This session will get you started with JBoss Business Rules and BPM. It will walk you through some of the capabilities, components and basic concepts that one needs to understand to start building process and rule-driven applications. Join us for an hour of Business Process Management (BPM) concepts, explanations of how to capture your enterprises logic in business rules and a demonstration or two from real live processes that bring these concepts to life. Take a walk with us through several live demos where we explain step by step what is happening and how you too can reproduce these locally. By the end of this session you too can amaze your friends and colleagues, becoming the local JBoss Rules & BPM hero!
8. The BRMS Solution
1. Separate the business rules
from the applications
Rule
Repository
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9. The BRMS Solution
1. Separate the business rules
from the applications
AHA!
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Rule
Repository
2. Express rules in terms that
the
business can readily
understand - visibility
10. The BRMS Solution
1. Separate the business rules
from the applications
AHA!
Rule
Repository
2. Express rules in terms that
the business can readily
understand - visibility
3. Empower business and IT
experts to collaborate agility
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11. The BRMS Solution
1. Separate the business rules
from the applications
AHA!
Rule
Repository
2. Express rules in terms that
the business can readily
understand - visibility
3. Empower business and IT
experts to collaborate agility
4. Support all the rules consistency
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13. Example: Multiple Customer Touch Points
Problems:
Hard to derive business relevant
data from available information
Important patterns go undetected
Business fails to respond to
changes in its environment
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14. Complex Event Processing
Detect events of significance to a business by recognizing time-based patterns in
one or more real-time data feeds...
Business Rules
“Weather delay in London”
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16. A Business Process
An activity or set of activities that will accomplish a specific organizational goal...
Shipping
Catalog
Financials
Inventory
Orders
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Packaged Apps
(e.g. SAP)
19. The BPMS Solution
Catalog
Shipping
1. Automate interactions with LoB Systems...
2. Drive the business process from a model...
3. Manage user
participation...
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Packaged Apps
20. The BPMS Solution
Catalog
Shipping
Packaged Apps
1. Automate interactions with LoB Systems...
2. Drive the business process from a model...
3. Manage user
participation...
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4. Provide visibility
into process
execution data
22. JBoss BRMS
What is inferencing?
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We want to take all of our data (facts) and combine it with our
knowledge (rules) and come up with some conclusions
(inferencing)
23. JBoss BRMS
What is inferencing?
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We want to take all of our data (facts) and combine it with our
knowledge (rules) and come up with some conclusions
(inferencing)
24. JBoss BRMS
What is inferencing?
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We want to take all of our data (facts) and combine it with our
knowledge (rules) and come up with some conclusions
(inferencing)
25. JBoss BRMS
What is inferencing?
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We want to take all of our data (facts) and combine it with our
knowledge (rules) and come up with some conclusions
(inferencing)
26. JBoss BRMS
What is inferencing?
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We want to take all of our data (facts) and combine it with our
knowledge (rules) and come up with some conclusions
(inferencing)
27. JBoss BRMS
What is a rule?
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In short, a rule is an premise and conclusion
– If it is raining, then the ground must be wet
A rule is made of conditions and actions. When all the
conditions are met, a rule may “fire”.
The conditions are collectively referred to as the LHS (left
hand side) and the actions are referred to as the RHS (right
hand side, or consequence).
A rule operates on facts (data). In our case, these facts are
instances of objects in our application.
28. JBoss BRMS
Inference Engine
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The brain of a Production Rule System is an Inference Engine
which matches facts against Production Rules.
When matches are found, the rules actions are fired.
Actions most often change the state of the facts, or perform
some external action on the application.
