Business Process Management - Agility BPM™

Details

Agility BPM™ is a web-enabled process automation and orchestration tool that integrates seamlessly with CA Gen at both design (the model) and run time (the CA Gen applications). It fully automates the business process of the application and the rich web 2.0 user interfaces can be designed and implemented without programming. Business processes are designed in a graphical process model tool and interpretively executed by the process automation engine, which is written with CA Gen and therefore runs natively on all CA Gen supported platforms and seamlessly integrates with existing CA Gen action blocks.

At runtime, Agility BPM™ automates (without programming) data collection user interfaces and complex processes using a rich Web 2.0 user interface within the QAT WebDaptive open framework. This allows the processes to be to be seamlessly integrated with other native Gen pages and/or hand written pages as a single application by using the CA Gen integration services provided by QAT WebDaptive. The web 2.0 user interfaces provided by Agility BPM™ are used for data collection and complex process execution that requires no programming. The client has a full set of Web 2.0 user interface controls, formatting, validation, error handling, relational edits and much more.

On the back end, Agility BPM™ allows for IT services to be registered and reused so it can communicate with your enterprise database. These IT Services include Gen Action Blocks, Web Services and other hand written custom services. Using registered Gen Action Blocks as services is a core feature that allows Agility BPM™ to rapidly modernize and/or enhance existing CA Gen applications. Once these services are registered by IT, they are re-usable by the process designers.

At design time, Agility BPM™ provides a graphical process modeling tool that can be used by business or IT analysts to define and automate complex business processes. The CA Gen API is used to consume Gen model objects directly into the process design. The user interfaces used to collect data during the process require no programming and can be designed and implemented by an IT or Business Analyst.

The maintenance process is rapid and flexible. The process definitions can be changed and activated when ready. Examples of common changes include adding, changing or removing fields from the interface, adding changing or removing entire steps in the process or changing the decisions used to guide the sequencing of the steps.

Agility BPM™ can be used to automate a high percentage of the user interfaces in a typical CA Gen application and maintain the integrity of the business rules by reusing the CA Gen Action Blocks that implement them. It also automates the sequencing of not only the automated pages, but other custom applications pages as they are seamlessly integrated within the process.

• Visually and graphically design
  • Graphical interface to model business procedures and communicate business logic on a single diagram
  • workflow immediately available for execution…no additional programming required
  • XML import/export of workflow definition compliant with Workflow Management Coalition standards
• Extensive Work Queue
  • Identify work to be completed or work assigned
  • Work can be assigned by a manager
  • Multiple sorts and filters
• Complete Management Control
  • Assign and re-assign work
  • Control due dates
  • Monitor progress
  • Managers can complete tasks if required
• Step Completion Window
  • Provides a common window to complete all work
  • Captures data related to a step – without form design or scripting
  • Provides instructions / captures notes
  • Allows re-routing a step, pausing a step indefinitely and restarting a step
• Management Tools
  • Pause, restart and/or terminate workflows
  • Batch jobs can generate notification messages when work is past due