Cesar Chew at 18:45, 24 November 2014

2014-11-24T18:45:23Z

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{{Cat|BPM}}

This section just describes the feature a BPMS can have. Please see the [[BPMS Comparison Matrix]] to compare suites.
== BPMS and process life-cycle and roles ==
*Design (documentation) [analysts]
*Deployment [developers, analysts]
*Execution [developers, users]
*Monitoring [managers, users, developers]
*Change and process migration (versioning [analysts, developers, users]
*Decommissioning [developers]

= What feature a BPMS can have =
=== Web Interface for process modelling ===
#Can processes be edited via a web editor
#Can the changes be moved to production without using desktop tools?
=== BPMN Compliance level ===
#Almost non of the tools implements all elements and features of BPMN 2.0
#Please look at compliance level chapters http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/2.0/ to see what kind of elements the BPMS support
=== Process Versioning ===
#Can multiple version of the processes run simultaneously?
#How the new version of the process impact the currently running instances?
#Is it possible to gather statistics from multiple versions of the processes?

===Rule Engine Integration===
#Does the BPMS supports Rule Task (BPMN 2.0)
#Can Rule Task (BPMN 2.0) be comfortably use without extensive service calls?
#What Rules Engine the BPMS integrate with?
#How does the versioning of rules impact the processes (i.e. is there an easy way of running old processes using old rules)?
===Human Tasks and console===
#Does the BPMS support task management console?
#Can it be embedded in other applications (e.g. portals)
#Is it based on WS-Human Task standard

===Web Service integration (plugins to existing systems)===
#Are processes exposed as web services?
#Can a service task comfortable call a service?
===Persistent options===
#Can the engine save current process status?
#What database/storage options are available?
===Cloud and scalability support===
#Can the process utilize multiple machines (MapReduce)?
#Can the process run in a cluster environment?
===Scripting Tasks supported languages===
#When using Script Task, what scripting languages are supported?
===Community===
#How many people currently use the suite?
#How much free materials is available on forums, wikis, etc...?
===Availability of vendor independent support===
#How easy it is to find an independent consultant on the market?
===Easiness of deployment===
#How long does it take to deploy:
##a new process
##a new version of an existing process
===Standard based (WSDL, JSON, etc...)===

What standards are supported in terms of:
#Exposed and consumed web services
#Data exchange, serialization, storage
===Process Migration (from older version to newer)===
#Is it possible to migrate instance (cases) of a process into newer version automatically?
===Easiness of upgrading the engine===
#Is it possible to run two versions of an engine on the same installation?
#Is it possible to run different version of the processes on a different Engine?
=== Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) ===

What statistics are available?
#Number of processes (per hour, day, etc...)
#Custom report about route taken or variable values in the process instances
#Does the BPMS integrate with analytical tools (e.g. Pentaho) for further analytic?
===Simulations===
#Is it possible to estimate the duration of the process?s it possible to simulate processes with randomly generated data given the frequency and distribution of the data?
=== Exposes API via Web Services ===

Does the BPMS allows other applications to:
*Start a new instance of a process
*Progress an instance of a process
*Retrieve list current instances of the process
*Retrieve and manage user task list

This is one of the most important points. If there is no API, integration with other applications will be extremely hard
===Service Repository Support===

What service repositories are supported (SWORD, etc...)

=== Declarative call for web services from the designer===
* Can a process developer call a web service without the need of writing any code?
* Which protocols and data formats are supported (SOAP, REST, JSON, etc...)

===Automatic Optimization===
#Does the suite analyses and suggests process improvements using meta-heuristics?

=== Right-to-left writing support ===

=== Ability to execute BPMN 2.0 ===
* wihtout translation to BPEL or other langauge

=== Assignment Types ===
* Cyclical (round robin)
* Random (as oppose to cyclical)

* Self Service(PickUp, Group)
* Manual (some assigns to some else)

* Variable (Value Based)
* Reports To (Line Manager)

* Least busy worker from a group (i.e. assign to the worker which has least work at the moment)

== Case Management ==

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Cesar Chew at 18:45, 24 November 2014