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. We should target using the upcoming release jBPM 4.0, however for prototyping purposes we will use the current 3.2.6 version.

jBPM 3.2

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.
• jBPM3 Getting Started from JBoss Community
• MySQL script to create users after jBPM installation
• JBoss jBPM 3.2 User Guide

jBPM 4.0

• expected release end July 2009
• Sneak Preview of jBPM 4
• JBoss jBPM 4 First Release information (alpha)
• User Guide
• Implements BPMN 2.0
• GWT based BPM console

From jBPM 4 Release Announcement on theserverside.com:

• 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