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Java Workflow Tooling – KickOff MeetingAgilPro contributionFlorian Lautenbacher, Günther Palfinger

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Agenda

High-level descriptionConceptual architecture of the AgilPro development environmentViews on processesThe process integration frameworkFramework underneath

AgilPro Light Modeller (LiMo)Screen shots

Business view and technical view of a modelFlash video on homepage of LiMo and Simulator

The meta-model underneath

AgilPro Desktop Simulator

AgilPro Adapter and Integration framework

Vision for JWT


AgilPro Light Modeller (LiMo)

(business & technical)modeller

AgilPro LiMo

validation

simulation

adapter framework

codegeneration

uses code

creates input

AgilProviews:businesstechnical...

AgilPro Development environment

Business expert

IT expert

Developer ofmodelingguidelines

Conceptual architecture of the AgilPro developmentenvironment

integration framework

adapter GUI


domain specificmodel (DSM)

XML-code forprocess engine

simulation

businessview

technicalview

domain expert• business modeling

IT expert• refines the processes• integration with additional components

Several views on the same process


AgilPro – Integration framework

SalesService

PurchasingService

MaterialService

ProductionService...

AgilProService

AgilPro DevelopmentEnvironment

• Modeling• Simulation• Refinement• Customizing

ERP WWS PPS DB Process-DB

Process-Engine

The process integration framework


Frameworks underneath

AgilPro ist a project sponsored by the high-tech future offensive of Bavaria, Germany and is based onEclipse 3.2 minimumEclipse Modeling Framework (EMF)and Graphical Editing Framework (GEF)

As the two frameworks are normally not compatible we needed to makesome minor adaptations.

AgilPro is a Rich-Client Application, open source available under the GNU GPL and currently a Sourceforge project.

Find more about AgilPro under:http://sourceforge.net/projects/agilpro.http://www.agilpro.eu



AgilPro LiMoFlorian Lautenbacher, Günther Palfinger


Screenshot LiMo – Business View


Screenshot LiMo – Technical View


Flash movie as short demonstration of LiMo / Simulator

see wiki

find more demos on http://www.agilpro.eu


Meta-model - Basics

The meta-model of AgilPro is oriented on UML Activity DiagramsAdapted for

organisational aspects, data handling, application invocation

The process view is similar to ARIS Event-Driven Process Chains (EPCs) most important:

with each change of the organisation one will have changes in the workflow

Several views on the processno transformation between business and IT view (especially important for ISVs)

Process patterns available which can be included in the currentprocess as copy or as a subprocess / link


Metamodel – Core package


Metamodel – Process package


Model – Control nodes


Metamodel - References


Metamodel - Organisations


Metamodel - Applications


Model - Data


Metamodel – Events, functions and primitive types



AgilPro DesktopFlorian Lautenbacher, Günther Palfinger


AgilPro Desktop

Simulation and Execution Desktop based on a generic UI Framework (AGUI)

Remarkable:the Simulation Desktop will directly run the model file (without any codetransformation)the Execution Desktop will run the process execution file, which has beengenerated from the model file and deployed to the process engine

AGUI is furthermore used for automatically generated UIs withinAgilPro Desktops based on the model input/output data



AgilPro Adapter and Integration frameworkFlorian Lautenbacher, Günther Palfinger


AgilPro Adapterframework (AFW) & Integrationframework (IFW)

AFW:front end adapters for AgilPro Desktop clients

e.g. OpenOffice, PDF, HTML/Firefox, Swing, RCP

back end adaptersWeb Services, JDBS, JMS, etc.

specific adapters (e.g. for ERP) will not be Open Source

IFW:Abstract API used by AgilPro Execution and Administration desktopBPEL integration (pre-alpha)XPDL integration (first results in matching the AgilPro and XPDL metamodel and on XPDL code generation)


Vision for JWT

Vision of an open source software stack for business processintegration (within JWT):

Operation system

Process Engine & Database

Application server

Desktop simulator

Modeler

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