{"id":1191,"date":"2026-02-25T10:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skills.visual-paradigm.com\/ru\/docs\/modeling-customer-journeys-with-bpmn\/designing-customer-centric-bpmn-models\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:37:23","slug":"designing-customer-centric-bpmn-models","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/skills.visual-paradigm.com\/ru\/docs\/modeling-customer-journeys-with-bpmn\/designing-customer-centric-bpmn-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Customer-Centric BPMN Models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever looked at a BPMN diagram and realized the customer was nowhere to be found\u2014lost in a sea of internal processes and system tasks? This is a common blind spot. When the customer isn\u2019t clearly represented, even the most elegant process model fails to reflect real-world experience.<\/p>\n<p>This section is your guide to fixing that. 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