Presentation on how to use business processes and jBPM to simplify your work, handle complexity and integrate with your enviuronment. It also describes the current status of jBPM 5.4 and the roadmap towards jBPM 6.0.

1. Simplify the complexity of
your business processes
Kris Verlaenen
jBPM Project Lead
October 16th, 2012
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2. Overview
• Quick intro to jBPM
• How to simplify?
• How to handle complexity?
• Integration
• Roadmap
• Links
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3. What is BPM?
Business Process Management
A business process is a process that describes
the order in which a series of steps need to be executed,
using a flow chart.
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4. jBPM Project
• (Executable) business processes
– open-source, light-weight engine
– from embedded to as a service
• Native BPMN 2.0 support
• Both developers and business users
• Entire life cycle
• Advanced, adaptive processes
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5. End User
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Your Task BAM /
Runtime Monitoring List Reporting
Application
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Core Services
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Your Core History Task
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Services Engine Log Service
Rules
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Guvnor
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Repository
Web-Based Form
Eclipse Modeler Builder
Designer
●
Rules Editor
Developer
Business
+ Developer
Analyst
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6. How to
Simplify?
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7. Simplify
• BPM
– Business logic as process diagram
• BPMN 2
– Higher-level constructs
• jBPM
– Domain-specific constructs
– Full life cycle support + unified tooling
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8. Web-based Designer
● Visibility ● Continuous improvement
● Monitoring ● Speed of development
● Higher-level ● Increased agility
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9. BPMN 2.0 Specification
● Business process
● Model
● Notation
● Execution Semantics
● OMG standard
● Extensible
● Subset “Executable Processes”
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10. BPMN 2.0
<definitions ... >
<process id="com.sample.bpmn.hello" name="Hello World" >
<startEvent id="_1" name="StartProcess" />
<sequenceFlow sourceRef="_1" targetRef="_2" />
<scriptTask id="_2" name="Hello" >
<script>System.out.println("Hello World");</script>
</scriptTask>
<sequenceFlow sourceRef="_2" targetRef="_3" />
<endEvent id="_3" name="EndProcess" />
</process>
</definitions>
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11. Higher-level constructs
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12. Business
User
End User
Developer
For developers and business users
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13. Domain-specific Processes
• Extend palette with domain-specific, declarative
service nodes
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14. How to handle
Complexity?
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15. Ready for the future?
Traditional BPM systems have problems with
change, complexity, flexibility, data-intensive
applications, etc.
• Adaptive Case Management (ACM)
• Unstructured, non-lineair or flexible processes
• Event-driven BPM (edBPM)
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16. Advanced, adaptive
process?
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17. Adaptive Processes
• Process Instance Migration
• Process Fragments
– Ad-Hoc (Sub-) Processes
• Deviation
– Dynamically adapt one instance
• Combining business rules + events
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18. Ad-Hoc Processes
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19. Example: Clinical DSS
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20. Combining Processes, Rules and Events
● Integration
● From loose coupling
● To advanced integration
● Unification
● Processes and (event) rules are different types of
business knowledge assets
● Tooling (IDE, repository, management)
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21. Integration
How to integrate with Service X?
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22. Integration
● Service Task
● Synchronous
● Instantaneous execution
● Part of same transaction
● Asynchronous
● Notify engine when completed
● Using async communication
● E.g. (new Thread), messaging, async invocation (WS), etc.
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23. Integration
• Avoid implementation details • Examples
in process – Human task
• As higher-level, domain- – Java method
– WS, Rest
specific services
– Email, Twitter
– FTP, RSS, Jabber
– Finder, Exec, Archive
– Google Calendar
– YOUR SERVICES !
Repository !
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24. Service Repository
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25. Roadmap
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26. Roadmap
Feb'11 Jun'11 Dec'11 Apr'12 Nov'12
jBPM 5.0 5.2
Service repository
5.1 Web Designer 5.3
AS7
Examples Eclipse Designer
Documentation Web Designer
JUnit test Form + test generation
Form Builder
5.4
Improved BPMN2 support
JPA2, Spring
Local Task Service
Simulation
Eclipse Modeler
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27. Simulation
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28. Eclipse Modeler
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29. Roadmap Roadmap
Feb'11 Jun'11 Dec'11 Apr'12 Nov'12 Feb'13
jBPM 5.0 5.2
Service repository
5.1 Web Designer 5.3 6.0
AS7 BA Usability
Examples Eclipse Designer
Web Designer Runtime Console
Documentation
Form + test generation BAM / Reporting
JUnit test
Form Builder
5.4
Improved BPMN2 support
JPA2, Spring
Local Task Service
Simulation
Eclipse Modeler
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30. BAM / Reporting
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31. Links
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32. JBossWorld Keynote Demo
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33. jBPM & Drools Bootcamps
• Regularly bootcamps
– Presentations
– Labs
– Questions, help, etc.
• IntelliFest, October 22nd-23rd 2012, San Diego
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34. jBPM Installer
• Out-of-the-box working environment
• Components
– Eclipse (jBPM + Drools)
– AS7
• Guvnor
• Designer
• Console
• Form Builder
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35. jBPM: What, where?
• jBPM home page
• Source http://github.com/droolsjbpm/jbpm
• Hudson http://hudson.jboss.org/hudson/job/jBPM
• Blog http://kverlaen.blogspot.com/
• #jbpm on chat.freenode.net
• jbpm-dev@jboss.org
• jBPM user forum
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36. Learn more
● ...about the intelligent, integrated
enterprise vision
http://www.getcontrolwithjboss.com/
● ...about FuseSource products
http://fusesource.com/products/
● ...about JBoss Enterprise Middleware
http://www.redhat.com/products/jbossenterprisemiddleware/
● ...about jBPM, Polymita and Drools :)
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37. Simplify the complexity of
your business processes
Kris Verlaenen
jBPM Project Lead
October 16th, 2012
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