You can add multiple outgoing links to worksteps, as shown by the links out of Activity 3 in Figure 1. You can also add multiple outgoing links from Decision, Or-Join, and Start worksteps. With this type of link, you can add conditions that direct the process flow.

If all of the outgoing links from a workstep have no specified condition, then these links are the equivalent of an And shape, indicating that once the predecessor workstep is completed, the successor worksteps are activated simultaneously. For example, the links to Activity 1 and 2 have no condition and these two activities are both started after the Start workstep is completed.

If one or more of the outgoing links from a predecessor workstep has (or have) a specified condition, then these links are the equivalent of a Decision shape. Once the predecessor workstep is completed, one or more successor worksteps can be activated if the links to them fulfill specified conditions. But if these conditions are not met in any of the links, then all links with no condition are executed. For example, the links from Activity 3 to Activities 4, 5, and 7 each have conditions and one or more of these activities are executed when the specified conditions are fulfilled; the links from Activity 3 to Activity 6 has no specified condition and this activity will be executed when the specified conditions for Activities 4, 5, and 7 are not fulfilled.