Bpm = workflow + EAI (I)

After completing the BPM related standards, I want to refer to the architecture, modular organization, and their respective functions of BPMs with the author, the author has a comprehensive understanding of BPMs, hoping to get rid of the misunderstandings of common people.

The workshop is a bit confused about bpm. For example, it is often said that bpm = EAI + workflow; PBMs is less than a new bottle of wine from workflow vendors, as long as the system-integrated adaptors are added to the original WfMS, they can be changed to BPMs, or EAI vendors can be added to the activity modeling tool or the routing engine to re-package the tool.

I think BPMs is not just like this, but a lifecycle. Understanding the user's scenario during the BPM lifecycle is the best and most intuitive way to understand the overall picture of BPMs. In this article, I introduce the complete BPM lifecycle, in each step, the tool, its functions, and the role of the user are introduced. In the end, I will introduce a complete BPMs architecture, which describes the modular functions.

BPM: you also need to renew your life cycle)

BPMs allows enterprises to respond to changes in external environments and quickly change their internal processes, therefore, in the life cycle, we begin to develop and improve the stability of our customers. Another implication of the BPM lifecycle is that it is a methodology written into the BPMs tool ). The most important core of the BPMs solution is the method theory. It should at least contain the thinking philosophy (philosophy), method/step theory (methods/steps) tools/utilities ). Because there is no process between the two companies, the goal of the policies is the same, therefore, how can we integrate the rule definition into the final system? What is successful and effective is the joint method.

At present, various BPM vendors propose different lifecycles because the products or application domains that the solution appeals are different, so we have their respective attention and attention points. For example, IBM holosofx proposed: create, manage, automatic, collaborate ); what Howard Smith & Peter fingar proposed in the "BPM-the third wave" phase is: Modeling, deployment, and management ); italio proposes mining, modeling, support, monitoring, and improvement ). Here I will propose a complete process step-by-step process, but it may not be true for every BPM publisher. The creator can take the lead-BPM lifecycle test.

Phase I. BPM lifecycle phase I. Process discovery ):

To integrate bpm, the first step is to clearly understand the operational methods and specifications of the current process, especially the information flow in the process), event flow, or control flow ). Which processes can be self-driven? What are manual processes? Who are involved? Is the process being performed inside or outside the organization? The main feature of BPMs in this step is how to automatically identify the business models of the system. Enterprises usually hire external consultants or domain experts to assist them. This operation is intended for process estimation (BPA, business process assessment ), estimation and evaluation may include the links between policies and management targets and processes. At the same time, enterprises will also work with some management topics to create business process reengineering, such as the score card (BSc, Balance Score Card) six Sigma or ISO 9000 quality management systems.

Design ):

This segment is an iterative mini-cycle that contains four steps: Modeling and analyzing) simulation and redesigning processes. As mentioned above, we have taken advantage of external marketing efforts and opportunities to allow enterprises to quickly rebuild their processes, therefore, fine-grained process change allows you to use the step-by-step change of this segment to make an immediate response.

The tool used for process modeling is usually used as the process designer, which contains three modules: organization chart, activity diworkflow, and e-form) design Tool. They are divided into three most important elements for a specific process: People, activity, and files (users with interest can modify the information related to the Process Modeling conceptual framework, later, I will try again at the Conference ). After modeling, you can perform the analysis and modeling before the operation to verify whether the design process is correctly integrated or optimized; in addition, it can also provide bottle-filling information that may be encountered during the current process to prevent problems from occurring after the current operation, resulting in huge loss of operation. If the result of the analysis model is not satisfactory, you can repeat the structure process until the result is satisfactory. Analysis refers to the process-defined subjective and rational analysis, the mode allows you to set the number of rate changes and the number of Row-based false settings to allow the system to automatically run out of the expected value or the number of variation differences. In some cases, the auto-dynamic row (animation) is provided) or the manual step-by-step operation is based on the manual workflow.

The main feature of BPMs in this segment is the simplified interface, which allows non-IT background users to organize or break down the process by dragging the interface; in addition, the concept of operational process assets allows the process to define the best practices or process pattern in the industry ), and stored in the process repository (process repository) for reuse at runtime ).

Segment 3: execution ):

This means that the new renewal process can be completed by the stakeholders. Worker can define a worker-line model as a workflow engine or a process server ). The main appeal of BPMs in this segment is the management of Distributed Transaction, because these transactions may be highly structured cross-nest transaction processes (nested process) in addition, the system is integrated with the new generation system, and even the existing application system is regarded as a flow component. As a result, most of the practitioners of the process are application systems, which can be automatically performed without human interactions, that is, the Process Automation is generally implemented ).

In addition, sched can be used to set the time and duration of an automatic scaling process. Some BPMs products will provide the Rule Engine (Rule Engine) to determine the difference and reasoning of business rules. Another important feature of this segment is that, without the help of technical staff, the process users can still renew and modify their business models on their own. For example, the assignment rules of an agent are usually equivalent to those of others, and then they need to be supported by a rule-based mechanism.

Deployment ):This means that the design process will be rolled out to allow all participants (I .e., a person, application system, or other processes) to complete the process. The main feature of this step is the ability to combine computing resources with the organizational unit members with the smallest amount of effort ), for example, application components are integrated in advance ).

Interaction ):What is important in the workflow is interaction with people. Not all processes can be self-driven, so BPMs allows people to manage the interfaces between the self-dynamic process and the manual process. The interaction between workers serves as a workitem handler ). Sometimes the process interface itself is also a process, for example, the process can be automatically added or the next process is dispatched in a table. In the past, workitem handler is quite simple. However, there are two scenarios that are optimized to enrich and optimize. When necessary, users can also be customized or integrated into interfaces of different systems. Because of this demand, there has been a rapid increase, so the vendors have proposed a rich and personalized process portal ).

At the end of the article, I will introduce the last two segments in the next episode, and organize the system architecture and functional modules of BPMs, make it easy for beginners to understand,