Business Process Management and SOA

Business Processes, the Heart of SOA

With the increase of Service-oriented Architectures (SOA) business processes and Business Process Management have been spotlighted in business-strategic and organizational questionings. However, in practice it is not sufficient to simply provide an infrastructure for process-oriented steering of web service applications. In fact business processes have to be aligned consequently to professional requirements. Only by these means can the automated processing result in optimal performance. Therefore, having a good look on business processes should take the center stage in every project regarding strategy, organization and IT.

Efficiency, optimal Usability and minimum Reaction Times

Constantly changing markets call for business strategies that are coined to adaptability and flexibility. Business process solutions and information platforms are necessary, which enable for fast and efficient fulfillment of such strategies.

How can flexibility be achieved at stable costs? How can the heterogeneity of applications and services be taken into account? And, how can investments, made in advance be secured at the same time? The implementation of a SOA in the context of holistic Business Process Managements realizes minimum reaction times to new professional requirements and at the same time offers optimal usability and efficiency. Part of the solution hereby is the seamless integration of applications and web services along the process chain.

Simple, Transparent and Documented: SOA’s model-driven Implementation

A Service-oriented Architecture can only optimally support a business strategy when all of the components are coined to business processes. Here, models are the basic structure of professionally designed SOA concepts. The basic processes and services are shown in simple and understandable forms. The graphic representation enables for clear transparency and is optimally suited as communication medium for technical problems. The clearly laid out documentation of business processes is the basis for the implementation of a SOA and increases the acceptance in daily use.

With Horus Business Modeler optimized business process models for individual SOA solutions can be build fast and easily.

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