Jesse Shiah President & Co-Founder Ascentn Corporation

Why BPM and SOA Are More Than Just Technologies What is a Model-Driven BPMS Why Model-Driven BPMS Helps Maximize Value of SOA How AgilePoint Model-Driven BPMS Works How AgilePoint Complements the Complete Microsoft Stack Demo How AgilePoint Aligns with Oslo and Dublin Tomorrow Case Studies Conclusion

Why BPM and SOA Are More Than Just Technologies

What is a Model-Driven BPMS

Why Model-Driven BPMS Helps Maximize Value of SOA

How AgilePoint Model-Driven BPMS Works

How AgilePoint Complements the Complete Microsoft Stack

Demo

How AgilePoint Aligns with Oslo and Dublin Tomorrow

Case Studies

Conclusion

BPM Managing the Lifecycle of cross-functional, end-to-end Business Processes SOA Managing the Lifecycle of IT Services Not just about Technologies – they are also about people, culture, mind-set, discipline & methodology

BPM

Managing the Lifecycle of cross-functional, end-to-end Business Processes

SOA

Managing the Lifecycle of IT Services

Merely making IT more productive is not enough. To win, IT must become a Business Enabler to help transform how Business uses technologies ….. IT Delivery Business Objective

IT Delivery Business Objective

It's about whether you help meet business objectives and …. Whether you help Business use technologies to add value more freely, quickly and with higher impact within an IT governed ecosystem and discipline

Business Objective/Management Intent The Gap Delivery Requirements Code Communication Degradation

Business Objective/Management Intent The Gap Delivery Requirements in visual Process Models Code Communication Degradation

Business Objective/Management Intent The Gap Delivery BPMS Process Modeling & Simulation XML Code

Business Objective/Management Intent The Gap IT Delivery Incremental gain composition Process Modeling & Simulation Code XML Code Service Repository BPMS SOA +

Business Objective/Management Intent Agile iterative improvement Model-Driven BPMS + SOA Requirements Process-based (SOA) Composition Code Service Repository IT Asset Abstraction Framework Process-enabled Services Executable Process Model Executable Process Model Executable Process Model

Requirements

Process-based

(SOA) Composition

Late 1980s Embedded Workflow Document Management Solution Early 1990s BPE/BPR Radical Process Change – One time 1990s Workflow Tools Efficiency, IT-driven, people replaced with code structured, static, silo, functional focus, etc. Early 2000s BPMS End-to-end, cross-functional, continuous Improvement, business-IT alignment Mid 2000s Model-driven BPMS Real-time Process Adaptation Process-based (SOA) Composition Applicable for both Process & Application Full business-enabled potential

Real-time Process Adaptation

Process-based (SOA) Composition

Applicable for both Process & Application

Full business-enabled potential

Source: Gartner Research – “Three Types of Model-Driven Composition” Parametric Model-Driven Preconceived change capability at run-time Configuration Model-Driven Changeable at Design Time No or limited change at run-time Explicit Model-Driven Changeable at Design Time Fully Adaptable at Run-Time Dynamic BPM, Real-time Agility

Changeable at Design Time

No or limited change at run-time

Changeable at Design Time

Fully Adaptable at Run-Time

Dynamic BPM, Real-time Agility

Top Tier Projects Lower Tier Projects on Wish List BPMS Governance (~10%) Process-based Composition (Model-Driven BPMS) Deployment IT IT Validation New Projects & Maintenance IT Governance

High Low Structured Automation End-to-end Cross-Functional Continual Improvement SOA-Alignment Real-time Adaptation Business Enablement Agility Workflow BPM Model-Driven BPMS Productivity, Scalability, Manageability, Agility Time & Cost

SOA-Alignment

Real-time Adaptation

Business Enablement

Agility

BPMS 1 SOA 2 Business/IT End-to-end Alignment 4 Application Composition 3 BI 6 Application Modernization 5 Explicit Model-Driven BPMS Legacy Systems

Ascentn is an emerging leading provider of Model-driven BPMS solutions consist of proven methodology, consulting, technologies and services. “… . Ascentn’s metadata-driven IT asset-abstraction framework is a key concept, found in leading-edge J2EE-based BPMSs (such as Lombardi, Pegasystems, Savvion and Appian). Its model-driven development framework provides the necessary instrumentation to fully experience the value proposition of SOA . ” –Gartner Research

