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Business Process Management (BPM) is probably the killer Enterprise Application as email is the killer Internet Application. Every business small or large has a business process however in most cases it is informal and business process automation is fragmented across many Enterprise Applications. As email revolutionised the way we communicate toady I expect BPM to revolutionise the way workers and managers cooperate in the Enterprise.
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== BPM and SOA ==
 
== BPM and SOA ==
 
A good explanation of Service Oriented Layered Architecture (SOA) is provided by '''Object Management Group''' ([http://www.omg.org OMG]) [http://www.omg.org/attachments/pdf/OMG-and-the-SOA.pdf here] (a local copy is [[Media:OMG-and-the-SOA.pdf|here]])
 
A good explanation of Service Oriented Layered Architecture (SOA) is provided by '''Object Management Group''' ([http://www.omg.org OMG]) [http://www.omg.org/attachments/pdf/OMG-and-the-SOA.pdf here] (a local copy is [[Media:OMG-and-the-SOA.pdf|here]])

Revision as of 01:27, 6 May 2009

Business Process Management (BPM) is probably the killer Enterprise Application as email is the killer Internet Application. Every business small or large has a business process however in most cases it is informal and business process automation is fragmented across many Enterprise Applications. As email revolutionised the way we communicate toady I expect BPM to revolutionise the way workers and managers cooperate in the Enterprise.

BPM and SOA

A good explanation of Service Oriented Layered Architecture (SOA) is provided by Object Management Group (OMG) here (a local copy is here)

OMG-SOA.png

In a nutshell:

  • Business Process Layer exposes IT systems functionality to business users and business process designers
  • Business Services is the Enterprise Integration (EI) Layer for Enterprise Applications (Components)
  • Components Layer is the Enterprise Applications Suite
  • Operational Resources Layer are the Databases and Legacy Enterprise Systems