Free Business Process Management (BPM) Templates
How to Use the Business Process Management (BPM) Templates in Creately
- Choose a template that suits your needs
Choose a BPMN template for your process. Click “Edit This Template” to open it and lay out the flow.
- Sign in or create a free Creately account
Log in to Creately, or sign up free. Saving and sharing your business process management (bpmn) needs an account, which you can create in seconds.
- Open the template and customize it
Model the process with BPMN elements, events, activities and gateways—organized into pools and lanes by participant.
- Add start, intermediate and end events
- Place activities/tasks along the flow
- Use gateways to split and merge paths
- Organize participants into pools and swimlanes
- Add message flows between pools
- Standard BPMN 2.0 shapes
The library follows BPMN 2.0 notation, so process models are portable and readable to analysts and process tools alike.
- Collaborate with your team
Work on it together. Bring in teammates or stakeholders to edit the business process management (bpmn) at the same time, discuss details with in-app comments, and @mention people for input.
- Save, export, or present
Export or present when ready. Download your business process management (bpmn) as PNG, JPEG, SVG or PDF for reports and slides, share a view-only link, or present it directly from Creately.
FAQs about Business Process Management (BPMN) Templates
Yes. Most business process management (bpmn) templates are free to open and edit with a basic Creately account — browse the collection, pick one, and start customizing right away. A few advanced templates or features sit on paid plans, but the free tier is plenty to get started.
Yes. Export your business process management (bpmn) from Creately as PNG, JPEG, PDF or SVG and drop it into Word, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Slides, Confluence or any tool that accepts images — handy for reports, decks and handouts.
BPMN templates suit formal process work:
- As-is process maps - how work runs today
- To-be process maps - the improved design
- Cross-department processes - multiple pools and lanes
- Approval and exception flows - gateways and events
- Automation blueprints - a base for workflow tools
BPMN is a standardized notation with precise symbols for events, gateways and message flows across participants, making it better for detailed, shareable process models; a flowchart is simpler and less formal.