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This IBM Redbooks publication presents a business process management (BPM) "improvement cycle" scenario, showing how a business can use a full business integration solution to complete the following tasks: - Model and simulate a business process - Develop and test an application to implement the business process - Deploy and run the application on a server - Implement and test business measures - Monitor the application to observe pre-determined key performance indicators - Import the observed data to make revisions to the original process model The business scenario described in this document has been simplified to provide a full description of each stage of the BPM end-to-end process. To avoid having an overly large and unwieldy document, the authors focus on specific tasks, elements, and details, and not on presenting all possible facets of a complex business process. This document updates the IBM Redbooks publication SG24-7148-00 using the Version 6.0.2 products of WebSphere Business Integration.

This IBM Redbook is based on the experiences of a team in the IBM Hursley laboratory. They built an auto-claim insurance solution to put the WebSphere software platform through its paces. The team worked with WebSphere developers to use the experience of building the solution to improve the design of WebSphere version 6 platform products. They thought it would be valuable to share their experiences with a wider audience. The result is a tour de force, showing how the team went about using IBM's software development platform to understand business requirements and then architect, design and build the solution. Their experiences will help you plan, design and build a business driven development solution using products from IBM's WebSphere Business Integration portfolio. This redbook is written from the perspective of three types of developer: the business analyst, the software architect, and the IT specialist. Individual chapters in the book show how each member of the team developed their part of the solution, and how the team integrated the solution together.

This IBM Redbook introduces the industry open standard for business processes: Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS), focusing on the use of BPEL4WS throughout the WebSphere Business Integration product set. Part One introduces the BPEL4WS standard and presents appropriate usage scenarios. The heritage of BPEL4WS as the next generation of Web services and service-oriented architecture is discussed, along with a detailed description of BPEL4WS components. Part Two describes how WebSphere Business Integration Modeler can be used to create high level business process models suitable for business analysts, and explains how these models can be implemented as fully functional BPEL4WS processes using WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition . This creates a BPEL4WS process suitable for deployment to WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation . A sample scenario with step-by-step instructions is provided. Part Three describes migration considerations for existing business process implementations. Migration considerations and tools for WebSphere Application Server Enterprise FDML processes are discussed. The reuse of WebSphere MQ Workflow process logic in BPEL4WS is also described. Step-by-step instructions are provided for both scenarios.