Deep Dive on Case Management in RedHat JBoss BPM Suite 7 - RedHat Summit 2017
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This document provides an overview of case management capabilities in RedHat JBoss BPM Suite. It defines case management and how it differs from business process management by focusing more on case data rather than workflow steps. It describes key case management capabilities like case definition, case file, case roles, dynamic activities, stages and milestones. It also introduces the concept of a case app, which is a tailored application that provides a domain context for end users to work with cases in a simplified and scalable way. The document includes an example case app for ordering IT hardware that combines a user interface and runtime environment.
Deep Dive on Case Management in RedHat JBoss BPM Suite 7 - RedHat Summit 2017
- 1. Deep dive on case management RedHat JBoss BPM Suite Maciej Swiderski Principal Software Engineer Kris Verlaenen Senior Principal Software Engineer 03-05-2017
- 2. Agenda: Case Management what it is and how it differs Capabilities what can it do Case Apps what’s the best way to bring business value
- 4. Case Management What it is? Case Management puts special focus on the actual data being handled throughout the case and less on the sequence of steps that are taken ! Case data is the most important piece of information in case handling ! Business context and decision making is in control of the case workers
- 5. Case Management How it differs from BPM? Case management is an extension of BPM ! it comes with all capabilities BPM has, ! no need to select BPM or Case Management ! moves focus • from pure workflow (sequence of steps) • into data driven (data, business rules and process fragments) ! brings dynamic behaviour into the picture Case Management Business Process Management
- 6. Case Management What about CMMN? RedHat JBoss BPM Suite currently does not use CMMN neither for modelling nor execution, because ! majority of constructs can already be expressed with BPMN2 ! CMMN is yet another notation that business users would have to learn, BPMN2 is quite popular and well understood ! does not force BPM vs Case management decision as you can use both and take advantage of already existing knowledge * support for CMMN might be added later on based on the standard adoption and demand
- 8. Capabilities Case definition and process definition Case definition is the main entry point for the business use case, e.g. insurance claim, hardware order, etc. It defines: ! activities ! stages ! milestones Process definition is the supporting construct in the case that can be invoked either as defined in case definition or dynamically to bring in additional processing IT Order Place Order Order Arrived Hardware Spec Customer Survey Place Order Evaluate Response Order placed
- 9. Capabilities Case File … … is like a “bucket” for all data ! any kind of data can be stored ! supports business rule evaluation on top of that data ! supports pluggable persistence strategies ! is available from within a case instance and can be accessed externally RULES Case File Storage Cases
- 10. Capabilities Case roles Case roles provide additional layer of abstraction for user participation in the case handling ! drives authorisation for the case instance ! can be used for user activities assignment ! can be changed at any point in time as long as case instance is active Users Groups CaseRoles
- 11. Capabilities Dynamic activities and processes Dynamic activities and processes can be added to a case instance at any point in time. They do not have to be present in case definition ! Dynamic tasks ! User activities ! Service activities ! Dynamic processes ! Any process from case project Evaluate Response Place Order Check Stock
- 12. Capabilities Stages Stage represents number of activities that are meant to serve certain business purpose. ! defines completion condition ! allows to have process fragments and standalone activities ! can start some activities upon activation of the stage ! reacts to changes in case file data Manager Approval Order Confirmed Order Shipped Order Received Order Reviewed
- 13. Capabilities Milestones Milestone represents achievement within the case instance. Flags certain progress and thus can be very valuable for KPI tracking ! defines condition to be met to be considered as achieved ! reacts to case file data ! can be triggered as many times as needed Finish Start
- 14. Capabilities Comments Comments bring collaboration into the case instance. Case workers can easily communicate with each other to exchange information ! are bound to the case instance ! are part of case file and thus can be used to react on them ! basic text based comments with complete operations set - (CRUD like) where is my order??.. Order is placed… Will be delivered in 2 weeks
- 16. Case Apps What’s that? Case App is a tailored made application placed in the business context ! Avoid generic approach to case management ! Provide domain aspect to the environment that end users will find themselves much easier ! Allow easy scalability of individual components ! Large scale deployments with federated UI capabilities Aa i
- 17. Case Apps Is composed of… Case App takes into consideration ! Data being exchanged throughout the case ! Actors involved in the case ! Stages in a case to allow partitioning of the work required and eliminates redoing work ! Progress tracking based on business conditions - milestones
- 18. Case Apps Architecture Case App can be build up from following components ! Domain model ! Business assets (processes, rules) ! Tailor made UI that provides business context ! Cloud ready runtime environment
- 19. Case Apps Architecture… different flavours Case App architecture can differ depending on the scale and type of deployment ! Combined UI and execution - executable jar approach ! Distributed execution and UI ! Federated UI - single “Look & Feel” integrated with multiple case apps backed ! Traditional deployment model - packaged as ear/war Traditional Cloud Federated
- 21. Demo Order IT hardware - case application Complete example of a Case App ! UI and execution in single runtime environment ! Cloud ready - run with WildFly Swarm ! Tailor made for end users - using business vocabulary to simplify usage Order IT Hardware