Introduction to Business Process Modeling
What is BPM?
Benefits of BPM
Introduction to SOA
How business process fits into SOA
IBM Tooling
WebSphere Business Modeler
Main features:
Target users
Editions:
Basic
Advanced
Publishing Server
WebSphere Integration Developer
WebSphere Process Server
Sources of documentation and help
Getting support from IBM
Redbook
Developerworks
Using WBM
Creating and organizing projects
Projects
Catalogs
Business groups
Creating a process
Exporting and importing
Basics of simulation and analysis
A Case Study
Model Elements
What are model elements?
Data catalogs
Business Items
Notifications
Notification templates
Process modeling
Business modeling modes
Process diagram
Tasks
Services
Repositories
Connector
Specify input and output data
Forks
Merge
Loops
Advanced Model Elements
Resources
Resource catalogs
Roles
Timetables
Costs
Modeling organizations
Working with expressions
Adding colors
Process modeling advanced
Map
Observer
Timer
Classifiers
Specify cost and revenue
Input criteria
Precondition
Correlation
Output criteria
Post condition
Require roles
Specify resources
Individual resources
Bulk resources
Specify organizational unit
Specify location
Specify classifier value
Swimlane layout
Validate a process
Process simulation
Simulating process
Tokens
Interrupts
Simulation attributes
Analysis
Static analysis
Model analysis
Profile analysis
Dynamic analysis
Reporting functions
Query feature
What can you do with reporting
Report designer
Documentation reports
Dynamic analysis reports
Static analysis reports
Creating report templates
Printing and exporting reports
Versioning projects
Why version?
Team development using CVS
Details