You Can’t Fix Processes with Post-its. Try crismo.

Every organization has ideas for how work could flow better — faster handovers, fewer errors, smarter automation. But too often, those ideas stay stuck in people’s heads or buried in spreadsheets, because the tools meant to capture them are too complex or exclusive.

That disconnect is costly.

It means workshops where everyone’s aligned — until the moment someone opens a modelling tool.
It means brilliant process ideas that never get captured because “we don’t have time for BPMN.”
And it means teams operating on gut feeling instead of a shared map.

We believe there’s a better way.

Business Process Ideas Deserve Better Tools

Most people know what’s broken in their workflows.
They’ve been through the clunky onboarding, the duplicate approvals, the forgotten follow-ups.
They’ve imagined how things could be better.

But try capturing that in a traditional BPM tool, and you hit a wall:

• The interface feels like engineering software
• The vocabulary is opaque to the average team
• Collaboration feels like an afterthought
• And the learning curve? Let’s just say it’s steep

So people default to drawing flows on whiteboards, PowerPoint slides, or sticky notes — things that are great for brainstorming, but terrible for sustaining change.

Modeling Should Feel Like Sketching, Not Programming

That’s where crismo comes in.

We set out to build a process modelling tool that feels as natural as drawing on a whiteboard — but under the hood, it still speaks BPMN fluently. A tool where:

• You can drag and drop your first process without reading a manual
• You don’t need to choose between clarity and correctness
• The diagram you create in a 20-minute meeting is good enough to share, rework, and eventually automate

It’s modelling for people who think in business terms, not syntax.
For teams that need clarity fast.
For organizations that value standards but can’t afford friction.

Why Lightweight BPMN Matters Right Now

The world isn’t waiting for your next process improvement initiative.

• Your competitors are automating
• Your operations teams are understaffed
• Your processes are growing more complex

In that environment, BPMN shouldn’t be a niche language or a modelling bottleneck.
It should be a shared visual language for how work flows — accessible, collaborative, and fast.

We’re not saying throw away discipline.
We’re saying: meet people where they are.
Give them a tool that invites them in — and grows with their needs.

crismo in a Nutshell

Speed: No setup, no steep learning curve. Go from idea to diagram before the meeting ends
Structure: Fully standards-based, ready for automation at scale
Clarity: Diagrams that speak everyone’s language
Collaboration: Easy to share, easy to align your team

crismo is for teams who are tired of explaining what they mean — and ready to show it instead.

Start Sketching Smarter

If your whiteboard sketches aren’t cutting it anymore — but heavy tools slow your team down — crismo might be what you’ve been missing.

Curious what this looks like in action?
We’ve made crismo free to explore right here: https://www.crismo.io

About the Authors This article was written by Sebastian and Fabian, the team behind crismo, a lightweight process modeling tool built for clarity, speed, and collaboration. We help teams capture, align, and improve how work flows — without the friction of traditional BPM tools.