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Process Component Models: The Next Generation In Workflow ?

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Architecture,
Java,
SOA
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Business Process Management,
Business Process Modeling,
Workflow / BPM

Tom Baeyens, founder of JBoss jBPM gives his view of the state of the BPM / workflow market and introdces a new type of workflow technology called process component models.

The Seven Fallacies of Business Process Execution

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Java,
.NET,
Architecture,
SOA
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Domain Specific Languages,
Rule Engines,
Web Services,
Business Process Modeling,
SOA Platforms,
Enterprise Architecture,
Workflow / BPM

After 8+ years of intense research, the promises of BPM have not materialized: we are still far from having the ability to use the business process models designed by business analysts to create complete executable solutions. Some argue that we need to re-engineer BPM standards. In this paper we explore a new architecture blueprint for BPMSs that offers a cleaner alignment between SOA and BPM.

Implementation of business rules and business processes in SOA

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SOA
Topics
Business Process Modeling,
Rule Engines

Boris Lublinsky and Didier Le Tien discuss how business process engines and business rule engines differ, where their respective strengths are and when to use what in an SOA context. They discuss commonalities and differences between business rules and business processes and present some guidelines on positioning business rules in SOA implementation and appropriate usage of each technology.

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What can we expect from BPMN 2.0?

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Architecture,
SOA
Topics
Business Process Management,
Business Process Modeling,
Workflow / BPM

Although OMG is not scheduled to get to BPMN 2.0 until August/September timeframe, the initial announcements about its possible directions have caused a lot of activities on the Web.

Tom Baeyens on the Process Virtual Machine

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Architecture,
Java,
SOA
Topics
Business Process Management,
Business Process Modeling,
Orchestration,
Enterprise Architecture,
Workflow / BPM

JBoss is close to releasing version 1.0 of their "Process Virtual Machine", an ambitious project that seeks to provide a definition language agnostic process execution engine. InfoQ spoke with project lead Tom Baeyens about the project, and how the PVM changes the BPM landscape.

Learning BPMN: a 6 part eLearning Series and an Eclipse STP Tutorial

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SOA
Topics
Business Process Modeling,
Workflow / BPM

BPMN's adoption is increasing rapidly. In this post, we review some recent activity such as the publication of BPMN 1.1 by the OMG, a tutorial on how to use the Eclipse SOA Tools Platform to "Execute Business Processes" and a comprehensive 120 minute tutorial on BPMN by Bruce Silver.

Surveys from BPTrends and BEA Reflect on "The State of BPM in 2008"

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SOA
Topics
Business Process Management,
Business Process Modeling,
SOA Platforms,
Enterprise Architecture

In the past couple of weeks, two major reports on "The State of BPM in 2008" were published by BPTrends and BEA. The reports show a fast growing market lead by major SOA infrastructure vendors, a significant growth of the adoption of BPMN and a steady growth of BPEL. Drivers for adopting a BPM approach range from cost savings to compensating for missing functionality in enterprise applications.

Why do Java developers hate BPM?

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Architecture,
Java
Topics
Business Process Management,
Domain Specific Languages,
Business Process Modeling

John Raynolds asked recently the question: "Why do java developers hate BPM?". His controversial post generated a lot of comments that speak more generally about the growing divide between modeling environments and development environments, and the role of the business in traditional development cycles.

Intalio|BPMS 5.0 released - A full fledged open source BPM system

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Architecture,
SOA
Topics
Business Process Management,
Business Process Modeling,
Workflow / BPM

Intalio last week released their open source based BPM System - Intalio|BPMS 5.0, including amongst other things a BPMN Editor and a BPEL server engine. The release is a milestone for Intalio in their effort to realise a complete solution for their BPM 2.0 vision. InfoQ took the opportunity to interview Ismael Ghalimi, Intalio CEO, and Arnaud Blandin, EMEA Director, about the new release.