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  10 BPMN Best Practices Every Camunda Developer Should Know Designing BPMN processes in Camunda is easy—but designing them correctly, scalable, and maintainable is what separates beginners from experts. In this guide, you’ll learn 10 essential BPMN best practices that every Camunda developer should follow. 🔹 1. Keep Your Process Simple Avoid overcomplicating diagrams. 👉 A simple process is: Easier to debug Easier to maintain Easier for business users to understand 🔹 2. Use Meaningful Names Bad: Task1 ProcessA Good: Validate Customer Data Approve Loan Request 👉 Always use verb + business context 🔹 3. Use Async Continuations Wisely Use: asyncBefore asyncAfter 👉 Helps in: Retry handling Transaction boundaries Avoiding long DB locks 🔹 4. Avoid Long-Running Service Tasks Problem: Blocks Job Executor Solution: 👉 Use External Tasks for: API calls Heavy processing 🔹 5. Use Exclusive Gateways Properly 👉 Always define conditions clearly Avoid: Multiple true conditions Missing d...

 Intermediate Events are one of the most powerful BPMN elements used in Camunda 7 . They allow you to pause, wait, catch signals, handle messages, manage timers, trigger compensations, and more — all in the middle of your process flow. If you are building workflows in Camunda 7 (Camunda Platform) , understanding Intermediate Events is essential for designing reliable, flexible, and controlled business processes. 🌟 What Are Intermediate Events? An Intermediate Event occurs between the start and end of a workflow. They either catch or throw something: Catch events wait for something Throw events send or trigger something Types of Intermediate Events in Camunda 7 Below is a clear breakdown of each type with diagrams + examples. 1️⃣ Timer Intermediate Event (Catching) Used when the process must wait for a specific time . 📌 Examples: Wait for 24 hours Run every Monday Delay before sending a reminder XML Example < bpmn:intermediateCatchEvent i...