Ed Hollingsworth

Orchestration-Driven Development (ODD) – Nothing Odd About it!

Author(s):

Sr. Architect, INTEGRITYOne Partners, Inc.

Orchestration-Driven Development (ODD) represents a direct evolution of Object-Orientation (OO), with the emergence of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Business Process Management Suites (BPMS) as its catalyst. The philosophy behind ODD is relatively simple: a business application should be a direct translation of the business process it supports. Build your process model first, then derive your application components from this process, re-using existing components where possible. Seems pretty straightforward, right? You would think adoption of such a philosophy would be far more widespread. And perhaps it would be, except for modern software engineering conventions getting in the way.

Figure 1 Orchestration-Driven Development (ODD)

An Integrated Approach to Improving Business Process Quality through Risk Modeling – Part 2

Author(s):

Ed Hollingsworth

Sr. Architect, INTEGRITYOne Partners, Inc.

This two-part series explores methods of actively evaluating risk as part of business processes, and incorporating elements of risk deterrence into business process models. In Part 1, we explored the context and precedents for our research. As we learned, achieving a stronger integration between risk analysis and process modeling promises to improve the quality of the modeled processes and increase the percentage of positive business outcomes those processes achieve. In this final part of the series, we will describe an innovative approach to incorporating risk management directly into business process models using the standard Business Process Model & Notation (BPMN), version 2.0.

An Integrated Approach to Improving Business Process Quality through Risk Modeling – Part 1

Author(s):

Ed Hollingsworth

Sr. Architect, INTEGRITYOne Partners, Inc.

Risk Management and Business Process Management have long been acknowledged as distinct disciplines. They seem to be getting more comfortable with one another. Business Process Model & Notation (BPMN) has emerged in the past decade as a powerful tool for visualizing and even operationalizing business processes.