BPMN examples: 10 free BPMN 2.0 diagram templates
These are 10 worked BPMN 2.0 examples of common business processes, each generated by BPMN Studio from a plain-English description. Every example page shows the diagram, lists each step with its BPMN element and lane, explains the decision points, and gives you the .bpmn file to open in Camunda, Flowable or bpmn.io. Free, no sign-up.
Order-to-cashA timer boundary event that cancels or escalates an unpaid order
Employee onboardingParallel split and join across HR, IT and the manager, with error boundary events
Invoice approvalAmount thresholds that route to different approvers, and a return-with-reason loop
Support ticket handlingEscalation between support tiers, an SLA timer and a confirm-or-reopen loop
Procure-to-payA three-way match gateway, with the supplier modelled as a lane
Loan applicationAutomated checks before human underwriting, and a three-way approve, refer or decline decision
Incident managementSeverity routing and a timer boundary event that escalates automatically
Hiring / recruitmentA chain of gated interview stages, each with its own rejection path
Order fulfillmentA parallel gateway for steps that happen at the same time, and a message end event
Expense reimbursementTwo gateways in a row (policy check, then approval threshold) and two distinct end states
How to use these examples
- To learn the notation, start with invoice approval (gateways and a loop), then employee onboarding (parallel work), then order-to-cash (boundary events). The BPMN symbols reference explains each shape you meet.
- To start your own model, download the closest
.bpmnfile and edit it in any BPMN 2.0 tool. - To get a version of your own process, describe it to the AI wizard and generate an editable diagram.
Each example uses one pool with a lane per participant, typed tasks, and named conditions on every exclusive gateway branch: the same rules BPMN Studio applies to every diagram it generates. For the common errors these examples avoid, see common BPMN mistakes.