Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• 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

• 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
• 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

• 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
• 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
• Summary

• 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

• 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

• Index