Create Dynamic SharePoint Collaborations, Create Dynamic SharePoint Collaborations, Workflows and Applications with No CodeWorkflows and Applications with No CodeFrom IT Agility to Business Agility

Hans Hantson

Business Development Manager

Ascentn EMEA

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About Ascentn

Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Mountain View, California Global Presence - Offices in N. America, APAC (Japan, China, Taiwan), and EMEA

(Belgium, Spain) Global Support Partner Network (20+ countries)

Founders with 20+ years strong domain experience in Process, Framework & Enterprise Class Workflow Mgmt Solution in J2EE. Pioneered .NET based Model-Driven BPMS in 2002250+ customers span from Global 2000s to SMEs

MicrosoftBusinessProcessAlliance

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BPM

Growing List of Recognitions from Leading IT Analysts

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Best Model-driven BPMS for Process-

based SOA Composition (Aug 2008)

New!

Best Model-driven BPMS for Process-

based SOA Composition (Aug 2008)

BPM Magic Quadrant 2007 - Visionary

(Dec 2007)

BPM Magic Quadrant 2007 - Visionary

(Dec 2007)

BPM Cool Vendor 2007 (Apr 2007)

BPM Cool Vendor 2007 (Apr 2007)

Growing List of Recognitions from Leading IT Analysts

Microsoft Business Process Alliance - Charter Member

Microsoft Business Process Alliance - Charter Member

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Butler GroupTechnical Audit

(Sep 2008)

New!

Butler GroupTechnical Audit

(Sep 2008)

Forrester Human Centric BPMS for .NET 2007 -

Strong Performer (Dec 2007)

Forrester Human Centric BPMS for .NET 2007 -

Strong Performer (Dec 2007)

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Why take care of BPM?

The pressure to become cheaper, better and faster and provide a whole new level of customer-oriented service.

Trends which are supporting this shift: King customer is now a dictator Mass production shift to mass customization Customer are demanding total solutions Industry boundaries are blurring Value chains are becoming the unit of competition Collaboration and coo petition are replacing traditional forms of

competition Change has become the only certaintyChange has become the only certainty

Main Issues todayMain Issues today

TechnicalTechnicalBusinessBusiness

• Business driven process versioning• Rapid adaption of rule changes in a production environment and on running processes.• Solutions today are mainly developer oriented.

• Business driven process versioning• Rapid adaption of rule changes in a production environment and on running processes.• Solutions today are mainly developer oriented.

• Change is constant - How do we make self-adaptive, smarter implementations that are better able to cope?

• Change is constant - How do we make self-adaptive, smarter implementations that are better able to cope?

Gap Between Business (Thinking Business Wise) and IT (Thinking Technical and Deployment Wise); both having different objective and target !

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The SharePoint Opportunity

SharePoint is driving business solutionsSharePoint is driving business solutions

From small DMS to complex business solutions (HR, Sales, Finance … )Logical evolution – from supporting individuals to departments to organizationsFrom small DMS to complex business solutions (HR, Sales, Finance … )Logical evolution – from supporting individuals to departments to organizations

… but … creating new risks …… but … creating new risks …

Rapid response requirement – find ways to work faster, adapt quickly, and reduce errors

Embedded workflow failures

Organizations having multiple manual processes (human centric processes)

Information exchange between heterogeneous application (system centric processes)

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Rapid response requirement – find ways to work faster, adapt quickly, and reduce errors

Embedded workflow failures

Organizations having multiple manual processes (human centric processes)

Information exchange between heterogeneous application (system centric processes)

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Picking the Right Workflow/BPM & More for SharePointDo you see far enough?

SharePoint Workflow Designer WF Based Solutions Model Driven BPMS

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Some dynamics• Visual & Governance• Dynamic role-based activities• Delegation & Re-assign• Parallel & Dynamic Approval• etc.

Workflow/BPMSolutions based on

or extendingSharePoint/

Windows Workflow

Business Agility - dynamic BPM• Run-time Process Mgmt• Process Migration• Dynamic Rollback• Dynamic Re-route• Partial Rework• Case Mgmt, Ad-hoc process• etc.

