Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g Handbook (Oracle Press) [Paperback]

Manoj Das (Author), Manas Deb (Author), Mark Wilkins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 28, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0071754490 | ISBN-13: 978-0071754491 | Edition: 1

Master Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g

Written by Oracle business process management experts, Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g Handbook is a balanced combination of essential BPM concepts, best practices, and a detailed treatment of all the powerful features and functionalities of Oracle BPM Suite 11g. The book explains how to plan, develop, and deploy process-based business applications and enable enterprise-wide continuous process improvement. Implement successful BPM projects with help from this Oracle Press guide.

• Understand the architecture and functionalities of Oracle BPM Suite 11g
• Master BPMN 2.0 for business process modeling and implementation
• Address agility, business control, and transparency requirements with Oracle Business Rules 11g
• Develop rich interfaces with Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF)
• Work with the human task component of Oracle BPM 11g
• Plan a BPM initiative using the Oracle roadmap approach
• Apply the Oracle process engineering method to identify, select, define, and refine appropriate processes
• Implement a business process application using proven technical design and project delivery strategies

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Manoj Das is Senior Director of Product Management at Oracle, responsible for Oracle’s BPM Suite of products. Manoj’s BPM journey started at Siebel Systems, where he was responsible for the next generation process-centric and insight-driven application platform. He plays a leadership role setting BPM and SOA industry standards, especially in BPMN 2.0, BPEL, and Business Rules. He is widely recognized at industry conferences and Information Technology publications. Manoj is a co-author of Getting Started with Oracle BPM Suite 11gR1 – A Hands-On Tutorial and Oracle BPM Suite 11g Handbook. He is also a contributing author to Social BPM - Work, Planning and Collaboration Under the Impact of Social Technology and 2010 Bpm and Workflow Handbook. Manoj has a BS in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur and a MBA from UC Berkeley. He has held senior Product Management, Development Management, and Product Development positions at Oracle, Siebel, Mentor Graphics, and others.

Manas Deb is a senior director in the Fusion Middleware/SOA, BPM, Governance Suites Product Group at Oracle. He currently leads outbound product management and many strategic engagement initiatives for Oracle's SOA, BPM and Governance solutions worldwide.

Mark Wilkins is an enterprise architect for Oracle’s Global Enterprise Architecture Program where he works across product lines to develop BPM strategies. Mark joined Oracle from BEA where he was instrumental in developing Service Oriented Architecture methods and service offerings.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (September 28, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071754490
• ISBN-13: 978-0071754491
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.4 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must-read November 2, 2011

By Jon Petter Hjulstad

Format:Paperback

Why do I like this book? Let me give some examples:
¡ It is up to date with the latest version PS4 Feature Pack
¡ The authors add their personal insights and tips - this is more useful than the official documentation on OTN
¡ Chapter 2 contains a section on the evolution of BPM standards that shows the origins of BPMN
¡ Chapter 5 describes BPMN 2.0 and modelling. I especially like the reference to the workflow patterns homepage: [...] and how they can be implemented in BPM 11g. Out of 40 patterns, only 1 was not supported at the time of writing the book(pattern 38). This shows how mature BPMN is while also focusing on Business Users.
¡ Chapter 6 describes is a very good introduction to use of Business Rules - from basics to how you can test rules and initiate tests from XML file. This gives you a headstart to Rules development. This is also relevant for SOA Suite users.
¡ Chapter 7 is more useful for understanding Advanced Human tasks than reading documentation on OTN. There is a lot of flexibility in these tasks, and one has a choice whether to model this in Human task setup, on ADF Flows or in the BPMN Process. I think Activity Guide is a brilliant concept that should deserve some more pages.
¡ ADF is vital, and that is why chapter 8 is available for free - it is a "must read"

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A valuable contribution to the BPM knowledge base November 8, 2011

By Bryan Frew

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This book is a valuable contribution to the BPM knowledge base as well as providing an excellent reference for the Oracle BPM Suite of products.

It reflects the current focus on BPM as a business capability rather than a "technology".

The section on BPMN 2.0 is very practical and useful.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical Insight into BPM May 4, 2012

By srikant vaidya

Format:Kindle Edition

This book is both for Architect and Developers. It not only provides a good overview of BPM but also helps you to go deep into BPM (if you are new to BPM).
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For developers there is a rich information on advance ADF and Human Task.

For architects it provides enought information about Process modeling, methodology and its implementations.

Chapter 11 deals with the BPM project lifecycle, gives you insight into BPM project challenges.

Over all a very good book.