Structured processes are easy to model in business process management. One activity leads to another in a predictable way. But what about unpredictable, unstructured processes? Organizations frequently face these kinds of issues, and often do not pursue business process management as a viable solution for their business needs because of concerns about the cost of process discovery and confusion about the order that activities occur in each process instance. In my blog post entitled,  Modeling the out-of-the ordinary in a business process , I... [More]

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Traditional business process scenarios have historically tended to be quite structured with each instance of a given scenario providing a predictable, consistent, ordered sequence of activities. But what about modeling out-of-the-ordinary events and activities – things that are ad hoc? If we introduce ad hoc characteristics to a business process then we are introducing capabilities for that process that have one-off characteristics; those characteristics might be different for each instance of that process. Consequently, this process becomes... [More]

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      Are you planning to attend Impact 2013 from April 28th to May 2nd at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada? If you are not familiar with Impact 2013 or would like more information about the conference, see the Impact 2013 web site. Like last year, there are a significant number of scheduled sessions that are devoted to the IBM Business Process Management family of products. This year, the business process management-related sessions include discussions, presentations, and case studies involving the following technologies: Case... [More]

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Planes, trains, and automobiles need to be tuned up regularly to maintain optimum performance. Scales and clocks and other devices of measurement need to be regularly calibrated for precision. Musical instruments need to be kept in tune to, well - sound good. Your business processes are not very different. Performance, precision, and a comfortable aesthetic are all important measurements of a well-defined business topology. In the same way you know when a car needs a tune up (slow or unresponsive acceleration, decreased performance, higher fuel... [More]

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All users are not created equally. Authorization is the process of ensuring that a user (or other computer system) has permission to perform a given act. IBM Business Process Manager defines a very fine-grained authorization model. Getting this model right – ensuring that only the right people have access to certain resources – is key to securing your Business Process Management environment. Using excerpts from J Keith Wood and Jens Engelke's new IBM Redbooks publication IBM Business Process Manager Security: Concepts and Guidance , here's the... [More]

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Let's play a game of word association. What subject comes to mind with the words “engaging” and “terrifying”? Whatever you are thinking, I suspect it wasn't IT security . Yet those very words describe J Keith Wood and Jens Engelke's new IBM Redbooks publication. In it, they share their experiences of working with IBM customers around the world on securing IBM Business Process Manager solutions. Security pitfalls are everywhere and the stakes could not be higher. This blog post is part of a series about common Business Process Manager security... [More]

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By Sharath Srinivas, IBM Business Process Manager L2 Support. Updated: September 7, 2012 This blog entry walks you thru the step-by-step procedure to create a stand-alone Process Center server and a Remote Messaging, Remote Support and Web pattern-based network deployment environment for the Process Server. Setting this environment can be accomplished in many different ways and this blog post approaches the task in a simple, yet commonly used, methodology that is applicable for most platforms. We would love to hear your feedback and would... [More]

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By Sharath Srinivas, IBM Business Process Manager L2 Support. This blog is split into the following 3 parts: Part 1: Creating a stand-alone Process Center Server Part 2: Creating the deployment manager and custom nodes Part 3: Creating deployment environment and database activities For this exercise, the deployment manager and the custom nodes are set up on the same system that is used for Process Center. Change them appropriately for your environment. Create a response file, which is used by the manageprofiles command, for the deployment... [More]

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By Sharath Srinivas, IBM Business Process Manager L2 Support. Updated: September 7, 2012 This blog is split into the following 3 parts: Part 1: Creating a stand-alone Process Center Server Part 2: Creating the deployment manager and custom nodes Part 3: Creating deployment environment and database activities Create the deployment environment as shown in the following video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRTZh2JtF-4 Save the changes. Generate the SQL scripts for messaging engines by running the sibDDLGenerator command from the... [More]

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