Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: SOA and Business Processes
Chapter 2: Modeling Business Processes for SOA
Chapter 3: BPMN for Business Process Modeling
Chapter 4: BPMN—Advance Constructs
Chapter 5: Process Analysis and Transformation—From BPMN to BPEL
Chapter 6: Business Process Orchestration for SOA
Index
- Chapter 1: SOA and Business Processes
- Why Care about Business Processes?
- Examples of Business Processes
- How Business Processes Emerge
- How Business Processes and IT Relate
- IT Flexibility
- Heterogeneous Architecture
- Traditional Software Lifecycles
- Why Do We Need SOA?
- Why Should We Believe This?
- SOA Approach to Business Processes
- Major Improvements in the SOA Approach
- Focus on Content, Not Technology
- Management Support
- SOA Competency Centre
- SOA Inception
- SOA Forces
- Value of SOA for IT Departments
- Changes in the Development Approach
- Reduced Complexity
- Technical Introduction to SOA
- BPMN
- BPEL
- Features
- Services
- Service Interfaces
- Messages
- Synchronicity
- Loose Coupling
- Quality of Service
- Other Important Parts of SOA
- Enterprise Service Bus
- Registry and Repository
- Rules Engines
- Business Activity Monitoring
- User Interactions
- How SOA, BPMN, and BPEL Fit Together
- Agility
- Resilience
- Alignment Between Business and IT
- New Business Models
- How the Puzzles Fit Together
- SOA Vendors
- Summary
- Why Care about Business Processes?
- Chapter 2: Modeling Business Processes for SOA
- Business Process Management
- IT and BPM
- SOA and BPM
- Business Process Lifecycle
- BPM and SOA—A Perfect Fit for the Lifecycle
- Business Process Modeling
- Modeling Method and Notation
- ARIS
- Modeling Notation
- BPMN
- Process Design
- Results of Process Modeling
- Process Map
- Roles and Relations Structure
- As-is Process Model
- Publishing and Communicating Process Models
- Process Simulation
- Tools for Simulating Processes
- Modeling Principles
- Common Problems in Process Modeling
- Modeling Method and Notation
- Process Implementation
- Classic Software Development
- Standardized ERP Solutions
- Service Oriented Architecture
- Process Implementation Phase with BPEL
- Process Execution and Control
- SOA for the Process Execution and Control Phase
- Business Activity Monitoring
- Process Optimization
- The To-be Process Model
- Key Performance Indicators
- Typical Problems in Process Optimization
- Summary
- Business Process Management
- Chapter 3: BPMN for Business Process Modeling
- The Need for Standards in Business Process Modeling
- Business Process Classification and BPMN
- Business Process Diagrams—Core Elements
- Business Process Diagrams—A Deeper Analysis of the Key Elements of BPMN
- Events
- Activities
- Task
- Gateways
- Sequence Flow
- Message Flow
- Association
- Pool
- Lanes
- Data Object
- Group
- Text Annotation
- Business Process Diagrams—A Deeper Analysis of the Key Elements of BPMN
- Introduction to Oracle Business Process Analysis Suite
- Developing an Example Process Using BPMN and the Selected Tool
- Summary
- Chapter 4: BPMN—Advance Constructs
- Business Process Modeling General Guidelines
- Rule #1: Process Models Should Provide Aid in Process Understanding
- Rule # 2: Match Each Split with a Join
- Rule #3: Have a Well-Defined Start and End Event
- Rule #4: Look Out for Orphan Tasks
- BPMN Attributes and Tools Support
- Business Process Diagram
- Process
- Sub-Process
- Events in Detail
- Start Events
- End Events
- Intermediate Events
- Process Modeling Patterns and BPMN
- Basic Control Patterns
- Simple Sequence
- Branching and Synchronization Patterns
- Multi Choice
- Structured Synchronizing Merge
- Multi Merge
- Iteration Based Patterns
- Arbitrary Cycles
- Structured Loop
- Termination
- Implicit Termination
- Explicit Termination
- Multiple Instance Pattern
- Multiple Instances without Synchronization
- Multiple Instances with a Priori Design-Time Knowledge
- Multiple Instances with a Priori Run-Time Knowledge
- State-Based Patterns
- Deferred Choice
- Basic Control Patterns
- Summary
- Business Process Modeling General Guidelines
- Chapter 5: Process Analysis and Transformation— From BPMN to BPEL
- Business Process Analysis Using Simulation
- The Business Process Model and Data input
- Simulation and Scenario Analysis
- Model Target Process
- Business Process Transition: Bridging the Business—IT divide
- BPMN to BPEL—Key Considerations
- BPMN Specification for BPEL Mapping
- Tools to Support BPMN-BPEL Transformations
- Oracle BPM Suite: Oracle BPA and SOA Suite for BPMN-BPEL Mapping
- Process Detailing for Transition—A Look into Oracle Extensions for BPMN and BPEL
- Business- IT Synchronization using Process Blueprint
- Transformation Case Study
- Business Process Overview—What is 'Portfolio Account Opening?'
- Business Process Transformation—Modeling and Analysis
- Business Process Detailing for Transformation
- Model Validation before Transformation
- Automatic Mapping of BPA Elements for BPEL
- Generate Business Process Blueprint
- Retrieve the Business Process Blueprint
- Create a BPA Connection for Importing the Blueprint
- Create a BPEL Project
- Blueprint View and BPEL View
- Add Implementation Details
- Deploy and Test
- Updating the BPA Server
- Summary
- Business Process Analysis Using Simulation
- Chapter 6: Business Process Orchestration for SOA
- BPM Architecture and Role of Business Process Orchestration
- Executing BPEL Processes in BPEL Process Manager
- Initiation of the Process Instance
- Accessing a Human Task through the Worklist Application
- Task Invocation from BPEL Process Manager and its Integration with Worklist Application
- Introduction to Business Rules Management
- What are Business Rules?
- Business Rules Anatomy
- Automating Business Rules
- Automating Business Rules for Business Issues
- Business Rules Management, BPM, and SOA
- Key Considerations for Selecting a BRMS
- Key components of a BRMS—A Brief Look into Oracle Business Rules
- Implementing Business Rules—The Business Rules Development Process
- Introducing Business Activity Monitoring
- What is BAM?
- BPM, SOA, and BAM
- Oracle BAM
- Oracle BAM and BPM
- Summary
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