bpm-xchange™ – solution overview
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BPM-Xchange™ offers an inimitable solution to the EA, BPA and BPM market to enable real tool integration, to tear down methodology and technology barriers, and to increase user productivity with overall less TCO and a unique ROI.TRANSCRIPT
BPM-Xchange™ – Solution Overview
Provide leading technologies for continuous process management
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Providing continuous process management
Process management challenges
Use-cases and business opportunities
Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
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5Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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Saving costs and increasing productivity
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Situation, standards, market and challenge
Business process management is getting more and more important (compliance/enterprise SOA) Compliance (Sarbanes Oxley Act, Basel II, ISO 9000, ITIL, CMMI…) Enterprise service oriented architecture (enterprise SOA)
Different process methodologies settled / few standards in process modelling BPMN, BPEL, UML2, Zachmann, ARIS, ...
Different tools Gartner Group, June 2007: BPA tool market
Challenge How to setup BPM for a customer with
heterogeneous methodologies and tools Need for linking heterogeneous process worlds Microsoft® Visio® plays an important role
because of Office standard BPM-X as Microsoft® and SAP® partner supports
SAP® and system-integrator consulting
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Bridging the gap between “process” worlds
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IT Architects
Software Architects
Workflow Specialists
Software Developers
SOA Experts
BusinessConsultants
Business Users
Process Owners
BusinessDeciders
Process Managers
Business Analysts
QualityManagers
ComplianceSpecialists
Business and methodology
requirements
Design and implementation
requirements
EA Architects
BISpecialists
Continuousprocess management
required
ERP Specialists
GRCExperts
BusinessStakeholders
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“BPM-Xchange™ offers an inimitable solution to the
EA, BPA and BPM market to enable real tool integration,
to tear down methodology and technology barriers, and
to increase user productivity with overall less TCO and a unique ROI.”
Heinz-Jürgen Scherer
MD BPM-X GmbH
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Our solution for continuous process management
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Tool integration User integration
Standards are complex and implementations therefore mostly incompatible
Complex software products with bad ROI and low TCO for software licenses, training, user support, maintenance…
The amount of affected user groups within enterprises grows (organisation, business departments, quality management, controllers, resource planning,...)
Users struggle with complex tools
Use process models in your preferred tools
Link different methodologies and technologies for added value
Save license and maintenance costs
Increase usage of process models for better process understanding and commitment
Increase productivity
Improve TCO for support, training,...
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Providing continuous process management
Process management challenges
Use-cases and business opportunities
Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
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5Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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Saving costs and increasing productivity
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Use-cases for continuous process management
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Use-case Solution Benefits and costs savings
Process capturing with Visio®
Use Visio® with BPM-X Designer for full compliance with leading methodologies with more than 190 predefined method types.
Use Microsoft-based Office solution. Reduce TCO for 80% less maintenance and support costs compared to high cost solutions. ROI in one year possible.
Reduce ARISTM
licences and maintenance costs
Keep ARISTM in the central process management, reduce ARISTM
licences and use our fully integrated and compatible Visio® solution instead.
Increase cost effectiveness by a minimum of factor 4 for license and annual maintenance costs. Reduce costs for training and support by 1:8.
Migrate data from old tools into new tools
Use BPM-X converter to protect investments in process repositories.
Automatically convert existing models instead of manual creation. Save 50% to 90% of costs reusing existing models.
SAP® Solution Manager projects
Use the favorite Visio® solution for business users and consultants to build SAP process blueprints.
Using Visio® as a front-end reduces project time and increases productivity. Automatic import of process models has a 50% to 80% cost and time saving.
Process reporting Use Microsoft Reporting Services with full SQL analyzing capabilities.
No costly reporting with BASIC, ABAP or JavaScript. Use web-based solution. Reduce reporting costs by 60%t o 90%.
