My Last Minute SCNotty – “Eva the BPM Doggie”

Using BPMN to align dog and master

I’m happy to finally get my first SCNotty video posted and submitted.  Due to some technical issues I got it posted a couple of hours past the deadline, but I’m hoping the judges take pity on me and accept it anyways.

In my SCNotty video, I introduce my bearded collie, Eva, who runs dog agility courses.  I trained her to follow BPMN diagrams to know what course she needs to run.

A couple of the BPMN diagrams in the video are a it hard to see, so I’ve uploaded them here as well so you can see the experimental course we were running.  I’m sure that Eva is in fact capable of understanding a more complex flow, but she’s still learning some of her agility moves.

Original run diagram:

Second run diagram after adapting the process to include an exception handler after potential for mishap at the tunnel was discovered:

I figure my video is a good candidate for several categories, should the judges choose to take my suggestions:

1)  Most desperate attempt to get a video in past the deadline
2)  Worst video editing job
3)  Best attempt to connect BPM to anything
4)  Best attempt at exploiting an animal to win an animal

What are your thoughts?

I will be at both Berlin and Las Vegas events.  If you see me and you remember Eva’s video, be sure to ask me for one of Eva’s Enterprise Geek doggie bones for your poor pooch you left at home.