37. Components
Real-time data &
event feeds
Authoring tools
for business
users
Repository
Business
analysts
Event
processor
Business
rule
definitions
Rules
engine
Authoring tools
for developers
Developers
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Business
data
Client
applications
38. New in 6.0
Real-time data &
event feeds
Authoring tools
for business
users
Repository
Business
analysts
Event
processor
UberFire
Business
rule
definitions
Client
applications
Rules
engine
Authoring tools
for developers
Drools 6.0
Developers
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Technology Preview
Business
data
39. BRMS Components
Business Events
Authoring Tools
for Business
Users
Enterprise
Applications
Repository
Business
Analysts
Event
Processor
Business
Process
Manager
Business
Rule
Definitions
Web Services
Rule
Engine
Java
Business
Data
Business
Users
Authoring Tools
for Developers
Developers
Business
Central
Operations
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40. BRMS Components
Business Events
Authoring Tools
for Business
Users
Enterprise
Applications
Repository
Business
Analysts
Event
Processor
Business
Process
Manager
Business
Rule
Definitions
Web Services
Rule
Engine
Java
Business
Data
Business
Users
Authoring Tools
for Developers
Developers
Business
Central
Operations
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41. BRMS Components
Business Events
Authoring Tools
for Business
Users
Enterprise
Applications
Repository
Business
Analysts
Event
Processor
Business
Process
Manager
Business
Rule
Definitions
Web Services
Rule
Engine
Java
Business
Data
Business
Users
Authoring Tools
for Developers
Developers
Business
Central
Operations
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43. Components
Business Events
Authoring tools
for business
users
Enterprise
Applications
Repository
Event
processor
Business
rule
definitions
Business
analysts
Business
Process
Manager
Rules
engine
Web Services
Java
Authoring tools
for developers
Developers
Business
data
BAM
Business
users
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Business
users
44. New in 6.0
Business Events
Authoring Tools
for Business
Users
Enterprise
Applications
Repository
Business
Analysts
Event
Processor
Business
Process
Manager
Business
Logic
Definitions
Data Modeler
Forms Designer
Web Services
jBPM 6.0
Rule
Engine
Java
Business
Data
Business
Users
Authoring Tools
for Developers
Developers
Business
Central
Business
Operations/
Analysts
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JBoss Enteprise BRMS (new in 2009)
Enables critical business rules to be managed in a more centralized manner (e.g. Insurance = policy risk assess and pricing; Heathcare = claims processing annual regulatory changes)
Avoids need to otherwise re-code business rules redundantly in multiple applications
Leverages JBoss Rules execution engine which has been available for years
Adds new browser-based Rules Mgmt app, enabling business users to participate in the review, editing, and maintenance of business rule changes
Also adds Repository to provide version management of multiple sets of business rules
Supports the deployment of business rules to JBoss middleware platforms and non-JBoss runtime environments
JBoss Enteprise BRMS (new in 2009)
Enables critical business rules to be managed in a more centralized manner (e.g. Insurance = policy risk assess and pricing; Heathcare = claims processing annual regulatory changes)
Avoids need to otherwise re-code business rules redundantly in multiple applications
Leverages JBoss Rules execution engine which has been available for years
Adds new browser-based Rules Mgmt app, enabling business users to participate in the review, editing, and maintenance of business rule changes
Also adds Repository to provide version management of multiple sets of business rules
Supports the deployment of business rules to JBoss middleware platforms and non-JBoss runtime environments
JBoss Enteprise BRMS (new in 2009)
Enables critical business rules to be managed in a more centralized manner (e.g. Insurance = policy risk assess and pricing; Heathcare = claims processing annual regulatory changes)
Avoids need to otherwise re-code business rules redundantly in multiple applications
Leverages JBoss Rules execution engine which has been available for years
Adds new browser-based Rules Mgmt app, enabling business users to participate in the review, editing, and maintenance of business rule changes
Also adds Repository to provide version management of multiple sets of business rules
Supports the deployment of business rules to JBoss middleware platforms and non-JBoss runtime environments
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BRMS SUITE 6 NO jBPM
better ui
better control versioning + branching
drools new version 6.0 – new rule algorithm, faster and more efficient, better use of memory, scalability
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BRMS SUITE 6 NO jBPM
better ui
better control versioning + branching
drools new version 6.0 – new rule algorithm, faster and more efficient, better use of memory, scalability
optaplanner
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BRMS SUITE 6 NO jBPM
better ui
better control versioning + branching
drools new version 6.0 – new rule algorithm, faster and more efficient, better use of memory, scalability
optaplanner
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JBoss Enteprise BRMS (new in 2009)
Enables critical business rules to be managed in a more centralized manner (e.g. Insurance = policy risk assess and pricing; Heathcare = claims processing annual regulatory changes)
Avoids need to otherwise re-code business rules redundantly in multiple applications
Leverages JBoss Rules execution engine which has been available for years
Adds new browser-based Rules Mgmt app, enabling business users to participate in the review, editing, and maintenance of business rule changes
Also adds Repository to provide version management of multiple sets of business rules
Supports the deployment of business rules to JBoss middleware platforms and non-JBoss runtime environments
JBoss Enteprise BRMS (new in 2009)
Enables critical business rules to be managed in a more centralized manner (e.g. Insurance = policy risk assess and pricing; Heathcare = claims processing annual regulatory changes)
Avoids need to otherwise re-code business rules redundantly in multiple applications
Leverages JBoss Rules execution engine which has been available for years
Adds new browser-based Rules Mgmt app, enabling business users to participate in the review, editing, and maintenance of business rule changes
Also adds Repository to provide version management of multiple sets of business rules
Supports the deployment of business rules to JBoss middleware platforms and non-JBoss runtime environments