Implementation Deployment Introduction to the Application Development Life Cycle

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1.5.2 Implementation

After process analysts model business processes, process developers are responsible for creating business applications based on these models. Using Oracle BPM Studio, process developers implement reusable services and integrate other business systems. Implementation may include the following types of tasks generally performed by process developers: ■ Data mapping and transformation ■ System fault handling ■ Designing and implementing user interfaces using Oracle Human Workflow ■ Designing Oracle Business Rules ■ Creating dashboards After a process developer finishes the implementation, the application is compiled and deployed like other SOA composite applications. It can be compiled and deployed using Oracle BPM Studio.

1.5.3 Deployment

Deployment is the process of transferring an Oracle BPM project from the development environment to the run-time environment. This can be either a testing or production run-time environment. After finishing the integration of business processes with back-end systems and reusable services, process developers create and compile a working process-based application. This application is then deployed to Oracle BPM Run Time. Oracle BPM Suite contains the following typical scenarios for deploying to Oracle BPM Run Time: ■ Deployment directly from Oracle BPM Studio Applications created with Oracle BPM can be deployed directly to the run-time environment like any other SOA composite application. This is typically performed by a process developer using Oracle BPM Studio within a test or development environment. See the Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle SOA Suite for more information about deploying SOA composite applications. ■ Deployment directly from Business Process Composer Oracle BPM enables you to deploy projects created from project templates directly to the same run time environment where Business Process Composer is installed. When creating a project, you can specify an approval workflow that must be completed before the project is deployed. You can deploy from Business Process Composer when it is installed in the same server infrastructure as Oracle BPM Run Time. This enables process analysts to deploy and test process-based business applications. The is generally done in a testing environment. ■ Deployment using an exported SAR file Oracle BPM Studio and Business Process Composer enable you to export applications using a SAR file. The SAR file can be deployed to a run time environment by business administrators using Oracle Enterprise Manager. In a production environment, this is generally how applications are deployed. Oracle Business Process Management Suite Oracle BPM Suite Overview 1-11 ■ Deployment Using the WebLogic Scripting Tool WLST Oracle BPM provides customized WLST commands for managing and deploying Oracle BPM projects.

1.5.4 Oracle BPM Run Time