Enable the reuse of BPMN subprocesses across projects in BAMOE 9.x.x via Maven dependencies or other non-intrusive mechanisms — without requiring signal-based Call Activities or manual duplication.

It's important for us to be able to reuse BPMN models across different business units — especially when those units don’t need to maintain or directly include all existing models in their own repositories. A common example would be a centralized approval process maintained by a core team and reused by other projects as-is.

This kind of reuse was previously possible in RHPAM (JBPM 6.x / 7.x) and BAMOE 8.x by including a subprocess through Maven dependencies, referencing it by its process ID. That allowed clean modularization, versioning, and consistent updates — simply by updating the dependency version, without having to manually copy or modify BPMN files.

In BAMOE 9.x.x, we would expect this level of reuse to still be possible — whether through a JAR dependency, a Maven plugin, or directly from the Canvas or VSCode plugin. The key point is to be able to invoke a subprocess from another project without having to duplicate its definition or rely on signal-based Call Activities, which would go against the intent of process modularity.

If this functionality does not currently exist in BAMOE 9.x.x, we strongly recommend its inclusion in the roadmap. It is critical to avoid breaking modular enterprise architectures during migration and to maintain the clean separation of concerns that many organizations have already adopted.

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