Rich Powers
CSC 9010 – Service Oriented Architecture
Spring 2008
Business Process 101
Business Processes Automation & Web Service
Standards
WS-BPEL Overview
Intalio BPMS BPEL Platform
Future Directions for WS-BPEL Adoption
What is the concept of Business Process
Automation and workflow technologies?
What are the technologies and standards that
constitute the SOA approach for Business
Process Automation?
What are the prospects for adoption of BPEL
and the future direction of standards-based
Business Process Automation leveraging web
services?
Business Process 101
Business Processes Automation & Web Service
Standards
WS-BPEL Overview
Intalio BPMS BPEL Platform
Future Directions for WS-BPEL Adoption
A business process is a collection of interrelated tasks,
which are designed to deliver a particular result
Types of business processes
Management processes - processes that govern the operation of a
system
Operational processes - processes that constitute the core activities
of the business and delivers the primary value of the organization
Supporting processes - which support the core processes
A business process can be decomposed into several sub-
processes, which have their own attributes, but are aligned
with the goal of the overall process
The analysis of business processes typically includes the
mapping of processes and sub-processes down to an activity
level
Business processes can be automated through BPM software
and workflow
