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Manual Tasks

Within BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation), the "manual task" represents work that require human intervention such as decision-making, or manual interaction.

ManualTasks

Key characteristics of a manual task:​

Human Interaction: Manual tasks represent activities that involve human intervention, requiring a person to perform specific actions, such as approval, validation, or other manual tasks.

Time-Driven or Event-Driven: They can be triggered by specific events or deadlines (event-driven) or simply be part of the process flow (time-driven).

Attributes:​

The following are the attributes associated with the "Manual" tasks:

AttributeDescription
ID:The "Id" attribute represents the unique identifier of the manual task. It corresponds to the task definition key in the BPMN model.
Name:The "Name" attribute defines the name or label of the manual task.

Asynchronous Continuations:​

Asynchronous continuations are used to specify whether a task is executed asynchronously, they include:

AttributeDescription
Asynchronous Before:The "Asynchronous Before" attribute indicates if the task can be started asynchronously before other tasks or events in the process.
Asynchronous After:Similarly, the "Asynchronous After" attribute denotes whether the manual task can be completed asynchronously after other tasks or events in the process.