Forward-deployed / AI Knowledge Graph
Flowable

Phase 06 — CMMN: case management

When work doesn’t follow a fixed path: cases, stages, milestones, and sentries — and the honest answer on when you actually need CMMN.

# Lesson Type Lang Ships
01 Processes vs cases: prescribed flow vs available work ✅ Concept — decision guide
02 Plan items, stages, milestones, sentries ✅ Use XML case model
03 Mixing BPMN and CMMN: process tasks inside cases ✅ Use XML case model
04 When CMMN is overkill (most of the time) ✅ Concept — decision guide

Concept reading: Principle 8 — not all work is a flowchart. Full plan: ROADMAP.md.