Today Robert Shapiro of XPDL 2.x fame, also a member of the BPMN 2.0 Finalization Task Force in OMG, delivered an update on progress toward completing both XPDL 2.2 and BPMN 2.0. Here is the link to the unedited replay. Also, Sandy Kemsley does her usual fine job of summarizing the high points here. I would just add a couple points to the discussion. The first regards an explicit sorting of BPMN …
Next month I will be delivering my BPMessentials "BPMN Method and Style" training in Rotterdam. These are public 2-day classes, and include a 60-day license to itp commerce Process Modeler for Visio and individual post-class certification. The content and unique approach of the class is described on the BPMessentials website. We not only show you what the BPMN 2.0 shapes and symbols mean, but …
Because BPMN 2.0 is a standard and defines an XML serialization, you can create a model in tool A and import it into tool B. Right? Umm, actually no. Well, isn't that what a standard is supposed to do? Yes. And isn't that what OMG has been claiming for years that BPMN 2.0 will do? Yes again. So once BPMN 2.0 is finalized in June, we still won't have tool interoperability? Well, there is a chance, …
Not a lot of BPM news out of IBM at Impact this week. The most surprising thing for me about it is how thoroughly Lombardi - acquired just a few months ago - has enthralled the WebSphere executives. At the opening keynote, WebSphere GM Craig Heyman called Lombardi Teamworks, rebranded IBM WebSphere BPM Lombardi Edition, "the core BPM product." Really? And at today's keynote session, Beth Smith, …
A year ago around this time IBM launched BPM BlueWorks, a collaborative BPM learning environment in the cloud where users could read about BPM, set up their own private workspaces, and use free IBM tools for "process discovery." Since then it has pretty much stayed below the radar, but with the recent introduction of a new BPMN 2.0 modeling widget in both BlueWorks and WebSphere Business Compass …
[This post describes an approach to integrating the Decsion model of von Halle and Goldberg with process modeling in BPMN. For Part 1, click here.] Before describing the integration of decision modeling with BPMN, I need to summarize the Decision Model approach described by Barb von Halle and Larry Goldberg in their excellent book. I can?t do it justice in a simple post; if you want to find out …
There has been a good response to the BPMN self-test. The scores have been lower than I expected, but I have gotten nice feedback from the answer sheet and expanations I send out afterward. It's fair to say that while the diagram patterns in question describe common business scenarios, they probably represent the part of BPMN that goes beyond traditional flowcharting. BPMN's appeal is its basic …
This morning Progress Software announced the acquisition of Savvion for $49 Million. On the heels of last month's acquisition of Lombardi by IBM, I think it's safe to say this marks a real turning point in the market for BPMS. To me it is a disquieting one, as it suggests the failure of BPM's "business empowerment" promise to translate into sustainable revenue for the platform vendor. The …
I want to call your attention to three recent white papers I've written and posted on the site. They are all free downloads available to anyone registered on BPMS Watch. All three deal with the new generation of tools available to help users get started in BPM and bridge the once-formidable divide between business process analysis (BPA) and execution in a BPMS. The worlds of BPA and BPMS have long …
Most of the changes between BPMN 1.2 and BPMN 2.0 have to do with extending it from a diagramming notation to a language for executable process design. Both my book BPMN Method and Style and the training that goes along with it deal with non-executable models, what I call Levels 1 and 2. Level 1 is limited to a basic working set of shapes and symbols familiar to business - similar to the new …