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Iridium Satellite Collision in Space
You might have seen the recent news reports about the collision between U.S. and Russian communication satellites. The U.S. satellite was one of the Iridium satellites. What wasn’t reported and you probably don’t know is that an object database management system (ODBMS) is an important part of the Iridium system. Even though ODBMSs are a [...]
February 13, 2009
(The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services
I am now also posting on the Cutter Blog. My initial posting is (The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services. It is a response to Anne Thomas Manes’ SOA is Dead; Long Live Services on her blog at the Burton Group.
January 9, 2009
Atomicity
The typical definition of an atomic task or process is one that cannot be decomposed further. This is vague and subject to interpretation. The Decomposition Matrix on this site uses a specific definition: A task (for business process diagrams) or a process (for data flow diagrams) is atomic if every input relates to every output [...]
December 3, 2008
Well-Formed Business Process Diagrams
My last posting referenced the criteria for a well-formed business process diagram mentioned in Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. I am going to expand on their criteria to create a more comprehensive definition of a well-formed business process diagram. To start, here are three criteria from [...]
November 18, 2008
Recent Business Process Modeling Books
I recently received two new books on business process modeling. Both books looked interesting because they had great titles. As it turns out, one book is great and the other not so good. The not so good book is Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. There are [...]
October 9, 2008
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Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) specification provides a graphical notation for expressing business processes in a Business Process Diagram (BPD). The BPMN specification also provides a binding between the notation's graphical elements and the constructs of block-structured process execution languages, including BPML (new window) and BPEL4WS (new window).

On June 29, 2005, the Business Process Management Initiative and the Object Management Group announced the merger of their Business Process Management (BPM) activities. The combined activities will continue BPMI's and OMG's  work and focus on Business Process Management, including:

The June 29 announcement also stated that the OMG will continue integrating and reusing complementary business integration and Web services standards such as WS-BPEL from OASIS, WSDL and XML Schema from W3C.

More information: OMG website (new window).

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BPMN Method and Style: A levels-based methodology for BPM process modeling and improvement using BPMN 2.0
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by Bruce Silver
Average Customer Review: 4.5 stars based on 8 reviews.
Customer Review: I recently faced the task of analysing the notational differences between the BPMN 1.0 and 2.0 specifications, along with creating selection criteria for the use of either. Bruce Silver made this readily possible with his concise and well thought out guide to "BPMN Method and Style". There is a dearth of practical information and aca...
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Average Customer Review: 3 stars based on 13 reviews.
Customer Review: Excellent ouvrage. Rarement lu un guide de référence aussi bien charpenté. Complet, facile à lire, exemples bien choisis, illustrations adéquates. J'ai obtenu toutes les réponses aux questions que je me posais. A recommander.
The Process: Business Process Modeling using BPMN
The Process: Business Process Modeling using BPMN
by Alexander Grosskopf, Gero Decker, Mathias Weske
Average Customer Review: 4 stars based on 2 reviews.
Customer Review: Unlike you would expect it from scientists, this is not a dry text book. It's a novel about Tom Bauer, a young associate executive who's first tasks at his new employer is to create transparency on what the company does. He performs this task by modeling the companies core processes. The story leads step by step through the concepts ...
The Microguide to Process Modeling in BPMN
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Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL: From Business Process Modeling to Orchestration and Service Oriented Architecture
Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL: From Business Process Modeling to Orchestration and Service Oriented Architecture
by Kapil Pant, Matjaz Juric
Average Customer Review: 4 stars based on 1 review.
Customer Review: A brief background on my credentials - I'm with Interway , a company that provides software products to companies to help with their SOA needs (among other things). Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL (http://interway.sk/en/technologies/service-oriented-architecture-soa/resource-center/business-process-driven-soa-using-bpm...
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