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BP Logix lets users create activity-based business processes


By David Worthington
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October 8, 2009 —  BP Logix, a business process management (BPM) software maker, has introduced a new solution, called Process Director, for creating activity-based business processes. It will become available on Oct. 19.

Some business processes are non-linear, meaning that activities are not performed in any specific order but are dependent on other work being completed. Writing these processes effectively requires project management methods rather than traditional workflow modeling tools, said Joby O'Brien, vice president of development at BP Logix.

For example, a human resources manager may need to describe a hiring process, but he or she cannot articulate the order of activities into a linear workflow. What he or she does know is that office space, a desk, phones and e-mail accounts are required for a new hire, and that each of those items may have its own conditions, dependencies and timelines.

Business users like the HR manager define dependencies and attributes for items using Process Director, without needing programming skills. They can define that business cards cannot be made until e-mail and telephone accounts are active, or that only employees in sales may receive cell phones, O'Brien explained.

Process Director uses a proprietary .NET-based state machine to run the activity-based process, he said. It exists as a layer on top of BPM and workflow software functions. He added that there is no compilation or conversion phase to the process development.

Work is ferreted out for completion by the state machine to Web-based forms and e-mail systems, as well as scanners and fax software. End users interact with forms, reports and task lists, and view dashboards that provide key performance indicators and predictive analysis.

"It's not as though a [process] flowchart can't do non-linear processes…It's just that the level of difficulty is much higher," O'Brien said.

An ASP.NET SDK for Process Director is available for developers to extend its functionality and to integrate Process Director with Web services.
 
The processes may also leverage components of Workflow Director 2.0, a product that BP Logix launched in February to define the steps of a process. Workflow Director provides a rules engine for workflow routing.

Existing Workflow Director customers can upgrade to the combined product at a discount, and Process Director customers may do the same. Pricing for Workflow Director starts at US$35,000, and Process Director has an introductory price of $25,000 for a 20-seat license.




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