Design Principles for Process-driven Architectures Using Oracle BPM and SOA Suite 12c

Matjaz B. Juric holds a PhD in computer and information science. He is a full-time professor at the University of Ljubljana and heads the Cloud Computing and SOA Competence Centre (http://www.soa.si). Matjaz is an Oracle ACE Director and has been designated Java Champion and IBM Champion. He has more than 20 years of work experience. He has authored and coauthored Do More with SOA Integration: Best of Packt, WS-BPEL 2.0 for SOA Composite Applications with IBM WebSphere 7, Oracle Fusion Middleware Patterns, Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL, Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (both English and French editions), BPEL Cookbook (which was awarded the best SOA book in 2007 by SOA World Journal), SOA Approach to Integration, Professional J2EE EAI, Professional EJB, J2EE Design Patterns Applied, and Visual Basic .NET Serialization Handbook. He has published chapters in More Java Gems, Cambridge University Press, and in Technology Supporting Business Solutions, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. His work has also been published in several journals and magazines and presented at conferences. Sven Bernhardt is a leading SOA/BPM architect and works as a solution architect for OPITZ CONSULTING Deutschland GmbHa German Oracle Platinum Partner. In his role, he follows his passion for designing and building future-oriented, robust enterprise applications based on pioneering technologies. Sven is involved in diverse, large SOA and BPM implementations, dealing with challenges in the areas of business process automation and enterprise application integration. He also has longtime experience as an SOA/BPM coach, trainer, developer, and architect. As a leader of Competency Center for Oracle-based solutions, he develops and prepares implementation best practices and showcases and is responsible for knowledge building with respect to different Oracle technologies in the middleware area. Sven is an Oracle ACE and a frequent speaker at numerous IT conferences. Danilo Schmiedel follows his passion to deliver SOA and BPM solutions based on new technologies and trends. He is one of the leading BPM and SOA architects at OPITZ CONSULTING Deutschland GmbHa German Oracle Platinum Partner. He is involved in large integrations, business process automations, and BPM/SOA development projects, where he has implemented well-accepted solutions for various customers. Danilo is an Oracle Director (ACE is short for Acknowledged Community Expert); frequent speaker at IT conferences; and author of numerous articles in various technical journals. Before joining OPITZ CONSULTING, he worked as a software engineer in several international projects. The Leipzig University of Applied Science awarded his outstanding work in 2009. Mark Simpson, in addition to being an Oracle ACE Director, is Consultancy Director at Griffiths Waite, where he leads the UK-based Fusion Middleware development team with a focus on user experience, BPM, and SOA. He has worked with these technologies for over 10 years, having successfully delivered the first UK Oracle BPEL project back in 2004 and then the first BAM dashboard in 2005 for an innovative financial services organization. He is a frequent conference speaker, has received numerous awards, and actively supports the UKOUG and EMEA SOA Community. Recently, Mark was the lead architect on a design-focused ADF and WebCenter project. This project has reignited his passion for great UX and delivering increased customer insight through data visualization using SOA to ensure consistency in processes, services, and data. Torsten Winterberg is active in several roles at OPITZ CONSULTING, all with a strong focus on delivering value to the customer. Being part of the business development and innovation department, he searches for and evaluates emerging trends and technologies to deliver innovative and differentiating solutions to customers. As a director of the competency center for integration and business process solutions, he follows his passion to build the best delivery unit for customer solutions in the areas of SOA and BPM. Torsten has longtime experience as a developer, coach, and architect in the area of building complex mission-critical Java EE applications. His competence and passion lies in the design and architecture of complex IT systems with regard to BPMN, BPEL, ESB, BAM, and service-oriented architecture in general. He is a known speaker in the German Java and Oracle communities and has written numerous articles on SOA/BPM-related topics. Torsten is part of the Oracle ACE Director team, is active in Enterprise BPM Alliance, and is responsible for the SOA/BPM topics in the DOAG development community.

• Table of ContentsBusiness Process Management, Service-oriented Architecture, and Enterprise ArchitectureModeling Business Processes for SOA – MethodologyBPMN for Business Process ModelingProcess-driven Service DesignComposite ApplicationsProcess Execution with BPMN and BPELHuman Interaction with Business ProcessesBusiness RulesAdaptive Case ManagementMobile and MultichannelEvent Processing and BPMBusiness Activity Monitoring