Service Oriented ArchitectureBusiness Process Modeling

Overview

• What is SOA• What is BPM• BPM Workshop Goals• Questions

• SOA = Service Oriented Architecture• Design approach

Independent software pieces Pieces can be interchanged or repurposed more easily Pieces can be combined to create new services or systems Business experts and IT experts work together

• SOA Process Create high-level map of how the business should work Deconstruct workflows Define reusable services Recombine services into a system that meets our requirements

• Think Legos™

What Is SOA

Before & After SOA

What is SOA

• http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/avfiles/programmes/eframework/eframework_soa_animation.mov (technical ~4 mins)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9zgeS9B2NE (less technical ~3 mins)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyHWAiG6c-Y (least technical ~2 mins)

• BPM = Business Process Modeling• Design approach• BPM process

What needs to be done How to do it, in what order, and contingencies Separate from the systems and services that do the work Mid-level detail

• Necessary before determining shared processes as part of SOA

What is BPM

Example of Modeling a Process

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Mbr31f2dg (no sound)

BPM Workshop Goals

• Goal: Define library workflows which must be supported in the new OLE

• Small group work to develop descriptions of library workflows

• Workshop output will shape project design

Process Example

Process Example

Process Example

Questions