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Module 2.5: BPM For Developers

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Module 2.5: BPM For Developers

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Agenda

What is Business Process Management?Business Process != WorkflowMain StagesBPM Systems

Companies EcosystemsHow does BPM affect my job?

What does Process mean for us?

Process:

Set of ordered actions that tends to transform an input to a desired output

What does Business mean for us?

Business

Relative to a domain, company or a scoped scenario, where certain rules and actions needs

to be applied to achieve a goal.

What does Business Goal mean for us?

Business Goal

Objective to be satisfied inside the business scope that gives to the company a profit/benefit in

some way.

Business Process

Business Process

Sequence of actions performed by humans and systems to achieve a business goal.

Business Process Example

Business Process Management

Business Process ManagementObviously when we have multiple Business Processes we need to manage them!

HistoryMain Stages

Business Process Management History

Business Process Management HistoryWas born more than 30 years agoFocused on improve how companies workWorkflows, person to person interactions come firstA business related approach come later with high level conceptsThe BPM discipline was created to provide a framework where business processes can be discovered and improved over the years

Business Process Management Stages

Business Process Management StagesStage #1: Discover (Quality)Stage #2: Formalize (Quality)Stage #3: Implement (Technical) -> Devs!!!Stage #4: Runtime (Technical) -> Devs!!!

Stage #5: Monitor (Decision Making)Stage #6: Improve (Quality)

BPM Cycle

BPM Iterative cycle

BPM Systems

BPM SystemsYou can do the whole process with a pen and paperOr you can use a Business Process Management System

It gives you a set of tools to implement each stageDevelopers needs to understand the key features of a Process EngineDevelopers needs to understand the tooling that the BPMS provides them

BPM Systems == Systems Integration?

BPM Systems == System Integration?BPM Systems helps us unifying the way that companies do the workBPM Systems facilitate the integration and interaction between systems and human actorsBPM Systems helps and encourage the reutilization of componentsBPM Systems facilitate the changes that needs to be done over the business processes to optimize how the company is workingLet's see some company ecosystems to understand how a BPM System can help

Companies Ecosystems

Companies EcosystemsWe will see some scenarios that we can find and how people feels about themCommon issues and good things about themHow BPM fits in these ecosystems and what changes helps people to feel better

Companies Ecosystems (Devs)

Ecosystem #1:

Companies Ecosystems

Ecosystem #1: Common Situation for developers

Developer Perspective

Developer Mental StagesStage #0: Great I'm in a new Project! Stage #1: DepressionStage #2: Where is all the documentation?Stage #3: no docs? -> create a documentation projectStage #4: SOA + ESBs?, let's try with that Stage #5: Let's do it all over again (don't reuse nothing)

Companies Ecosystems (Devs)

Ecosystem #2: SOA + ESB Style

Developer Perspective

SOA + ESB Style for DevelopersEncourage reutilizationStandardize and hide communications between different applicationsIf the services are well documented, decoupled and well focused everything is easyYou need to know how to expose legacy apps if they don't have an exposed interfaceThe ESB will deal with different protocols of communication

Developer Perspective (Common Issues)

Common IssuesDevelopers says that they like re-utilization We all prefer new or known technologiesWe all prefer using and researching new stuffWe don't like to review or modify old code 99.999999% of the times companies have legacy systemsDEAL WITH IT!

Companies Ecosystems (End Users)

End Users Perspective of the Ecosystem

Companies Ecosystems (End Users)

New Application

End User Perspective

End User Mental StagesStage #1: NegationStage #2: The new system doesn't do the jobStage #3: Why should I do the same task in different systems? Why should I have two different users? Really, but I need to put my password twice?Stage #4: Ok I will try it, but it will take me more time to understand it

New/Trainee End User Perspective

New/Trainee End User Mental StagesStage #1: OMG! I will do my best to understand how to work hereStage #2: I don't really understand what to do next for a particular situationStage #3: I still don't understand what I'm doing and Why I'm doing thisStage #4: I need a new Job

New/Trainee End User Perspective

End Users Life CycleWe end up with a group of expert end users that knows how to solve business situations with the current systemsThey are afraid of new systemsNew End Users can't do their tasks because they need to learn too much thingsTraining new end users takes too much time

How BPM fits for Everyone

How BPM fits for everyoneBusiness processes represent

The steps required to do a specific workGreat for End Users, New End Users and Managers

How to coordinate systems (Systems Integration) and human interactions

Great for developers and re-utilizationEnd Users will end up with an Unified User InterfaceDevelopers will have an unified way of doing new developments/adding functionality

How BPM fits for Everyone

How BPM fits for End Users

How BPM fits for End UsersTask Lists Oriented User InterfacesIt's easy to know what tasks have each role inside the companyJust one way of doing things, unified, in the same placeThe task lists guide you through your tasks

How BPM fits for End Users (Task List)

How BPM fits for End Users (Task List)

How BPM fits for End Users (Task Form)

How BPM fits for End Users (Task Form)

How BPM fits for Developers

How BPM fits for DeveloperEasy to maintainDecoupled from the application codeEncourage re-utilization of the communication mechanisms and connectorsChanges in the business processes don't affect the application neither the UI

How BPM fits for Developers

How BPM fits for Developer

How BPM fits for Developers

How BPM fits for DevelopesDevelopers will be in charge of

Create connectors for different applications (or use the ESB and configure each new system)Define the technical aspects for each task type interface Configure the environment to run the business processesMaintain the business process definition technical assets

Conclusions

ConclusionsBPM is a discipline that can improve how a company is working dramatically BPM Systems are tools that everyone in the software industry must knowBPM Systems can be used for integration but offers more than that.

Related Links

You can find more information, examples, tutorials and more in:

Salaboy Blog http://salaboy.wordpress.com

Esteban Bloghttp://ilesteban.wordpress.com

Plug Tree Bloghttp://www.plugtree.com

  

Questions?

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