BPM Tools Analysis

July, 2006

Contents
Overview of BPM tools My understanding of most common requirements BPM tools considered Comparison Parameters Results

Overview of BPM Tools

BPM helps companies become

Process oriented, Optimize Business Processes, Effortlessly digitize and Manage Processes in an ongoing basis.

BPM Comprises the Following Areas

BPA -Business Process Analysis BPE -Business Process Execution BPM/BAM -Business Process/Activity Monitoring EA -Enterprise Architecture

Market Leader in BPA/BPM Tools

BPM Tool Types

Process Mapping/Modeling Tools

MS Visio, Proforma Corp.s ProVision Tools, IDS Scheers Business Architecht(ARIS) IBMs Rational Software Architect Capability to generate UML Diagrams IBMs Websphere Capaiblility to generate workflow applications, Netweaver from SAP, Fusion from Oracle

Tool Types

Modelers for Software Development

Modeling Tools embedded in BPM Systems

My understanding of most common needs

Capturing

of Process Details

Standardized Lucid and comprehensible to all process stakeholders End to end process view
Sales

Prospecting to Customer Acquisition Material Planning to Vendor Payment

Simulation Capabilities Support for the development of the Enterprise Architecture

Comparison Parameters
Business

Process Modeling Capabilities

Defining Processes Graphically and/or Textually Ability to create Value Chain, High-Level Process Model, Organization Model, Roles Process decomposition (nesting) Capability for importing and managing organizational structures (design) Capability to link between Organization, Processes and Value Model View metadata through process flow Capability to support standard notation (e.g. BPMN, IDEF, BPEL, BPML, UML, etc.)

Ease of Use Business Rules Capability and Interface

Graphical Rules Editor The product's ability to manage business rules

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Comparison Parameters
Simulation

Capability

Business Model Analysis and simulation Capability to perform What if scenarios

Report

Generation and Document Management Options

Capability of any pre-built reports Support for web publishing of reports

Repository

Robustness of the underlying database that houses the process models Ability of the product to support collaboration among process design team members Version control capabilities
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Tools Considered

BPM Tools Considered - Proforma

Proforma (ProVision) Features:

robust, point-to-point, round-trip interfaces. Simulation and Analytics : includes both Monte Carlo and Discrete Event Simulators. Data Exchange and Translator : allows you to import and export business and UML/object models with other popular tools like Vision, Rational Rose, ERWin

Navigator : allows you to view and manage ProVision's integrated repository. Common Interchange Format (CIF) : enables the timely, low-cost development of

Repository Analysis

Native Modeling Language/Framework Support

Completeness Checker Model Comparison Spell Checker

Reporting and Publishing

For Zachman, TOGAF, UML, BPMN-BPEL

Variety of formats including Word, HTML

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BPM Tools Considered Telelogic

Telelogic
Process

(System Architect) Features:

Modeling is supported with BPMN, IDEF and Process Charts.

Modeling:
Support for Standards
Such

as BPMN, BPEL, WSDL,IDEF and UML Comprehensive relational data modeling capabilities.

Frameworks
Provides

reference frameworks such as Zachman,TOGAF and DoDAF for guiding the process of developing the IT Architecture central repository that facilitates the sharing of all the models and standards through the process of development of the architecture.
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Repository
A

BPM Tools Considered - IBM

IBM
Modeling:
IBM

(WebSphere Modeller) Features:

Simulation:
IBM

WebSphere Business Modeler Basic, provides an easy-to-use tool for business users to model, document and print business processes.

Collaboration:
IBM

WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced, provides complex model simulation and analysis capabilities. Enables you to simulate the dynamic behavior of your process, so that you can analyze workloads and bottlenecks. WebSphere Business Modeler Publishing Server, enables users to publish business-process models to a portlet-based server, so that multiple subjectmatter experts can review the information simultaneously through a standard Internet browser. Capability to generate customized reports
WebSphere

Standards

Business Modeler Advanced also includes a mode for Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) and a mode for IBM WebSphere MQ Workflow Flow Definition Language (FDL).

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BPM Tools Considered IDS Scheer

IDS

Scheer (ARIS Design Platform) Features:

Business Designer enables the designing of business structure and process models.

Modeling:
Aris

Simulation:
Aris

Business Architect allows analysis and simulation of workflows.

based publishing features

Collaboration:
Web Aris

Standards and Frameworks

Enterprise Architecture solution enable you to create update and optimize enterprise architecture based on standards such as DODAF, Zachman and TOGAF. has recently launched Real Estate Management Reference Model targeted 13 towards SAPs solution in the area.

Reference Models
Aris

Results

Based on the evaluation of these tools against the parameters described, we reached at the following rankings: 1. Proforma (ProVision) 2. Telelogic (System Architect) 3. IBM (WS Modeler) 4. IDS Scheer (ARIS)
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Quality The Cutting Edge

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