Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Adaptability and efficiency matters for business processes to stay competitive and
relevant in the market place. One of the key questions is how you can make it more
efficient by changing it based on the business changes and implement the changes
without any delay.
All business functions have several related structured activities. The end result will
be a product or service. The business notations can be used for capturing the struc-
tured activities. After creating the business process models, the business notations
need to be executed to achieve the results. Each process can have attributes and
several processes. Combining multiple business processes creates the process for
the entire organization.
The programming language for business process is
Business Process Execution
Language
(
BPEL
) or
Business Process Model and Notation
(
BPMN
). Some of
the modeling tools that you can use in order to produce BPEL artifacts are as fol-
lows:
• ARIS
• Visio
• BPM Composer
• Enterprise Architect
The BPM software can be used to automate and integrate processes that span
across multiple applications within and outside your organization. BPM can integrate
the business partner systems as well. It bridges the gap between IT and businesses.
BPM enables business users to manage and continually improve the business pro-
cess by defining, measuring, and optimizing the processes. The major milestones of
a BPM lifecycle are as follows:
• Identifying key business processes
• Designing
• Modeling
• Execution
• Monitoring and reporting
• Optimization
Oracle BPM Suite and BPA Suite
Oracle has the following two products that enable Business Process Management:
