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Good practice – Use the right process for the job
By Phil Coulthard It is important to use the right type of process for your requirements. You can determine the right type of process by following these guidelines: For human and case centric processes, use BPMN or business process definitions (BPDs). If you have IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced, for straight-through processes that contain […]
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Good practice – Plan for and perform non-functional testing
By Phil Coulthard Before going into production, ensure that you planned for and tested non-functional aspects of your process, including response time of the user interface, throughput, and scalability. Allot adequate time for this phase before going to production. The test environment should match the target production system as closely as possible, and the use […]
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Good practice – Ensure the health of your BPMN processes by using the JavaScript loop detector and process monitor
By Phil Coulthard There are tools in IBM® Business Process Manager (BPM) that help you ensure the health of your Business process Modeling Notation (BPMN) processes: JavaScript loop detector: This tool is in IBM BPM V8.5.5 and available as an interim fix (see APAR JR48395) for V8.0.1.1, V8.0.1.2, and V8.5.0.1. With this tool installed and enabled, the engine […]
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Good practice – Use IBM BPM Advanced, an enterprise service bus, or both to expose services to your business processes that use BPMN
By Phil Coulthard Business processes orchestrate services and people. Most business processes require services, such as web services or REST services, to perform their business functions. However, because IBM® Business Process Manager (BPM) Standard is intended for the business developer more so than the integration developer, there is limited support in IBM BPM Standard for accessing […]