ABSTRACT

The increasing adoption of Business Process Management (BPM) has inspired pioneering software architects and developers to effectively leverage BPM-based software and process-centric architecture (PCA) to create software systems that enable essential business processes. Reflecting this emerging trend and evolving field, Process-Centric Architecture for Enterprise Software Systems provides a complete and accessible introduction explaining this architecture. The text presents, in detail, the analysis and design principles used in process-centric architecture. Illustrative examples demonstrate how to architect and design enterprise systems based on the business processes central to your organization. It covers the architectural aspects of business process management, the evolution of IT systems in enterprises, the importance of a business process focus, the role of workflows, business rules, enterprise application integration, and business process modeling languages such as WS-BPEL and BPML. It also investigates: Fundamental concepts of process-centric architecture style The PCA approach to architecting enterprise IT systems Business process driven applications and integration Two case studies that illustrate how to architect and design enterprise applications based on PCA SOA in the context of process-centric architecture Standards, technologies, and infrastructure behind PCA Explaining how to architect enterprise systems using a BPMS technology platform, J2EE components, and Web services, this forward-looking book will empower you to create systems centered on business processes and make today's enterprise processes successful and agile.

part I|140 pages

The Process-Centric Architecture Paradigm

chapter Chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|20 pages

Evolution of IT Architecture

chapter Chapter 3|30 pages

Concept of Process-Centric Architecture

chapter Chapter 4|14 pages

Business Process Management

chapter Chapter 5|24 pages

Components of PCA

chapter Chapter 6|24 pages

Process execution

chapter Chapter 7|12 pages

Benefits of Process-Centric Architecture

part II|164 pages

Architecting it Systems, the Process-Centric Style (Designing PCA)

chapter Chapter 8|22 pages

The Approach

chapter Chapter 9|10 pages

SOA for services

chapter Chapter 10|18 pages

Standards and Technologies

chapter Chapter 11|91 pages

Case Study— Architectural Design Applying PCA

chapter Chapter 12|20 pages

Implementation Considerations