AquaLogic BPM uses special terms or applies specific meanings to common words. This section contains commonly used ALBPM terms.
In a process, an activity is a single piece of work that forms a distinct step within a process. An activity may be a manual activity or an automated, computer-based activity. An activity may contain multiple tasks.
The management and configuration component of AquaLogic ® BPM Enterprise. See the Admin Center Guide.
An Enterprise component which you can use to view archived process instances.
A business process represents a specific set of business tasks and activities which must be executed to reach a well-defined outcome. When the goal is reached, the process is complete.
Examples of simple processes include hiring an employee, processing a sales order, or reimbursing a business expense. More complex business processes can also be designed according to the needs of a particular organization.
See process instance.
A user. A participant performs the work represented by an activity. This work is normally manifested as one or more work items assigned to the participant via the WorkSpace application.
The process deployment and configuration component of AquaLogic ® BPM Enterprise. See the Process Administrator Guide.
The representation of a business process in a form which supports automated manipulation, such as modeling or enactment by a process execution engine or Web service. The process definition consists of a set of related activities and their relationships, as well as criteria to indicate the start and end of the process, and information about the individual activities, such as roles, systems, and user interface form
An ALBPM process definition file is an XML file that contains the definition of a process. The process definition file uses an .xpdl extension.
A business process instance is a specific item proceeding through a business process. For example, in a business process which handles purchases, each instance will be an individual purchase order. There can be any number of instances traversing a business process.
A logical collection of related artifacts, including process definitions, business variables, business parameters, and external resource definitions. Typically, a project corresponds to a set of related business processes that collectively provide business value in a particular functional area. A project is created within the Process Designer and published and deployed using the Process Administrator.
A job function in a process that has associated activities to be performed by a user or group. Users and/or groups are associated with process roles either in design time with Studio, or in run time in the Process Administrator.
The ALBPM Suite modeling and design tool for business analysts and developers. Analysts can model, simulate and test any number of business processes using the tool. Studio can also be used to create Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) reports.
A term sometimes used in previous ALBPM documentation to denote a process instance, particularly as seen by WorkSpace users.
WorkSpace is the AquaLogic BPM Enterprise component that end users in an organization use to carry out tasks that are part of a business process. WorkSpace is a Web application which works on standard Web browsers.