Short mini session given at Devoxx 2013 stand about getting rolling with the current JBoss BRMS and provides a sneak peak at the coming release of JBoss BPM Suite.

1. Zero to Hero
using Red Hat JBoss BRMS
Eric D. Schabell
JBoss Technology Evangelist
t: @ericschabell / e: erics@redhat.com
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2. Today Part I
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Basic training
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The making of a hero
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Questions
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3. Basic training...
What is a BRMS?
Rules...
Processes...
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4. JBoss BRMS
What is a rule?
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In short, a rule is an premise and conclusion
● If it is raining, then the ground must be wet
A rule is made of conditions and actions.
When all the conditions are met, a rule may
“fire”.
A rule operates on facts (data). In our case,
these facts are instances of objects in our
application.

5. JBoss BRMS
What is inferencing?
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We want to take all of our data (facts) and
combine it with our knowledge (rules) and come
up with some conclusions (inferencing)

6. JBoss BRMS
What is inferencing?
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We want to take all of our data (facts) and
combine it with our knowledge (rules) and come
up with some conclusions (inferencing)

7. JBoss BRMS
What is inferencing?
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We want to take all of our data (facts) and
combine it with our knowledge (rules) and come
up with some conclusions (inferencing)

8. JBoss BRMS
What is inferencing?
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We want to take all of our data (facts) and
combine it with our knowledge (rules) and come
up with some conclusions (inferencing)

9. JBoss BRMS
What is inferencing?
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We want to take all of our data (facts) and
combine it with our knowledge (rules) and come
up with some conclusions (inferencing)

10. JBoss BRMS
Inference Engine
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The brain of a Production Rule System is an Inference
Engine which matches facts against Production Rules.
When matches are found, the rules actions are fired.

11. A Business Process
An activity or set of activities that will accomplish a specific organizational goal...
Problems:
• Inefficient manual processes
• Error prone
• Non-repeatable
• Lack of visibility
• Hard to change
Shipping
Catalog
Financials
Inventory
Orders
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Packaged Apps
(e.g. SAP)

12. The Solution
Catalog
Shipping
Packaged Apps
1. Automate interactions with LoB Systems...
2. Drive the business process from a model...
Benefits:
3. Manage user
participation...
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Efficient (less cost)
Easy to change
Fewer errors
Improved visibility
4. Provide visibility
into process
execution data

13. Introducing JBoss Enterprise BRMS 5.3
A Single Distribution for Business Rules Management, Business Process
Management and Complex Event Processing
Features
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Tools for business users and developers
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Highly flexible and customizable
Open, standards-based
Benefits
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Enables improved, automated business
processes & decisions
Enables business agility

14. BRMS Components
Business Events
Authoring Tools
for Business
Users
Enterprise
Applications
Repository
Business
Analysts
Event
Processor
Business
Process
Manager
Business
Rule
Definitions
Web Services
Rule
Engine
Java
Business
Data
Business
Users
Authoring Tools
for Developers
Developers
Business
Central
Operations
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15. BRMS Components
Business Events
Authoring Tools
for Business
Users
Enterprise
Applications
Repository
Business
Analysts
Event
Processor
Business
Process
Manager
Business
Rule
Definitions
Web Services
Rule
Engine
Java
Business
Data
Business
Users
Authoring Tools
for Developers
Developers
Business
Central
Operations
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16. BRMS Components
Business Events
Authoring Tools
for Business
Users
Enterprise
Applications
Repository
Business
Analysts
Event
Processor
Business
Process
Manager
Business
Rule
Definitions
Web Services
Rule
Engine
Java
Business
Data
Business
Users
Authoring Tools
for Developers
Developers
Business
Central
Operations
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17. BRMS Components
Business Events
Authoring Tools
for Business
Users
Enterprise
Applications
Repository
Business
Analysts
Event
Processor
Business
Process
Manager
Business
Rule
Definitions
Web Services
Rule
Engine
Java
Business
Data
Business
Users
Authoring Tools
for Developers
Developers
Business
Central
Operations
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18. BRMS Components
Business Events
Authoring Tools
for Business
Users
Enterprise
Applications
Repository
Business
Analysts
Event
Processor
Business
Process
Manager
Business
Rule
Definitions
Web Services
Rule
Engine
Java
Business
Data
Business
Users
Authoring Tools
for Developers
Developers
Business
Central
Operations
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19. The making of a hero...
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20. Customer Evaluation Demo
https://github.com/eschabell/brms-customer-evaluation-demo
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21. Rewards Approval
Rewards Approval Extended
https://github.com/eschabell/brms-rewards-demo
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22. A look into the
crystal ball at JBoss
BRMS & BPM Suite
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23. BPMS 6 business modeling tools
Analysis & Modeling
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Business
Analysts
Process models.
Data models.
Forms.
Business Rules.
Create dashboards.
Simulation.
Develop & Deploy
Developers / IT
End
users
Managers
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Manage dependencies
Deployment methodology
Versioning
Develop code
3. Execute
• Task list
• Process instance tracking
• Custom applications
4. Monitoring, auditing and analysis (BAM)
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Dashboard interaction
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KPI monitoring.
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Process auditing.
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Reporting .

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25. jBPM Process dashboard
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26. jBPM Process dashboard – selected process
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27. Business Activity Monitoring
$ rhc app create -t jbossas-7 --from-code
git://github.com/eschabell/openshift-bpm-bam-dashboard.git
bam
Setup user login:
$ rhc app show bam
$ scp bampreview/.openshift/config/bam-*.properties
xxxxxxxxxx@baminthe.rhcloud.com:~/jbossas/standalone/configuration/
http://bam-$your_domain.rhcloud.com (u:erics / p:erics)
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28. JBoss BPM v6 Designer Demo
$ rhc app create -t jbossas-7 --from-code
git://github.com/eschabell/openshift-bpm-process-designer.git
designer
http://designer-$your_domain.rhcloud.com (follow link)
http://editor-$your_domain.rhcloud.com/designer (u:erics / p:erics)
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29. ●
JBoss BRMS
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Customer Evaluation Demo
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https://github.com/eschabell/brms-customer-evaluation-demo
Rewards Demo
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http://www.redhat.com/products/jbossenterprisemiddleware/business-rules
https://github.com/eschabell/brms-rewards-demo
Blogs
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http://howtojboss.com/tag/brms5
http://www.schabell.org/search/label/BRMS