IBM Business Automation Workflow editions
There are two editions of the product to support various levels of complexity and involvement with business processes and cases.
Business Automation Workflow is a single platform that combines
human-centric and integration-centric capabilities into a unified product. To select which edition
to install, consider your enterprise's needs in terms of the level of business process and case
management adoption and the product features and topology support that you want.
| Edition | Description | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| IBM® Business Automation Workflow Express | Offers an affordable entry point for initiating business process management and case projects. It provides an easy-to-use interface with a process execution, monitoring and optimization engine, allowing participants to engage in process improvement activities. It also provides easy-to-use interfaces for case solution design and runtime case management. |
You are starting your first workflow project and are looking primarily for rapid time-to-value and improving user productivity. You don't require an upgrade path to deployment topologies and features only offered in IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise. |
| IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise | Offers a comprehensive platform that provides full visibility and insight into managing business processes and cases. It includes tooling and run time for process design, execution, monitoring and optimization, along with system integration support and connectivity capabilities. It also provides easy-to-use interfaces for case solution design and runtime case management. Business Automation Workflow combines simplicity with ease-of-use for task management, and extended support for high-volume automation. |
Your enterprise is involved in multiple workflow projects and it requires integration support. It might also require high-volume process automation and needs additional SOA components for extensive service integration and orchestration. |