The document presents best practices and patterns for utilizing the OutSystems agile platform for business process technologies (BPT). It emphasizes strategies for process design, user guidance, and effective deployment, along with advanced patterns for process intercommunication and activity management. Key recommendations include simplification, using sub-processes, and leveraging automation while ensuring a close relationship between processes and data/UI.

1. OutSystems Agile PlatformBPT Patterns & Best PracticesGonçalo Borrêga - OutSystems

2. AgendaMindset

3. BPT vs. Rest of the World

4. Simple techniques

5. Advanced patterns

6. Q&ABackground & GroundRulesMindset

7. MindsetBackgroundClaims processing process708 Activities501 Decisions>4.000.000 instances (>1.800.000 human)Processes thatlastfrom 2 minutes to 2 yearsRefactoringproject

8. MindsetBackground – One of the “old” processes

9. MindsetGround rulesKnow your processAnalyze earlyDesign deepTop down approachParallelize manual activitiesGuideyourusers

10. MindsetGround rulesAim for simplicityShow it to yourusers

11. Use sub-processes

12. Considerversioning

13. But…

14. AvoidrefactoringThe things you really should take advantageBPT vs. Rest of the World

15. BPT vs. Rest of the WorldThe things you really should take advantageImpactanalysisProcess upgrades ARE possiblePlandeploymentwisely

16. BPT vs. Rest of the WorldThe things you really should take advantageTheprocessisclose to the dataNo data dictionariesTrueChangeTM built inAmazing event model

17. BPT vs. Rest of the WorldThe things you really should take advantageTheprocessisclose to the UISynchronous closing and validationUI iseasilycontrolledfromtheprocessUI caneasilyreflecttheprocess

18. Smallsteps for you, bigsteps for your processesSimple techniques

19. Simple techniquesSmall steps for you, big steps for your processesEmpowersub processesForkandJoinUse input parameters to refine behaviourUse ouputparameters to controlparentbehaviourDo notforgetreporting

20. Simple techniquesSmall steps for you, big steps for your processesSmartlabelingHierarchicalIncrementalRelational

21. Simple techniquesSmall steps for you, big steps for your processesCycles?Sure, whentheybelong to theprocessNever as procedurallogic

22. Simple techniquesSmall steps for you, big steps for your processesRun again… with no impactImplementautomaticactivitiesconsideringtheywillberunseveraltimesDesign theprocesssoitcanbe “restarted”

23. Use and extend the modelAdvanced patterns

24. Advanced patterns Use and extend the modelProcessintercommunicationDatabase/EventbasedDecouplefromprocessspecificactions“Statemachine”

25. Advanced patterns Use and extend the modelStatesDatabaseflag-based statusAllowseasyreportingEasyprocesslockers

26. Advanced patterns Use and extend the modelBPT awareapplicationSingleentrypointsSession.ActivityIdEveryactionwithanactivity

27. Advanced patterns Use and extend the modelCustominboxesContextualTaskorientedCustompriorities

28. Advanced patterns Use and extend the model – Custom inboxes

29. Advanced patterns Use and extend the model – Custom inboxes

30. Advanced patterns Use and extend the modelConditionalstartsSupportsadhoc processesAuto launchhiddenby UI

31. Advanced patterns Use and extend the model – Conditional start