Business Process Modeling Notation

OASIS Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WSBPEL) Enabling users to describe business process activities as Web services and define how they can be connected to accomplish specific tasks Table of Contents Overview The purpose of the Web Services Business Process Execution Language TC was to continue work on the business process language published in the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS) specification in August 2002. The Committee members determined that they had completed their mission in 2007. Archives for the Committee work remain publicly accessible. For more information, see the TC Charter and FAQ Subcommittees Technical Work Produced by the Committee Web Services Business Process Execution Language Version 2.0 OASIS Standard 11 April 2007 Web Services Business Process Execution Language Version 2.0 Primer 9 May 2007 HTML: Wiki for the OASIS WSBPEL TC member collaboration External Resources Mailing Lists and Comments

How to Diagram a Workflow One day early in my business analyst career, I was facilitating a meeting to resolve a gnarly technical issue. After much back and forth, some debate, and some arguing, I stood up and starting drawing the process – first from the user’s perspective (or the business process) and then from the technical perspective (or the system process). It was a simple drawing, rather crude actually, but soon we understood where the gap was between technology we had and the business requirements. Soon we were having a very productive discussion about how to build a solution to the requirement. As I matured as a BA, I learned to prepare these types of workflow diagrams before going into a meeting in the first place and use them to generate meaningful and focused discussion, as well as identify what questions needed to be answered. A workflow diagram may capture a functional, technical, or a business process. 7 Steps to Diagram a Workflow Identify the process. That’s it.

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How to Diagram Your Business Process « Solution Exchange Solution Exchange A busi­ness process is a set of ac­tiv­i­ties or tasks that ac­com­plish a spe­cific or­ga­ni­za­tional goal. By au­tomat­ing busi­ness processes using Laser­fiche Work­flow, or­ga­ni­za­tions around the world have in­creased pro­duc­tiv­ity and cut costs. Before you jump into your Work­flow im­ple­men­ta­tion, however, it is vitally im­por­tant to diagram your busi­ness processes to ensure that they are as simple, logical and con­sis­tent as pos­si­ble. A busi­ness process diagram is a roadmap for im­ple­men­ta­tion—it out­lines the ex­pected outcome and pro­vides some­thing con­crete to build from. Di­a­gram­ming a busi­ness process: Makes it pos­si­ble to look at the big picture and take into account all types of po­ten­tial sce­nar­ios.Helps you re­search and un­der­stand your process thor­oughly so that you can see how it can be changed or im­proved when au­to­mated. There are three steps to di­a­gram­ming a busi­ness process: Create an initial diagram based on upfront dis­cov­ery.

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Blist Prepares Easy Web-Based Database Application I recently had the opportunity to see a demo of a product coming out in early 2008 called Blist (pronounced like “bliss” with a “t” at the end) that will take on DabbleDB and Trackvia by giving users the tools to easily create and manage databases online. Blist’s initial target demographic will be Excel users who need more functionality and are trying to make their spreadsheets act like databases, but who don’t have the skills or tolerance to even use Access. Blist will not require users to know any SQL, the language commonly used for interacting with databases (in contrast, recently reviewed Zoho DB does require knowledge of SQL). Blist’s plans are obviously ambitious. Since Blist won’t be ready to convert database administrators right off the bat, the quality of its user interface will determine its initial success. What really makes Blist a database application is the ability to apply various “lenses”, or views, to the data.

FindSounds What is FindSounds? FindSounds is quite simply one of the most useful (and fun) sound search engines that I've come across. There are only a handful of dedicated sound search engines out there, and FindSounds is definitely the cream of the crop. What's different about FindSounds? FindSounds focuses only on sounds when crawling the Web, and is the "only Web search engine devoted to finding sound effects and musical instrument samples." While most of these parameters probably wouldn't make any sense to the casual sound searcher (that's me included), serious sound searchers will appreciate the depth of sound searching they're able to accomplish with these. Find Sound Effects and More You can just start entering in what kind of sounds you'd like to find at FindSounds (I just found Elmo's giggle), or you can check out the Advanced Search Help page to help you really get into the nuts and bolts of FindSounds. What Can I Find On FindSounds? Search Results with FindSounds FindSounds Copyright Policy

15 Ways To Create Website Screenshots Taking screenshots of web sites is probably one of the most commonly done tasks on the internet - doubly so if you have a blog or work as a journalist. This week, we wrote about Thumbalizr, a service that lets you take screenshots of websites. However, there are several other tools for easy screenshot capturing - some standalone and some in the form of a browser plugin. Plugins Save as image - an aptly named Firefox plugin that lets you save a page, frame, or part of either as an image directly from Firefox. Pearl Crescent Page Saver - Save images of web pages in jpg or png format; save the entire page or just a portion of it, with the ability to automatically scale the image to a smaller size. Picnik for Firefox - if you use online image editor Picnik this Firefox plugin enables you to easily import a screenshot of the currently opened webpage into it. Snissa - simple Firefox plugin for taking web page screenshots. Screengrab! Standalone programs Paparazzi! Web based

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