BPM-Xchange™ offers an inimitable solution to the EA, BPA and BPM market to enable real tool integration, to tear down methodology and technology barriers, and to increase user productivity with overall less TCO and a unique ROI.
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BPM-Xchange™ – Solution Overview
1. BPM-Xchange™ – Solution Overview
Provide leading technologies for
continuous process management
2. Providing continuous process management
Saving costs and increasing productivity
1 Process management challenges
2 Use-cases and business opportunities
3 Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
4 Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
5 Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
6 Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
7 Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
8 BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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3. Situation, standards, market and challenge
Business process management is getting more and more
important (compliance/enterprise SOA)
Compliance (Sarbanes Oxley Act, Basel II, ISO 9000, ITIL, CMMI…)
Enterprise service oriented architecture (enterprise SOA)
Different process methodologies settled / few standards in
process modelling
BPMN, BPEL, UML2, Zachmann, ARIS, ...
Different tools
Gartner Group, June 2007: BPA tool market
Challenge
How to setup BPM for a customer with
heterogeneous methodologies and tools
Need for linking heterogeneous process worlds
Microsoft® Visio® plays an important role
because of Office standard
BPM-X as Microsoft® and SAP® partner supports
SAP® and system-integrator consulting
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4. Bridging the gap between “process” worlds
Business SOA Experts
Stakeholders ERP
Quality Compliance Specialists
Managers Specialists IT
Architects
Business GRC
Deciders Experts
EA
Architects
Business
Consultants Software
Process Architects
Owners
Workflow
Specialists BI
Business
Specialists
Analysts
Business
Users Software
Process
Developers
Managers
Business and Continuous Design and implementation
methodology process management
required requirements
requirements
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5. “BPM-Xchange™ offers an inimitable solution to the
EA, BPA and BPM market to enable real tool integration,
to tear down methodology and technology barriers, and
to increase user productivity with overall less TCO and a unique ROI.”
Heinz-Jürgen Scherer
MD BPM-X GmbH
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6. Our solution for continuous process management
Tool integration User integration
Standards are complex and The amount of affected user groups
implementations therefore mostly within enterprises grows
incompatible (organisation, business departments,
Complex software products with bad quality management, controllers,
resource planning,...)
ROI and low TCO for software
licenses, training, user support, Users struggle with complex tools
maintenance…
Use process models in your Increase usage of process models
preferred tools for better process understanding and
Link different methodologies and commitment
technologies for added value Increase productivity
Save license and maintenance costs Improve TCO for support, training,...
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7. Providing continuous process management
Saving costs and increasing productivity
1 Process management challenges
2 Use-cases and business opportunities
3 Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
4 Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
5 Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
6 Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
7 Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
8 BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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8. Use-cases for continuous process management
Use-case Solution Benefits and costs savings
Process capturing Use Visio® with BPM-X Designer for Use Microsoft-based Office solution.
with Visio® full compliance with leading Reduce TCO for 80% less maintenance
methodologies with more than 190 and support costs compared to high
predefined method types. cost solutions. ROI in one year possible.
Reduce ARISTM Keep ARISTM in the central process Increase cost effectiveness by a
licences and management, reduce ARISTM minimum of factor 4 for license and
maintenance costs licences and use our fully integrated annual maintenance costs. Reduce
and compatible Visio® solution costs for training and support by 1:8.
instead.
Migrate data from old Use BPM-X converter to protect Automatically convert existing models
tools into new tools investments in process repositories. instead of manual creation. Save 50%
to 90% of costs reusing existing models.
SAP® Solution Use the favorite Visio® solution for Using Visio® as a front-end reduces
Manager projects business users and consultants to project time and increases productivity.
build SAP process blueprints. Automatic import of process models has
a 50% to 80% cost and time saving.
Process reporting Use Microsoft Reporting Services No costly reporting with BASIC, ABAP
with full SQL analyzing capabilities. or JavaScript. Use web-based solution.
Reduce reporting costs by 60%t o 90%.