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Example for migration scenario
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Starting situation: Company acquisition or merger Different EA and BPA tools Magnitude of flowcharts exists Introduce new solutions, replace old tools
Target solution: Strategic use of tools and process repositories Protected investments in documentations Best practice approach for tools and methodologies
Benefits:
Using existing diagrams saves up to 90% of initial costs
Increase the productivity in reusing models and attributes as a base for new solutions
Overall saved time and reduced project risks
migrate
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Example for integration scenarios
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Visio® 2007 Office platform Use existing MS Office® desktop Full compatible solution linked to ARIS™ Processes capturing by business owners Process confirmation and understanding
ARIS™ platform: Existing ARIS™ process repository Strict enterprise conventions defined Process documentation and quality to be enhanced
Benefits:
No training for end-users needed, less support efforts reduce TCO up to 90%
Integrate process management into the desktop of process owners
Reduce costs by factor 4 by replacing expensive licenses with Office licenses
Synchronize
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Providing continuous process management
Process management challenges
Use-cases and business opportunities
Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
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5Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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Saving costs and increasing productivity
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Enhance Visio® to build a leading BPA tool
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Visio® advantages Microsoft® Visio® is the killer application for process model capturing Well known by many business users as universal drawing tool Low license costs, no extra training needed Provides high productivity for business users
Visio® weaknesses Missing strict methodology leads to low quality in process models Missing database support for process repositories, using only files Complex integration using Visio® XML files for process exchange No interfaces to other BPM tools and standard methodologies
Enhance Visio® to build a full BPA solution Ensure process conformity using standard methodologies Use smart shapes and connectors to increase productivity Integrate Visio ® into leading BPA tools like ARIS™ or others Link to SOA process repositories of SAP® and Oracle®
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Extended Visio® solution with a methodology-plugin
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Drag & drop Smart Shapes from the stencil
Fully method-conform stencil
Model Explorerwith object tree
Featuring Visio® as a BPA solution
Language independed support for GUI, model and methodology
standard languages English, German, Japanese
extensible on demand
Model repository with more than 190 predefined model types
Open meta-square model allows for easy definition of new method types
Only extend Visio®, no new solution
Model and Object Explorer for management of object definitions and occurences (model masterdata management)
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Providing continuous process management
Process management challenges
Use-cases and business opportunities
Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
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5Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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Saving costs and increasing productivity
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Integration of People, Services and Information
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Reports for Microsoft Excel, Word, HTML, PDF, …
Team discussion
Modeling and model exchange
Integrated Report ing Services into SharePoint® Portal
BPM-XchangeBPM-Xchange
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Microsoft ® SharePoint ® for collaboration modelling
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Business users or consultants using Visio® forprocess capturing
Process anddocument portalcollaborationservices and reporting
Process and document repository andreporting services
Process managersusing Visio® orspecific tools likeARIS ™
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Visio® process modeling using SharePoint®
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Process modelling
Use SharePoint®‘s multiuser capabilities
All process models in a central document repository including version for process integrity
BPM-X extends SharePoint® with open interface to model platforms other than Visio®
Visio® for process capturing and analysing
Method conformity using Visio® with BPM-X Designer plugin ensures valid process model
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Microsoft® SharePoint® integration (MOSS or WSS)
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SharePoint® support
Bi-directional integration with SharePoint® inbound and outbound adapter into document library
Webservice (SOAP) integration with SharePoint®
Supporting MOSS (Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server) and WSS (Windows SharePoint® Services)
Featuring SharePoint® collaboration services for process management with enhanced document support for searching and versioning
Mapping process models from sources like ARIS™ into Visio®
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Providing continuous process management
Process management challenges
Use-cases and business opportunities
Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
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3
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5Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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Saving costs and increasing productivity
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Reporting Services for process analyzing
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MicrosoftReporting Services
Output to Excel, PDF,HTML, XML, …
BPM-XchangeConverter
Process modeling
Using standard Microsoft® Reporting Services which come with MS SQL 2005 Standard Edition or Express Edition (no MS license fees)
Preconfigured templates for ARIS™, Visio® and SAP® Solution Manager
SQL reporting technology
Out-of-the-box usage
No complex scripts to create reports
Web-based front-end for Internet Explorer
Deploy preconfigured reports easily to the user’s desktop
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Design-time report (admin) Run-time report (user)
Pre-configured solution provides fast ROI
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Intranet
