BPM - Getting Started

On this page we have:

• summary of existing BPM resource
• getting started information

BPM Vendors

Red Hat (jBPM)

jBPM is the JBoss BPM product. Some points for jBPM 3.2 are:

• proprietary Process Definition Language jPDL
• is a stand alone application but can also be used as a workflow engine embedded in third party applications
• process design is done with eclipse based visual designer

Links:

• jBPM home page: [1].
• jBPM3 Getting Started - JBoss Community: [2]
• MySQL script to create users after jBPM installation: [3]
• JBoss jBPM 3.2 User Guide: [4]

jBPM 4.0

• expected release end July 2009
• Sneak Preview of jBPM 4: [5]
• JBoss jBPM 4 First Release information (alpha): [6]
• User Guide: [7]
• Implements BPMN 2.0: [8]
• GWT based BPM console: [9]

From [10]:

• Much improved docs, including a split between user guide and developers guide
• BPMN based graphical designer in eclipse
• Command based services as the primary client API
• Decoupled activity implementation API
• Multiple execution modes
• Improved multiple language support
• Easy addition of custom activities
• DB evolution improvements
• DB partitioning per process language