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9. Example for migration scenario
Starting situation: Target solution:
Company acquisition or merger Strategic use of tools and process repositories
Different EA and BPA tools Protected investments in documentations
Magnitude of flowcharts exists Best practice approach for tools and
Introduce new solutions, replace old tools methodologies
migrate
Benefits:
Using existing diagrams saves up to 90% of initial costs
Increase the productivity in reusing models and attributes as a base for new solutions
Overall saved time and reduced project risks
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10. Example for integration scenarios
ARIS™ platform: Visio ® 2007 Office platform
Existing ARIS™ process repository Use existing MS Office® desktop
Strict enterprise conventions defined Full compatible solution linked to ARIS™
Process documentation and quality Processes capturing by business owners
to be enhanced Process confirmation and understanding
Synchronize
Benefits:
No training for end-users needed, less support efforts reduce TCO up to 90%
Integrate process management into the desktop of process owners
Reduce costs by factor 4 by replacing expensive licenses with Office licenses
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11. Providing continuous process management
Saving costs and increasing productivity
1 Process management challenges
2 Use-cases and business opportunities
3 Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
4 Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
5 Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
6 Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
7 Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
8 BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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12. Enhance Visio® to build a leading BPA tool
Visio ® advantages
Microsoft® Visio® is the killer application for process model capturing
Well known by many business users as universal drawing tool
Low license costs, no extra training needed
Provides high productivity for business users
Visio ® weaknesses
Missing strict methodology leads to low quality in process models
Missing database support for process repositories, using only files
Complex integration using Visio® XML files for process exchange
No interfaces to other BPM tools and standard methodologies
Enhance Visio ® to build a full BPA solution
Ensure process conformity using standard methodologies
Use smart shapes and connectors to increase productivity
Integrate Visio ® into leading BPA tools like ARIS™ or others
Link to SOA process repositories of SAP® and Oracle®
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13. Extended Visio® solution with a methodology-plugin
Featuring Visio® as a BPA solution
Model Explorer
with object tree Drag & drop Language independed support for
Smart Shapes GUI, model and methodology
from the stencil
standard languages English,
German, Japanese
extensible on demand
Model repository with more than 190
predefined model types
Open meta-square model allows for
easy definition of new method types
Only extend Visio®, no new solution
Model and Object Explorer for
Fully method-conform
management of object definitions
stencil and occurences (model masterdata
management)
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14. Providing continuous process management
Saving costs and increasing productivity
1 Process management challenges
2 Use-cases and business opportunities
3 Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
4 Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
5 Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
6 Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
7 Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
8 BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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15. Integration of People, Services and Information
Team discussion
Modeling and
model exchange
Integrated
Report ing Services BPM-Xchange
into SharePoint®
Portal
Reports for Microsoft Excel,
Word, HTML, PDF, …
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16. Microsoft ® SharePoint ® for collaboration modelling
Business users or
consultants
using Visio® for
process capturing
Process and
document portal
collaboration
services and reporting
Process and document
repository and
reporting services
Process managers
using Visio® or
specific tools like
ARIS ™
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17. Visio® process modeling using SharePoint®
Process modelling
Use SharePoint®‘s multiuser
capabilities
All process models in a central
document repository including
version for process integrity
BPM-X extends SharePoint® with
open interface to model platforms
other than Visio®
Visio® for process capturing and
analysing
Method conformity using Visio® with
BPM-X Designer plugin ensures valid
process model
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18. Microsoft® SharePoint® integration (MOSS or WSS)
SharePoint® support
Bi-directional integration with
SharePoint® inbound and outbound
adapter into document library
Webservice (SOAP) integration with
SharePoint®
Supporting MOSS (Microsoft® Office
SharePoint® Server) and WSS
(Windows SharePoint® Services)
Featuring SharePoint® collaboration
services for process management
with enhanced document support for
searching and versioning
Mapping process models from
sources like ARIS™ into Visio®
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19. Providing continuous process management
Saving costs and increasing productivity
1 Process management challenges
2 Use-cases and business opportunities
3 Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
4 Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
5 Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
6 Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
7 Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
8 BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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20. Reporting Services for process analyzing
Process modeling
Using standard Microsoft® Reporting
Services which come with MS SQL
2005 Standard Edition or Express
Edition (no MS license fees)
Preconfigured templates for
ARIS™, Visio® and SAP® Solution
BPM-Xchange Manager
Converter
SQL reporting technology
Microsoft
