Question
subcases vs subprocess?
Hi All - I have a basic question to understand the difference between subprocess and subcase and choosing one from these 2.
1. Are they same?
2. If yes then no further question which I feel wont be the case, so if not then what decides which one to choose and when?
Scenario: A main process/case has 4-5 different tasks to accomplish and 3 of these tasks are independent from each other and are processes in itself, so should one use split-join with spin-off or subcase route(instantiation of different subcases with parent case dependency) ?
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Hi Dhirendra,
We can not say that both are same. Depends upon how simple you want make your case management and the process flow.
Subcase:
This allows us to track and manage these different types of work performed parallely by different user.
If you look into below diagram for example:
We can see that subcases "Treatment Plan" , "repair estimate" are some tasks to be done by the party other than Insurance company. So make the Case Management more understandable and easy , we make a different subcase.
If you have a subcase , so its easy for one to get your case mangement easily.
SubProcess:
A subprocess references another process flow. With a subprocess, we can divide our
process into more granular flows. This allows us to collect several flow shapes into one
subprocess and reduce the complexity of our process diagram
If you have a subprocess, this makes the process diagram more understanble.
Moreover , you have to decide according to your business case , what to use and when.
Hope this helps.
Thankyou