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200910 ArchiveOctober 2009This morning (Oct 28, 2009) I attended a iLog Business Rules Management System (BRMS) Demo and it gave me an idea. iLog has a great tool for testing rules. It allows to design test cases using MS Excell that are sent to the Rules Engine in order to determine if a rule set provides the expected decision. In the past I ave been involved with the difficult exercice of generating test data for Business Processes. Using the iLog testing tool, this could be realized like this : 1. Before the process is designed, use the BRMS to design the process vocabulary. 2. Create some basic rules which from process inputs produce process outputs. In fact these rules simulate the process. 3. Create the rules test cases such that the rule responds the right process output from a given process input. In fact the rules set must simulates the process for the foreseen test cases. 4. Communicate the rules and their test cases to the Process developpers so they can design and build the process using the test cases. 5. For automating the tests, at the end of the process (or at intervals if the process is composed of serveral parts), send the process inputs to the business rules and ask the rules engine to compare process results with the expected process results (this requires a comparison rule which allows to determine of two result sets are considered equivalent). To illustrate this, I used the opportunity to test gliffy to make a diagram: http://www.gliffy.com/publish/1872505/ Discussion: The Enterprise Architecture Network | LinkedIn "Linking Information Systems to Business Performance" http://bit.ly/4GdUxV
(from Twitter) I have installed Polaris....http://bit.ly/20giy
(from Twitter) Vlerick now 10th MBA School in the world ! http://bit.ly/2BU2kp
(from Twitter) I lauched a linked in group and I now see them all connecting with each other. Funny. ..
(from Twitter) LOL : First customer for Windows 7 looks exactly as you'd expect http://bit.ly/4saUOI
(from Twitter) A typical approach when thinking about Business Process Management is to try to draw two types of diagrams:
BPMN seems to be the way to go to manage a company's business process. So the question is : Is BPMN the panacea (a cure to all pains) for Business Process Management ? I dont think so. Here is why... If the BPMN approach sounds logical, it has nevertheless some drawbacks:
Middelware (other than BPEL Engines) allow businesses to manage their processes. Here are some examples:
So, If you are interested in BPM, I would recommend you the following : If you want to be closer to the business? When thinking about BPM Don?t think immediately BPMN, AS-IS and TO-BE Rather, think
What to do when there is nothing on TV ? Play with your WII. I did that yesterday but not as you would expect. I tried to develop web pages for my WII opera browser in order to:
Too bad there is this Flash memory leak because otherwise the WII could become a really great platform. My experience is that much of the new technology seems to have some glitch somewhere. I just hope Adobe and Nintendo will upgrade Opera with a new flash player soon. Some IBM customers have a lot of assets on "older" (or shouls we say more mature) platforms as zSeries or iSeries. Traditionnally those applications have "green screens". Rational Host Access Transformation Services allows to easilly convert those 5250 or 3270 screens into Web pages exposing exactly the same functionality. This allows to extend the reach of the i or z code. End users also have an easier way to switch between their different screens. They can do that by:
By showing or hiding a div containing an iframe, one can easilly navigate between different web apps and stay logged in and in context (the hidden iframe just stays on the same page, until i is shown again). You can test it here in 2 different flavors: Of course this is a very simple and cheap solution, the ultimate way to do this would be to use Lotus Mashup Center. Hier matin (jeudi 15 octobre 2009) sur Europe 1, dans la Polémique Culturelle de Olivier Faugiel, il y avait un débat sur l'ebook, intitulé l'e-book m'a tuer. Vous pouvez le revoir sur le site de Europe 1. Yann Queffelec y a détruit l'ebook :"Le livre sera toujours là lorsque l'ebook sera 6 pieds sous terre". D'après Mr Queffelec rien ne peut remplacer de sentir un bon vieux bouquin et le plaisir de le toucher d'une main à 5 doigts. Mr Laurent Picard, co-fondateur de Booken a bien essayé de le défendre mais j'aurais voulu mieux défendre cette technologie face à un comportement qui me semble un peu trop fermé. Si j'avais été présent, j'aurais voulu poser à Mr Queffelec les quelques questions suivantes :
Il est évident que le livre électronique ne remplacera pas intégralement le papier. Mais l'ePaper en général et l'ebook en particulier présentent cependant pas mal d'avantages par rapport au même contenu au format papier. Et puis il y a certains eBook qui fonctionneront tant que le soleil sera la et n'iront pas 6 pieds sous terre. L'eBook solaire de LG, par exemple.. Mountain Bike, Ossendrecht, my colleague Marty falls of his bike after 41 seconds : http://bit.ly/2J9puj
(from Twitter) Yesterday night we visited the national plant garden in Meise http://twitgoo.com/448bp
(from Twitter) J'ai acheté le cd de Dany Brillant - Puerto Rico - aujourd'hui et j'adore - Exemple: "On verra demain" http://bit.ly/4msGe3
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