Download - Business Process Simulation in jBPM
Business Process Simulation
Sample scenario:Banking company purchased your product.
You go on-site to help implement their credit approval process.
For example you come up with:
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Sample scenario (cont.):Business process model is done, next step in BPM Life-Cycle is Execution...BUT WAIT!
Customer questions:How many credit approvals can we handle during a given timeframe?
How much will running this process cost us per month?
How many new resources would we need to double our throughput?
Are we ready for winter season (loans triple)?
What could be done to optimize this process?
Answer: Let's use simulation to try to answer these questions for you :)
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Goals:Statistical Analysis of process models over time
Pre-execution and post-execution optimization
Reducing risk of change
Predict business process performance
Continuous improvementPerformance
Quality
Resource utilization
Challenges:Increase process complexity
Result presentation / interpretation
Standard / Interoperability
+ Each element of the process can be parameterized to add simulation informationTime
Resource
Cost
Priority
etc
BPS in jBPM - Notation
BPS in jBPM - Runtime
Extension to the jBPM runtime engine
Relies on process paths rather than process data
Built on-top of the Drools simulation and test framework.
Generates individual events for every simulated activity.
Events can be stored in simulation repository
CEP and Rules applied to provide meaningful simulation results.
BPS in jBPM - Tooling
JBPM DesignerSimulate as you go
In-line process simulation
Visualize process paths
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Per-node simulation properties
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Execution parameters:
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Simulation Results:
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Chart Types:Process:Execution times
Activity Instances
Total cost
Human TasksExecution times
Resource Utilization
Resource Cost
All other Task typesExecution times
Process PathsPath Execution
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Simulation Timeline:Navigate through each step of the simulation
Chart View Execution times
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Simulation Timeline:Model View Execution times
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Path Execution:
BPS in jBPM Roadmap
In the worksReplay
More useful charts
Calendar support
FutureKPI
Externalize simulation scenarios (multiple)
Simulation Profiles