Case management systems and techniques are disclosed. In various embodiments, a case model definition with which a case instance is associated is parsed to determine a trigger condition to be monitored for with respect to the case instance and a business process external to the case instance that is to be triggered in the event the trigger condition is satisfied. It is detected with respect to the case instance that the trigger condition is satisfied. The business process is triggered with respect to the case instance, in response to detecting that the trigger condition is satisfied.