IBM Business Process Management Reviewer's Guide

Market demand for business process management (BPM) has grown significantly in recent years and shows no sign of abating. Based on consultations with our clients, a set of capabilities that IBM® makes available enables you to build robust and holistic BPM solutions, whether they are integration-centric, human-centric, or content-centric.

In this IBM Redpaper™ publication, we provide an overview of the IBM BPM portfolio to BPM market watchers who have a keen interest in understanding the most current BPM technology releases and how they can be used together. Specifically, we review the key benefits and capabilities of the WebSphere® Dynamic Process Edition of the IBM BPM Suite.

• The Process Architect: The Smart Role in Business Process Management, REDP-4567-00
• Patterns: SOA Foundation - Business Process Management Scenario, SG24-7234-00
• Leading Practices for WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition V6.2, SG24-7776-00

Publish Date
30 April 2009

Last Update
18 May 2009

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Author(s)

Luc Chamberland is Manager, WebSphere Business Process Management for IBM in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He provides guidance to IBM clients and field-facing teams on WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition and the business value of BPM, and identifies BPM trends and requirements for consideration in future product plans. Luc has worked with IBM for 16 years in numerous areas, including Java and XML development, cross-product strategy, and compilers. He holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Toronto.

• Luc Chamberland

Ramani Mathrubutham is with the WebSphere BPM Enablement Team in USA. He has seven years of experience in BPM and SOA and holds MS and MBA degrees. He has 15 years of software development experience in creating enterprise software applications in Java and in other languages.

• Ramani Mathrubutham

Jim McGarrahan is a Senior Software Developer in the United States. He has more than five years of experience in the WebSphere Business Process Management software development organization. He has worked at IBM for 24 years. His areas of expertise include Business Process Management, including Business Activity Monitoring and Systems Management. He has recently written about combining Process Lifecycle Management with Business Process Management to optimize Automotive end-of-life processes and how Business Event Processing and Business Intelligence can be leveraged with Business Activity Monitoring for increased insight into business processes and improved ability to take mitigating and corrective action to address business situations.

• Jim McGarrahan

Jennifer King is a Software Engineer in the USA. She has four years of experience in software development. She holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from University of Colorado, Boulder. Her areas of expertise include WebSphere Business Services Fabric and Business Process Management human centric user interface capabilities.

• Jennifer King

IBM Form Number
REDP-4433-01

Number of pages

150