Reporting Services Out-of-the-box usage
No complex scripts to create reports
Web-based front-end for Internet
Output to
Excel, PDF, Explorer
HTML, XML,
…
Deploy preconfigured reports easily
to the user’s desktop
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22. Providing continuous process management
Saving costs and increasing productivity
1 Process management challenges
2 Use-cases and business opportunities
3 Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
4 Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
5 Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
6 Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
7 Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
8 BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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23. Microsoft® Visio® is full integrated into ARIS™ platform
Microsoft Visio: ARIS platform:
Easy business process High-end tool for process
capturing for business managers and analysts
owners and users
Synchronize
Benefits:
Reduced license and maintenance costs, ROI in one year possible
Increase productivity with less training and more satisfied users, less TCO
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24. Increase productivity and reduced costs
Double users’ and consultants’ productivity
Less training and learning time, quicker project start
Costs for modelling tools reduced
Lightweight office tools instead complex model environments
Wider usage of the models in the field of business users instead of
experts only
Enhanced process documentation quality
Participation of more people in the business blueprint phase
Better requirement capturing and process understanding
Interconnectivity with all modelling tools
Reduces costs and tool discussions
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25. Providing continuous process management
Saving costs and increasing productivity
1 Process management challenges
2 Use-cases and business opportunities
3 Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
4 Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
5 Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
6 Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
7 Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
8 BPM-Xchange™ products and offerings
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26. SAP® implementation support with Visio®
Microsoft Visio: SAP Solution Manager:
Business process Implementation of the
analyzing and scoping solution and operational
the SAP ERP solution solution support
Synchronize
Benefits:
Process modeling “as-is” and SAP “to-be” business blueprint
Reduce project costs with integrated solution
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27. Visio® supporting the SAP® project methodology ASAP
Methodology and templates supporting ASAP
SAP® use-cases:
Consolidation Analysis Design Implement Go-alive
Upgrades Landscape Blueprint Reporting Authorizations
Pain
SAP®
points /
solution
demands Processes
Scope Configuration Production
Implementation solution support tests
Reference Business Training End-User
models requirements materials training
Optimization
Integrated tools: Microsoft Visio ® and Reporting Services with BPM-Xchange™
Analyze and profiling SAP® Solution Manager
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28. Cost reduction an benefits
Reduction of licenses fees using Visio® instead of other high-priced
tools like ARIS™
Savings approximate 75%
Reduce implementation time
50% time and costs saved compared to complex tools
Increase in users’ satisfaction
Visio® is a user-friendly and well-known product
Reducing overall TCO for training and support
Independency from tool providers
Using Visio® as an industry standard
Helps optimizing profits in overall cost reduction
System integrators and customers benefit
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29. Providing continuous process management
Saving costs and increasing productivity
1 Process management challenges
2 Use-cases and business opportunities
3 Enhancing Microsoft® Visio® for process management analysis
4 Collaboration services using Microsoft® SharePoint®
5 Reporting with Microsoft® Reporting Services
6 Visio® smart integration into the ARIS™ platform
7 Visio® supporting SAP® Solution Manager
8 BPM-Xchange ™ products and offerings
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31. Preconfigured in- and outbound adapters
BPA & EA ERP & SOA
BPM-Xchange™
Reporting Collaboration Publishing Modeling
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32. Easy intranet publishing of process models
Web publishing
Easy usage for end-users
Use Microsoft® Internet Explorer® to
fully navigate through linked process
models
Integrated feedback function using
your favorite email client
Fully automated solution using
scheduler service for publishing
Process models with dynamic
zooming with access to objects and
Feedback email attributes
Low-cost solution compared to high-
priced solutions like ARIS™ Publisher
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33. BPM-XchangeTM core technology
Converter GUI or
various APIs
Application Interface with GUI
API: “C”, COM, batch, Java, SOAP
Any input data Any output data
Inbound Mapping core Outbound
adapter adapter
Graph-based pattern
mapping engine
XML XML
RFC Symbol, connector and RFC
EDI data mapping engine EDI
Source method Target method
describing the
Methodology Methodology describing the
XML XML
input data output data
Administrator: maintain methodologies and mappings
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34. BPM-X Converter model and data mapping
BPM-X mapping engines
Tool A models Tool B models Mapping is a one-time
configuration and setup
Ready-to-use templates for many
BPM-X Converter mapping engines tools and methodologies
More than 190 method types
free form preconfigured
v Two mapping engines
^ o Relationship mapping
o Pattern-based transformations
relying on graph theory for BPMN
Meta-model independent, open
Transformation
Source
defined by
Target meta² model
methodology methodology
mapping
Stand-alone or OEM solution
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35. Providing best tools for continuous process management
BPM-X GmbH
Berner Str. 16
60437 Frankfurt, Germany
Phone: +49-69-34007877-0
Email: info@bpm-xchange.com
Web: www.bpm-xchange.com
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