Office
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Providing continuous process management
Process management challenges
Use-cases and business opportunities
Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
1
2
3
4
5Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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Saving costs and increasing productivity
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Microsoft® Visio® is full integrated into ARIS™ platform
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Benefits:
Reduced license and maintenance costs, ROI in one year possible
Increase productivity with less training and more satisfied users, less TCO
ARIS platform:High-end tool for process managers and analysts
Synchronize
Microsoft Visio:Easy business process capturing for business owners and users
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Increase productivity and reduced costs
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Double users’ and consultants’ productivity
Less training and learning time, quicker project start
Costs for modelling tools reduced
Lightweight office tools instead complex model environments
Wider usage of the models in the field of business users instead of experts only
Enhanced process documentation quality
Participation of more people in the business blueprint phase
Better requirement capturing and process understanding
Interconnectivity with all modelling tools
Reduces costs and tool discussions
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Providing continuous process management
Process management challenges
Use-cases and business opportunities
Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
1
2
3
4
5Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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7
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Saving costs and increasing productivity
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SAP® implementation support with Visio®
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SAP Solution Manager:Implementation of the solution and operational solution support
Synchronize
Microsoft Visio:Business process analyzing and scoping the SAP ERP solution
Benefits:
Process modeling “as-is” and SAP “to-be” business blueprint
Reduce project costs with integrated solution
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Visio® supporting the SAP® project methodology ASAP
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Pain points /demands
Pain points /demands
SAP®
solutionSAP®
solution
Methodology and templates supporting ASAP
ConsolidationConsolidation
UpgradesUpgrades
ImplementationImplementation
OptimizationOptimization
Analysis Design Implement Go-alive
Landscape
Processes
Reference models
Blueprint
Scope solution
Business requirements
Reporting
Configurationsupport
Training materials
Authorizations
Production tests
End-User training
Microsoft Visio ® and Reporting Services with BPM-Xchange™Microsoft Visio ® and Reporting Services with BPM-Xchange™
Analyze and profilingAnalyze and profiling SAP® Solution ManagerSAP® Solution Manager
SAP® use-cases:
Integrated tools:
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Cost reduction an benefits
Reduction of licenses fees using Visio® instead of other high-priced tools like ARIS™Savings approximate 75%
Reduce implementation time50% time and costs saved compared to complex tools
Increase in users’ satisfactionVisio® is a user-friendly and well-known product
Reducing overall TCO for training and support
Independency from tool providersUsing Visio® as an industry standard
Helps optimizing profits in overall cost reductionSystem integrators and customers benefit
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Providing continuous process management
Process management challenges
Use-cases and business opportunities
Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
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3
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5Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
BPM-Xchange ™ products and offerings
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Saving costs and increasing productivity
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Product and solution offerings
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Administration Modeling PublishingAnalyzing
Administratormethod design
Visio® Analyzer
Converter
ARIS Filter import
Varioustool plugins
Visio® 2007extension
Visio® 2003extension
Reporting Services
ARIS™ Report templates
SAP® ASAP templates
HTML publisher
Scheduler service
SharePoint® adapter
ARIS™ methodology
SAP® blueprint methodology
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Preconfigured in- and outbound adapters
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BPM-Xchange™
Reporting Collaboration Publishing Modeling
BPA & EA ERP & SOA
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Easy intranet publishing of process models
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Web publishing
Easy usage for end-users
Use Microsoft® Internet Explorer® to fully navigate through linked process models
Integrated feedback function using your favorite email client
Fully automated solution using scheduler service for publishing
Process models with dynamic zooming with access to objects and attributes
Low-cost solution compared to high-priced solutions like ARIS™ Publisher
Feedback email
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BPM-XchangeTM core technology
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Inbound adapter
XMLRFCEDI
Outboundadapter
XMLRFCEDI
Mapping core
Graph-based pattern mapping engine
Symbol, connector and data mapping engine
Application Interface with GUIAPI: “C”, COM, batch, Java, SOAP
MethodologyXML
MethodologyXML
Any input data Any output data
Administrator: maintain methodologies and mappings
Source methoddescribing the input data
Target methoddescribing the output data
Converter GUI orvarious APIs
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BPM-X Converter model and data mapping
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Tool A models
free form
BPM-X Converter mapping engines
Tool B models
Source methodology
Targetmethodology
Transformationdefined by mapping
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BPM-X mapping engines
Mapping is a one-time configuration and setup
Ready-to-use templates for many tools and methodologies
More than 190 method types preconfigured
Two mapping engines
o Relationship mapping
o Pattern-based transformations relying on graph theory for BPMN
Meta-model independent, open meta² model
Stand-alone or OEM solution
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Providing best tools for continuous process management
BPM-X GmbHBerner Str. 1660437 Frankfurt, GermanyPhone: +49-69-34007877-0Email: [email protected]: www.bpm-xchange.com