From Domain-Specific Process Design to Execution and BackAdrian Mos, Xerox Research

BPM Day @ EclipseCON Europe, 27 October 2014

Overview

Introduction

Monitoring Approach

Illustration

Domain-Specific Process Modelling

Generic Processes

• BPMN language

• Process semantics is diluted

• Natively understood by the

BPMS (not necessarily fully

portable though)

• Hard to enforce concept-level

SLAs and constraints

• Hard to reuse at all

granularities

Domain-Specific Processes

• Specific language (graphical or

textual)

• Process semantics is strong

• Require conversion to BPMN to

be used in BPMS

• Easy to operate at business

concept-level (SLAs etc)

• Facilitate reuse of business

concepts

Domain-Specific Processes

Textual

• Xtext-based for instance

• Appropriate for certain fields

such as legal processes

Graphical

• Sirius-based for instance

• Apropriate where control flow

is important and layered-

views are useful

Mangrove Framework

Bridge: Integrates design and runtime artefacts created or used in Eclipse

SOA

Common metamodel (Mangrove Core) and transformation plugins

enable partial transport of essential information between tools

Mangrove Core contains elements related to processes as well as SOA

services

Standards supported to a certain degree:

• BPMN (1, 2)

• SCA

• JBI

• BPEL

Supports monitoring data collection and model annotation

Mangrove Viewer / Editor

being migrated to Sirius

Multi-Layer Architecture with Mangrove

Domain-Specific Process Environment

BPMN 2 Editor

BPMS Specific Editor (Stardust, Jboss, Bonita)

BPMS Execution Engine

SOA Environment (ESB, SCA engine etc)

BPMS Monitoring

SOA Monitoring

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Network Monitoring

Application Server

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O/S Monitoring

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Domain-Specific Monitoring Probes

BPMS

SOA Runtime

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BPMS Monitoring

SOA Monitoring

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Business Processes using Domain Concepts

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SLA and Monitoringat the concept levelacross the process collection

Scenario

Creating the Domain-Specific Process 1/5

Creating the Domain-Specific Process 2/5

Creating the Domain-Specific Process 3/5

Creating the Domain-Specific Process 4/5

Creating the Domain-Specific Process 5/5

The Mangrove Representation

The BPMN2 File

Stardust Process Design

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Monitoring Flow

Monitoring Functionality: Choosing Elements

Monitoring Functionality: Process View

Monitoring Functionality: Activity View

Monitoring Functionality: Concept View

Aggregated

Information

SOA Data

Breakdown

of BPMS

activities

Aggregated

Execution

Graph

Thank Youadrian.mos@xerox.com