EPC in ARIS

General information

The Event-driven Process Chain (EPC) is a modeling notation to describe business processes. It integrates all relevant business perspectives and is embedded in the overall process landscape.

While Value-added Chain Diagrams (VACD) provide an overview of the functional areas of an organization, EPCs are used to detail them at a procedural level.

Core elements

The EPC core elements allow you to model the procedural sequence of functions within the scope of individual business processes.

Extended elements/satellites

The extended EPC elements allow you to detail the pure procedural description of your business process by integrating data, risks, resources, organizational elements, etc. The corresponding objects are called satellites.

There are two modeling alternatives:

Model the satellites directly in the EPC and assign them to the function to get all information at a glance.
Move the satellites to a Function allocation diagram (FAD) to reduce the visual complexity of the EPC.

Data & risks

Enterprise architecture

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