Loosely Coupled Thinking : Process and Workflow

If you can do something it doesn't mean that you should...

jevdemon — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:39:00 GMT

I'm not really doing anything BPEL related these days but a post by Jesper Joergensen caught my eye. Since I'm not focused on BPEL I haven't kept up with some of the developments in the BPM-related blogosphere. Apparently Bruce wrote a post illustrating...(read more)

Fixing the WF FileWatcher sample

jevdemon — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:00:00 GMT

There is a FileWatcher WF activity sample that ships with the Windows SDK . I initially thought this might be of value to me but when I tried to open the workflow I ran into the following error: “Theme properties can only be changed in the Theme Configuration...(read more)

BPEL4People and WS-HumanTask to OASIS

jevdemon — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:05:05 GMT

The BPEL4People and WS-HumanTask specs are headed to OASIS, resulting in a new BPEL4People Technical Committee (TC) - expect to see an announcement and call for participation soon. The TC will focus on defining human interactions (“human tasks”)...(read more)

Dave on Orchestration

jevdemon — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:05:00 GMT

Dave Linthicum is blogging about orchestration and gets it mostly right. The blog entry does a decent job of describing orchestration at a high level - if you're unfamiliar with orchestration the blog entry is worth a read. The following, however, made...(read more)

Say What?

jevdemon — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:35:00 GMT

Interesting perspective from Randy Heffner (Forrester) in the latest issue of Redmond Magazine: Perhaps Randy is unaware of our work on XML , SOAP and the Web Services Workshops that led to the WS-* specifications . The quote above seems to be inspired...(read more)

SOA and Business Process Conference 2007

jevdemon — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:04:00 GMT

The 2007 Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference will be held from October 29th through November 2nd, 2007 at the Microsoft Conference Center on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA. Customers and partners can learn about Microsoft’s current and...(read more)

SOA in the Real World - book errata

jevdemon — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:07:27 GMT

I just noticed a couple of the Figures towards the end of Chapter Two are unreadable (totally black). Below are corrected versions of Chapter Two (Figures 6-8 are restored) in both PDF and XPS formats. Corrected PDF: http://files.skyscrapr.net/users/jevdemon/Chapter%202.pdf...(read more)

SOA in the Real World now available

jevdemon — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:37:00 GMT

The book I previewed here a few weeks back is now available in both PDF and XPS formats. Enjoy!...(read more)

BPEL4People headed to OASIS

jevdemon — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:05:00 GMT

That white paper and spec with the funny name is going to be an OASIS spec . I'm not surprised - I only hope they can fix some of the issues (such as people resolution) and come up with a name.that doesn't sound like a punchline. :)...(read more)

Process Interruptus

jevdemon — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:45:09 GMT

The BPM Group is facing a bit of challenge. Apparently there is a disagreement underway between BPMG and the company that runs their website. This means if you pull up the BPMG's website at www.bpmg.org you will be redirected to a company named Bennu...(read more)

Shutting down the OASIS WS-BPEL Technical Committee

jevdemon — Sat, 05 May 2007 11:08:00 GMT

The WS-BPEL TC has its last conference call next week. It's taken over three years of effort but the spec and schemas are finally done . A non-normative Primer and FAQ are also available. (The final version of the Primer will be published after our last...(read more)

Help influence the future of BPEL on the Microsoft platform

jevdemon — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:15:00 GMT

Apparently over 3,000 people have downloaded the BPEL Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) . Now it's your turn to tell us what you love or hate about the implementation. To do this you'll need to sign up for a Windows...(read more)

InfoWorld covers BPEL

jevdemon — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:35:00 GMT

The article is fairly favorable and provides a fairly quick overview of the BPEL 2.0 spec. Here's some of what's new in BPEL 2.0: New activity types if-then-else replaces BPEL4WS 1.1 “switch” repeatUntil Validate forEach with completion conditions extensionActivity...(read more)

Happy Friday! BPEL for WF is now available!

jevdemon — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:44 GMT

The first Community Technology Preview of BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation is now available: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6d0daf00-f689-4e61-88e6-cbe6f668e6a3&displaylang=en The CTP supports BPEL 1.1. A later release...(read more)

Upcoming BPEL strategic and technical webcasts

jevdemon — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:20:47 GMT

These are sponsored by OASIS, not Microsoft: WS-BPEL is central for defining SOA business processes. Members of the OASIS WS-BPEL Technical Committee will present this free webinar that will help business analysts and managers to better understand the...(read more)