Alfresco Devcon 2010: Introduction to Activiti BPM
- 1. Tom Baeyens & Joram Barrez Alfresco twitter: @tombaeyens @jbarrez 2
- 2. • Founder of Activiti & jBPM • Passionate about Java and BPM • Ex-core developer JBossjBPM • Core developer Activiti 3
- 3. • What is Activiti? • What is BPMN 2.0? • BPM for business people • BPM for developers • Example / demo 4
- 4. • Apache licensed BPMN 2.0 engine • BPM for business and IT people • Process definitions as input • Boxes and arrows • Execution flow • Manages executions • Execute automatic steps • While waiting, persist execution state 5
- 5. Activiti Java Applications Modeler Activiti Designer Activiti Activiti Probe Engine Activiti Explorer Activiti REST interface Cycle iPhone Android Explorer Explorer 6
- 6. • OMG standard • Shapes • Execution semantics • File format • First pure play BPM standard • General endorsement 7
- 7. • BPM as a management discipline • BPM as software engineering 8
- 8. Software Project Requirements •Java •XML •Buildscripts Non-tech •Tests Business •… Analyst Developer Analyst Developer Tomcat Activiti Your JDK 5 App JBoss … Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL 9
- 9. • Abstract business process • Drawing • No technical details • Executable business process • Drawing • Technical details • Executable on a BPM System 10
- 10. Process Business Collaboration Intelligence Analyst Developer Developer Sys admin Deploy Developer 11
- 11. Shared network drive Doc mgmt system Abstract process models Doc mgmt system Analyst Abstract process models JIRA SVN Sys admin Maven repo Developer Developer Doc mgmt system Developer Maven repo DB instances Tomcat instances 12 Activiti instances
- 12. • Unified concept of repositories and artifacts • Repository • Tree structure • Containing artifacts • Artifacts • Different types • Links to other artifacts • Links to people 13
- 13. • Network drive • Word docs, PDFs, Screenshots • Signavio model repository Analyst • BPMN process models • Jira • Issues • SVN (code, projects) • Java code Devel • Executable process models oper • Rules Developer • Forms • Maven repo (deployable artifacts) • Jar, War, Ear files • Tomcat instances • DB instances Develo • Activiti instances per Sys admin 14
- 14. Mockup 15
- 15. • Embeds in • Your database Software Project • Your transaction • Your domain model • Your Spring configuration Tomcat Activiti Your JDK 5 App JBoss … Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL 16
- 16. • Activiti Engine is “just” a jar file • Power to the developer • Intuitive API • Activiti tables next to your app’s tables • Transaction integration • Spring integration • Great docs and examples • Spec 500 pages vs simple user guide 17
- 17. • Alfresco • Apache licensed jBPM replacement • SpringSource • Signavio • Camunda • MuleSoft • Next Level Integration • Mimacom • Tijs Rademakers & Co (Eclipse designer plugin) • Yuri Horbach (iPhone / iPad) • Lim Chee Kin (Grails plugin) • And growing 18
- 18. • World-class rock-solid BPM and workflow engine 19
- 19. • Webbased, powerful BPMN 2.0 graphical editor 20
- 20. • Task management • Near future: reporting / process inspection 21
- 21. • System admin functionalities • activiti log inspection, handle stuck jobs, … 22
- 22. • BPM collaboration 2.0 23
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- 25. • Remote communication with Activiti 26
- 26. • Initiative started by Tijs, Ron, Yvo and Tiese • Activiti extension support, BPMN 2.0 validation, hierarchical modeling 27
- 27. • Mobile BPM == natural evolution of how work is done • Initiative started by Yuri Horbach 28
- 28. • Community contribution by Lim Chee Kin • Seamless integration into grails app 29
- 29. • Typical Grails convience capabilities • Activiti templates • Easy business archive deployment • Generate controller/views 30
- 30. • Use case: banks shouldn’t lend money to just anybody • Thorough analysis is needed • All steps needs to be recorded in official documents • Decisions are done based on Excel decision tables 31
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