User Tasks allow the interaction of humans with a set of automated tasks. In this way, a series of automatic tasks can be triggered before - providing input for - human decisions, and the output of the user task can then be used to define further actions of a flow. User tasks have a more… Continue reading User Tasks and Forms
Recall basic modeling concepts
In a business automation project, business process assets are described with BPMN diagram or CMMN diagrams. It's recommended to base the creation of diagrams on specifications definition, therefore, the implementation will be executable in any software which attends to the specification. Process modeling knowledge is not restricted to specific products. Just like a Java class… Continue reading Recall basic modeling concepts
Know Kie Server: let the engine work for you
During the design and development phases of an application, developers and architects should not spare valuable time around implementing a reliant and performant way to process the business rules and flows. How to scale and guarantee the proper execution of more than a hundred thousand rules? How to properly design an engine that consistently handles… Continue reading Know Kie Server: let the engine work for you
Know Business Central: Authoring, business monitoring, and more
Business Central is a Java Web-based application that supports the creation, management, and monitoring of business applications. It is not a required component, although, the usage of this tool can accelerate the development phase with proper rules and process authoring tools, form modeler components, advanced dashboard page creator with out-of-the-box components, and more. Once your… Continue reading Know Business Central: Authoring, business monitoring, and more
Converting AsciiDoc to Markdown
A quick way to convert asciidoc files to markdown, and tips on how to comfortably and easily work with markdown files without memorizing the whole sintax.
Understanding key concepts of jBPM
Since jBPM 5 when the Drools project and jBPM project started walking together, a new project group name was defined: Knowledge Is Everything - KIE. Later on, the name KIE spread to git repositories, Maven archetypes, class names, and all the rest of the relevant code that is common to Drools and jBPM. The three… Continue reading Understanding key concepts of jBPM
Getting Started with jBPM
Get started now by starting jBPM with your favorite environment: WildFly, Spring Boot or quickly with jBPM Docker community images.
Know jBPM: your open-source business automation tool
Introduction: all flavors of open-source business automation With the reading of the previous posts, the fundamental concepts should be cleared and you can now take the next step: choose an automation tool and start the architecture design and implementation of a business application. Next are listed battle-tested solutions provided by KIE group and strengthened by… Continue reading Know jBPM: your open-source business automation tool
Digital transformation through a process-driven approach
We need to look at the corporation functioning atomically, as a whole, and the improvement journey needs to consider business and technology evolution. To work in a process-driven way is to achieve goals by using processes. By using processes, the organization teams can replicate the defined steps and frequently accomplish the expected results. The results… Continue reading Digital transformation through a process-driven approach
Information for critical decision making – KPI
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) measures the success of an activity. It can be used mainly on two bias: strategic or operational. Based on the KPIs, executives can visualize performance changes of the company, identify bottlenecks and correct decisions impacts, and keep on improving the organization processes and functioning. Identifying the right metrics and the reflection… Continue reading Information for critical decision making – KPI
