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This session will address the business aspect of BPM as well as the technical aspects. How will BPM make your organization run more efficiently? Activiti improves the collaboration between business and IT. What is BPMN 2.0 and what can you do with it? The second part of this session is more concrete and will include some demonstrations, including; How to get your first process running. How did we make BPMN 2.0 developer-friendly? How to embed Activiti into your application?
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Introduction to Activiti
Tom Baeyens & Joram BarrezAlfresco
twitter: @tombaeyens @jbarrez
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Tom Baeyens
• Founder of Activiti & jBPM• Passionate about Java and BPM
Joram Barrez
• Ex-core developer JBoss jBPM• Core developer Activiti
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Agenda
• What is Activiti?• What is BPMN 2.0?• BPM for business people• BPM for developers• Example / demo
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What is Activiti?
• Apache licensed BPMN 2.0 engine• BPM for business and IT people
• Process definitions as input• Boxes and arrows• Execution flow
• Manages executions• Execute automatic steps• While waiting,
persist execution state
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What is Activiti
Activiti Modeler
Activiti Cycle
Activiti Explorer
Activiti Probe
Activiti Designer
REST interface
iPhoneExplorer
Activiti Engine
AndroidExplorer
Java Applications
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BPMN 2.0
• OMG standard• Shapes• Execution semantics• File format
• First pure play BPM standard• General endorsement
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BPM for business people
• BPM as a management discipline• BPM as software engineering
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1. Simplify business-IT collaborationSoftware Project
Non-techBusiness Analyst Developer
•Java •XML •Buildscripts•Tests•…
TomcatJDK 5JBoss…
Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Activiti YourApp
Analyst
Developer
Requirements
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1. Simplify business-IT collaboration
• Abstract business process• Drawing• No technical details
• Executable business process• Drawing• Technical details• Executable on a BPM System
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1. Simplify business-IT collaboration
AnalystBusiness
Intelligence
ProcessCollaboration
Developer
Sys admin
Developer
DeveloperDeploy
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1. Simplify business-IT collaboration
Developer
Analyst
DeveloperDeveloper
Sys admin
Shared network drive Doc mgmt systemAbstract process models
Doc mgmt systemAbstract process modelsJIRASVNMaven repo
Doc mgmt systemMaven repoDB instancesTomcat instancesActiviti instances
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1. Simplify business-IT collaboration
• Unified concept of repositories and artifacts• Repository
• Tree structure• Containing artifacts
• Artifacts• Different types• Links to other artifacts• Links to people
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1. Simplify business-IT collaboration• Network drive
• Word docs, PDFs, Screenshots• Signavio model repository
• BPMN process models• Jira
• Issues• SVN (code, projects)
• Java code• Executable process models• Rules• Forms
• Maven repo (deployable artifacts)• Jar, War, Ear files
• Tomcat instances• DB instances• Activiti instances
Analyst
DeveloperSys admin
Developer
Developer
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Mockup
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BPM for developers
• Embeds in • Your database• Your transaction• Your domain model• Your Spring configuration
Software Project
TomcatJDK 5JBoss…
Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Activiti YourApp
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Simple
• Activiti Engine is “just” a jar file• Power to the developer• Intuitive API• Activiti tables next to your app’s tables• Transaction integration• Spring integration• Great docs and examples • Spec 500 pages vs simple user guide
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Community
• Alfresco• Apache licensed jBPM replacement
• SpringSource• Signavio• Camunda• MuleSoft• Next Level Integration• Mimacom• Tijs Rademakers & Co (Eclipse designer plugin)• Yuri Horbach (iPhone / iPad)• Lim Chee Kin (Grails plugin)• And growing
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What do you get?
• World-class rock-solid BPM and workflow engine
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Activiti Modeler
• Webbased, powerful BPMN 2.0 graphical editor
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Activiti Explorer
• Task management • Near future: reporting / process inspection
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Activiti Probe
• System admin functionalities• activiti log inspection, handle stuck jobs, …
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Activiti Cycle
• BPM collaboration 2.0
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Activiti Cycle
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Activiti Cycle
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Activiti REST API
• Remote communication with Activiti
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Activiti Eclipse designer
• Initiative started by Tijs, Ron, Yvo and Tiese• Activiti extension support, BPMN 2.0 validation,
hierarchical modeling
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Activiti & IPhone
• Mobile BPM == natural evolution of how work is done• Initiative started by Yuri Horbach
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Activiti Grails integration
• Community contribution by Lim Chee Kin• Seamless integration into grails app
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Activiti Grails integration• Typical Grails convience capabilities
• Activiti templates• Easy business archive
deployment• Generate controller/views
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Real-life demo
• Use case: banks shouldn’t lend money to just anybody• Thorough analysis is needed• All steps needs to be recorded in official documents• Decisions are done based on Excel decision tables
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The mortgage process – high level
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Detailed view
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The mortgage process
= CMIS call