• Help For Navigating Lists

    Posted October 5, 2017 by Keith Swenson

    When working with the Interstage BPM API, there are three kinds of lists you might need to use: lists of process definitions, lists of process instances, and lists of work items.  All of these are considered WFObjects and you get them all from a WFObject list.   The pattern is that you s...

  • Why Does Digital Transformation Need Case Management?

    Posted September 27, 2017 by Keith Swenson

      A platform for digital transformation brings a number of different capabilities together: processes, agents, integration, analytics, decisions, and — perhaps most important — case management.  Why case management?  What does that really bring to the table and why is it ...

  • Next Generation of BPM – Agile BPM

    Posted October 8, 2012 by Neal Wang

    Interstage BPM from Fujitsu is delivering benefits of the next generation of BPM — Agile BPM.  Traditional BPM solutions helped automate fixed, repetitive processes leading to improved efficiency and cost effectiveness.  Today, customers are asking for different kind of BPM solution....

  • Users, Groups, Roles -- what are they?

    Posted October 8, 2012 by Keith Swenson

    Many people are writing and talking INCORRECTLY about the term “Role”. We are confusing ourselves, and this leads to more implementation and instructions around incorrect usage, which extends the confusion.  We need to clarify and use these terms consistently.   users - the...

  • Informatica and Fujitsu

    Posted September 13, 2012 by Keith Swenson

    Informatica and Fujitsu Interstage are working together to bring you great technology.  Here are some links that Informatica has just made available about Interstage products.   Process Mining Manifesto clarifies Market for Automated Process Discovery - an article that explains...

  • Experiences with Optimization

    Posted September 10, 2012 by Shikha Srivastava

    In a recent Q&A session with BPM consultant Anatoly Belychook, Peter Schooff of ebizQdiscussed trends and best practices for process discovery and modeling.  It was an interesting discussion and the point about the best way of getting the “as-is” v...

  • Storytelling derails Process Discovery

    Posted August 24, 2012 by Keith Swenson

    There is an interesting video “Your Storytelling Brain”  from Cognitive Neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga who talks about how we remember things.  He describes a part of the brain called “the interpreter” which functions to organize memories into plausible stori...

  • Assignment

    Posted August 8, 2012 by Shikha Srivastava

    1   Summary of Assignment Modes 1.1  Static Assignment - Individuals The most basic way to assign to an activity is to put the name of a global group in the assignment field of the activity.  For example, in a bank loan process, you may have a fixed group of people, or maybe a ...

  • Interstage BPM Task Assignment Modes

    Posted August 8, 2012 by Keith Swenson

    1   Summary of Assignment Modes 1.1  Static Assignment - Individuals The most basic way to assign to an activity is to put the name of a global group in the assignment field of the activity.  For example, in a bank loan process, you may have a fixed group of people, or maybe a ...