种规范化的构造端到端的业务流程，以持续的提高组织业务效率。常见商业管理教育如EMBA、MBA等均将BPM包含在内。
Business Process Model And Notion，业务流程模型与符号，是有BPMI开发的一套标准的业务流程建模符号，使用BPMN提供的符号可以创建业务流程。
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