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Agility is the New Differentiated Competitiveness

Code-based delivers efficiency A defined process is automated by an application but the process

is achieved by traditional programming logic – i.e. Process model converted into code-based executable that incurs engineering cycle (coding, QA/testing, etc.) for change request from business

Model-Driven delivers efficiency and agility Processes is transparent (aka visible) and adaptable for at both

design time and runtime without incurring costly and time consuming engineering cycle for every change request

Operational excellence is increasingly measured by processresponsiveness (aka agility) rather than efficiency as a

primary metric. - Gartner

The only right approach: AGILITY

Business AssetsBusiness Assets

Assemble reusable components as process vs. custom coding Based on open standards and approach; not proprietary

Assemble reusable components as process vs. custom coding Based on open standards and approach; not proprietary

Self-AdaptiveSelf-Adaptive

When required, change can be adjusted on-the-fly in real time

When required, change can be adjusted on-the-fly in real time

Infrastructure IntegrationInfrastructure Integration

Leveraging XML capabilities to make self-describing transactions possible rather than static fixed legacy exchanges

Leveraging XML capabilities to make self-describing transactions possible rather than static fixed legacy exchanges

BPM – Full Lifecycle Implementation

Model Process

Automate Solution

Analyze Results

Monitor the execution

Improve Model

Delivery AgilityOn MS SharePoint

How AgilePoint Can be Applied

AgilePoint BPMSSollutions

Microsoft SharePoint / MOSS

ASP .NETAs Embedded Workflow/BPM Engine

SmartClient (Windows Application)

as Process-based SOA Composition Environment

AgilePoint - SharePoint

Loosely couple architecture

Supporting from single box environments up to distribute and clustered SharePoint Collaboration Farms

Allow you to delivery end-end processes, not only SharePoint content ! Incorporation of other solutions, environments – including ERP,

CRM, DB …

A Complete BPM & SOA Integrated Composite Environment in Visio to Process-enable the complete Microsoft Stack

Excel Services

BizTalk/ESB

Web Service/WSE/WCF

Project Server,Exchange

MOSS/SharePoint InfoPath/Form Server

Active Directory

Open XML

.NET/ASP.NETWin WF

MS DynamicsAxapta, CRM, etc.

MS DynamicsAxapta, CRM, etc.

AgilePoint Envision

(Visio based)

Legacy

Application Servers

BizTalk Server

‘The Cloud’

Metadata-drivenIT assets

Abstraction Framework

Visual Studio

Web Service AgileParts

BizTalk Orchestration

Process-enabled SOA Parts and

Common Services

How AgilePoint WorksAn SOA-aligned Model-Driven BPMS

How AgilePoint WorksAn SOA-aligned Model-Driven BPMS

Model-driven BPM Engine(Interpreter model)

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Process Repository

Monitoring Run-time Dash Board

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AutomationCollaborationOrchestration

Webservice, .Net RemotingWCF Based Communication

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Benefits of AgilePoint BPMS

Facilitate Creation of Corporate Process Culture Effective Communication & Knowledge Management Better Process Performance Six Sigma, EPM, etc.

Empower Information Worker and Boosts IT Effectiveness On demand Process-based IT Utilization Adaptive Process-based Business Integration Code-Free Process Automation Code-Free Reconfiguration of Process-based Application Business Agility

Create Sustainable Operational Success Through Process Excellence Create & Automate New Process: up to 3x faster than current Improve & Re-Automate Existing Process: up to 10x faster than current Enable Process-based Continuous Business Performance Improvement

IT Benefits

Improves business agility Enables a clearer division between IT & the business

Clears up the sourcing “jigsaw puzzle” Whether or not to outsource…? Leads to determining commodity v. value-add application

development BPM enables control over the process, wherever it resides

Explodes technology stovepipes & silos Leads the way to end-to-end automation

Creates reusable process patterns Once model the process, can implement change rapidly

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Overview Demo

Scenario 1:

Budget Request Form (InfoPath – Form Server – SharePoint – AgilePoint)

AgileNotify

Data Tracking

Data Population

Scenario 2:

Proposals (SharePoint - AgilePoint)

Process Migration

AgileMonitor