Legacy Microsoft Products & Technologies (SharePoint, InfoPath, etc.) BizTalk Server ‘ The Cloud’ Visual Studio Web Service AgileParts BizTalk Orchestration Process-enabled SOA Services AgilePoint AgilePart/ AgileWork Metadata-driven IT assets Abstraction Framework

AgilePoint Envision (Visio-based) Process: End-to-end Adaptable Workflow Application: Process-based Dynamic Composite Applications Model-driven BPM Engine A directly executable Process-based Composite Application

Jesse Shiah Ascentn Corporation

SQL Server Oslo “M” Visio-base Process Modeler (AgilePoint Envision) .Net Frame work 4.0 Microsoft Visio Oslo Metadata Repository AgilePoint Service Components (AgilePart/AgileWork) AgilePoint BPMS Executable Application

Process Runtime Database Process Analysis Database Process Archiving Database AgilePoint BPMS Engine Microsoft Application Server (Dublin) Microsoft WF Engine .Net Framework 4.0 AgilePoint BPMS Engine AgilePoint BPMS Service (Web Service and WCF) AgilePoint Service Component

Migrated from J2EE to .NET Up to the minute tracking Dynamic In-flight re-routing BizTalk/RFID “ AgilePoint provides me with a nice mid-level application environment that is still framework based , allowing us to develop code that leverages our existing Microsoft investments such as the Visual Studio development environment and other applications we have developed. ” - Kevin Brown, CIO, Daisybrand

Migrated from J2EE to .NET

Up to the minute tracking

Dynamic In-flight re-routing

BizTalk/RFID

Elbit – A multi-national defense and secure systems manufacturer “ We wanted to improve the processes in the organization and w ere looking for a tool that would fit in smoothly to our existing Microsoft-based infrastructure. Elbit selected AgilePoint to underpin this initiative. Developers now encapsulate the required functionality. Its deployment and delivery is under the control of business managers and analysts who are more closely aligned with the needs of the business.” - Shmulik Volkenfeld , Elbit Systems Won Best BPM Implementation Award with AgilePoint + BizTalk + SharePoint

Elbit – A multi-national defense and secure

systems manufacturer

Application: Business Self-Serve Platform Objective: Need a manageable & scaleable IT infrastructure to support business growth without having to increasing the size of IT staff proportionally Solution: AgilePoint enables Business to be self-sufficient in the front office by assembling the services provided by IT to be able to innovate around their own processes.

Application: Business Self-Serve Platform

Objective: Need a manageable & scaleable IT infrastructure to support business growth without having to increasing the size of IT staff proportionally

Solution: AgilePoint enables Business to be self-sufficient in the front office by assembling the services provided by IT to be able to innovate around their own processes.

Application: Next Generation Smart Field Management System Objective: Need to make change on demand at the field site without having to resort back to engineering code-changes for both process and application reconfiguration Solution: as a SOA-aligned model-driven BPMS to enable process-based (SOA) composition, AgilePoint is not just for ‘Process-centric’ BPM but can also be extended for assembling dynamic process-based applications.

Application: Next Generation Smart Field Management System

Objective: Need to make change on demand at the field site without having to resort back to engineering code-changes for both process and application reconfiguration

Solution: as a SOA-aligned model-driven BPMS to enable process-based (SOA) composition, AgilePoint is not just for ‘Process-centric’ BPM but can also be extended for assembling dynamic process-based applications.

Not a technology issue – Culture, People, Discipline Not "Hand-off" Collaboration between Business & IT – "End-to-end" Collaboration Not an IT initiative - Establish a Center of Excellence (COE) that includes both business & IT architects Not Just "Processes" - also "Process-based Applications" Start with small projects with high visibility to foster people buy-in and culture transformation Think Big. Start Small. Scale Fast.

Not a technology issue – Culture, People, Discipline

Not "Hand-off" Collaboration between Business & IT

– "End-to-end" Collaboration

Not an IT initiative - Establish a Center of Excellence (COE) that includes both business & IT architects

Not Just "Processes" - also "Process-based Applications"

Start with small projects with high visibility to foster people buy-in and culture transformation

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