Process Assembler

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Process Assembler

patent protected

production ready

The HELIXsystem Process Assembler is protected by Patent No 8,554,594 issued by the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office

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any platform modernisation requires existing processes to be re-engineered

this is the migration from the “AS-IS” to the “TO-BE”

the “breaking waves” driving modernisation:

• Cloud Computing

• Big Data

• SOA

What’s the Problem?

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very hard - here’s an example:

•UK bank amalgamated multiple building societies result? multiple mortgage processes

external consultants spent 2 years manually mapping the AS-IS mortgage platforms

output was so poor the regulator rejected it as non-compliant

Really? How hard can it be......

“I’ll have this done in a jiffy!”

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Manual Process Discovery

time consuming

resource hungry

demoralising

generates a process representation:

•only of historical interest

•with very poor predictive qualities

manual process mapping team at work - day 423 “crack on chaps!”

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Algorithmic Process Discovery

existing “automated” process discovery tools are:

•algorithmically based

•only part-automated

•require considerable effort to configure

•use complex algorithms

•need specialist knowledge to implement

the benefits of poor automation

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Specialist knowledge? Really?

here’s an example of the α-algorithm

great! glad that’s all clear........

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Clean Data Only Please .....

“algo” based discovery assumes the event log samples:

•are “clean” - free from noise, error, randomness

•represent the full system behaviour

•capture infrequently occurring process paths

all these assumptions are incorrect

if only it was this easy

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80 /20 Model

the best an “algo” can produce is an 80/20 model

good starting point but that’s all....

output needs to be manually extended and enhanced to be useful

automated processes = new approach needed

80% right or 20% wrong.....

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Automated Processes

execute in very large numbers

employ hundreds of co-operating services

use widely distributed systems

transact across multiple messaging environments

generate numerous “outlier” paths

outliers must be understand and isolated

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Process Assembler

patent protected

production ready

life made easy

The HELIXsystem Process Assembler is protected by Patent No 8,554,594 issued by the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office

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messages recorded

transactions observed

Dashboard

summary of transaction activity

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Process Description in Standard Format

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Outlier Paths Separated

outliers isolated

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Individual Message Queues Inspected

inbound queue

outbound queue

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Individual Events Inspected

serviceengaged

serviceactions

messagecontents

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Single Click Export...

example export to Oracle 11g

to BPMS platform of choice

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Process Assembler

patent protected

production ready

process discovery, rediscovered

The HELIXsystem Process Assembler is protected by Patent No 8,554,594 issued by the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office

Process Assembler