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Transforming OpenEdge Business

Applications

Progress “Fluid” Framework

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What’s Hot Out There....

IT Trends that are driving business growth.

Cloud-based application (SaaS) and platform services (PaaS)

Mobile devices

Demand for new business functions, quicker

New UI Technology

Business growth: more members / partners / insurers / hospitals...


Platform Transformation

What does this mean?

Business Functions must be isolated and reusable

Provide Business Functions as Services

Allow for multiple User Interfaces

Ability to deploy the application in the Cloud

Legacy applications must be re-architected and refactored to be OERA

compliant.

But “If it ain't broke, ….”; Good! It means you have a good app to start with!



How?

“Preserve and Extend” Not “Rip and Replace”

Less costly and less risky

Capitalize on the application’s strengths

Address the application’s limitations

Work can co-exist with legacy application


Re-architect and Refactor legacy style applications based on OERA

Business Rules isolated

Service Oriented

Multi-tenant ready

Deploy in the Cloud

Multiple User Interfaces and Mobile access

Corticon business rules to create dynamic, customized logic


S e r v i c e s I n t e r f a c e

Data Access Services

Save Data Load Data

Business Services

Save

Data

Validate

Data

Load

Data

Common

Functions

User Interface 3rd Party

Application

3rd Party

Application

Infr

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Manager

Security

Manager

Connection

Manager

State

Manager

Data Sources - Multi-tenant

Cloud - On-premise - Hybrid


Fluid Framework - Demonstration

From

To



Database

Business Services

Infr

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Service

Manager

Security

Manager

Connection

Manager

State

Manager Activity

Data Access

SaveData

LoadData

GetResults

Customer

Activity

Business Rules

SaveData

LoadData

GetResults

Activity Validator

Common Library

Validate Rep

Library

Data Access

Validate Rep

Salesrep

SaveData

LoadData

GetResults

Validate

Validate Rep

Activity Presenter

LoadData Validate Rep

Fluid Framework - SOA


Fluid Framework - Integration

Make Business Functions available as

services

Publish as web services


Business Services

Save

Data

Validate

Data

Load

Data


Save Data Load Data




Fluid Framework – Multiple User Interfaces


Business Services

Save

Data

Validate

Data

Load

Data


Save Data Load Data




Fluid Framework - Corticon

Rules Engine

Move appropriate Business Rules to Corticon

Services WS Call

Business maintains IP

Greater Flexibility

Code free changes

What if functionality

Stand alone testing


Business Services

Save

Data

Validate

Data

Load

Data


Save Data Load Data




Fluid Framework

Consistent management of all the components of the application, maximize code reuse and achieve

complete separation of UI from the Business Services.

Provides the structure and framework for building an OERA application

Contains the components and services that manage the communication between the OERA

layers

Contains flexible, extensible common infrastructure services such as Security, State and

Connection Managers

Focuses on isolation of business functionality to maximise code reuse

Manages the communication with the UI and external applications with an efficient and

technology agnostic mechanism

Achieves complete separation of UI from Business services

Can co-exist with current legacy application

It is built using OOABL and takes advantage of the best of the 4GL and OO paradigms


Platform Transformation- Benefits

Isolate Business logic

• Protect IP

• Multiple User Interfaces, Any device, Any platform, Any cloud

SOA

• Easier maintenance through promoting code and function reuse

• Combine services into new, composite applications

• Allow access to business functions across platforms

• Respond quicker and more cost-effectively to a changing market

Corticon – Business Rules Management

• Business develops IP with greater flexibility

• Code free changes

• “What if ..” functionality

• Stand alone testing of rules


Consultant:

• In-depth look at Framework - Lift the

covers

• Demonstrate capabilities and

methodologies

• Technical Q&A

• Agree scope of POC

Approach

Business Release 3.0

Business Release 2.0 • Modernisation drivers

• Modernisation approach

• Demonstration of capability

• Overview of Framework

Client:

• Overview of application

• Outline of development team and

capability

• Objectives

Business/Consultant:

• Capture/Validate Key Business

Drivers

• Capture Key Attributes of Current

Application

• Capture Tactical & Consequential

Pains

• Capture High-Level Desires, Future

Plans, & Requirements

Discovery:

• Capture working snapshot of

application

• Development team structure and

methodologies

• Application strengths and

weaknesses

• Confirm scope of prototype

Prototype:

• Working sample activity

• Demonstrate modernised

architecture

• Full source code for analysis and

testing

Analysis:

• Analysis of code base

• Help create estimate of effort for

modernisation

• Define possible modernisation

strategies

• On-site training and mentoring

• Collaborative build and release aligned

with business priorities

• Short release cycles

Awareness 0.0 Discovery 0.1

2 days

POC 0.5

20 days

Business Release 1.0

Documents

Transforming OpenEdge Business Applicationsmedia.progress.com/exchange/2014/collateral/... · • Multiple User Interfaces, Any device, Any platform, Any cloud SOA • Easier maintenance