There are seven steps to connecting decisions modeled in DMN to business processes modeled in BPMN: 1) identify and develop the high-level business process, 2) identify decisions, 3) develop the decision model, 4) identify the data model, 5) map each decision to the business process, 6) detail the decision logic, and 7) use assignment values from decisions to direct the business process flow. Decisions can trigger and control multiple aspects of business processes, though not all business rules are decisions that are formally modeled.