Are any other BAs or POs out there using BPMN to prototype applications or new features?

I have had some recent success with serveral clients iterating on their business requirements in a BPMN process by diagramming the steps, decisions, and interactions, then running and testing that process with stakeholders and developers to explore how it would work. The diagram becomes a working prototype that helps uncover missing requirements and gather feedback early. In one case we were able to expand the BPMN process from prototype to production.

If you’re doing this, how has it worked for your team? If you haven’t tried it, would you be interested in discussing the approach?

If anyone can use AI to build a competing business, your moat will be your business process -your special sauce for connecting everything together.

I'll be talking to Volker Stiehl next week, and was reading up on his latest idea of "Progressive BPM". If I am translating it from the German correctly, the core idea is that as AI agents are commoditized and their usage becomes wide spread, the role of Business Processes will be significantly expanded. BPM won't be about "digital transformation" and "operational efficiency", it will be THE CORE VALUE of a business. BPM will then be less focused on subtle improvements to existing systems, and become a direct driver for growth and expansion into new markets.

Volker's got a number of articles (German) linked below. I hope I gave it a fair synopsis.

https://www.procubator.com/blog/progressive-bpm-warum-prozessmanagement-neu-gedacht-werden-muss

https://www.procubator.com/blog/progressive-bpm-wie-aus-einem-kundenproblem-ein-geschftsmodell-wird

https://www.procubator.com/blog/progressive-bpm-beginnt-nicht-immer-auf-der-grnen-wiese

Do you think BPM will expand in the future? Will business analysts take over the world?