ProcessCentric Model

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Process-Centric? Model
Edited (added special effects) subset of a
presentation by Charles R. Rich, Senior
Strategic Analyst, InterWorld Corporation
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History of Computing Models

• Peering back through the depths of time to
  pre-historic days when dinosaurs roamed the
  Earth...

Programmers were in control..
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History of Computing Models
Bravo...
I have a new strategy to surpass our competition.
Heres what I want ...
I know exactly what you want, dont worry...
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History of Computing Models
Programmer
Well, thats not exactly what I had in mindso
Business Manager
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History of Computing Models

• The cycle would then start over again. This
  continued over and over again until

The window of opportunity was closed!
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History of Computing Models

• computing models have
  changed over time...

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Problems of all these models

• Expensive
• Long implementation cycles, very high maintenance
  costs

• Difficult to use competitively
• Hard to accommodate changes in demand,
  availability, support for the new end-users

• Inconsistent set of business practices across
  channels
• Business must adjust to the software
• Phone, fax, person - all produce different
  answers!

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Post-Internet Business Requirements

• Integration across all channels
• consistent set of business practices across the
  enterprise
• Process dictated by business strategy
• not technology
• processes cross platform, department, and company
  boundaries
• The ability to react quickly to competition
  market changes
• must be cost-effective
• system changes must be possible w/o business
  disruption

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Process-Centric The Simple definition
The Process-Centric Computing Model The Simple
Definition

• Applications are assembled out of a box of
  Lego's.
• Individual or pre-connected groupings of Lego's
  can be
• reused, redeployed and reconfigured to build new
  applications or new business logic without system
  interruption...

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A Non-Process-Centric Computing Model
Software Developers
Customers.
Acme Connectors eCommerce Solution
Manager of Acme
Engineers
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Non-Process-Centric Product Selection
I have found the product I need...
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Non-Process-Centric Request for Change
I would like to purchase a product, but I need an
approval from my manager.
I guess I need to re-implement my
eCommerce solution so it can now handle purchase
approvals
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Non-Process-Centric requires rebuild...
My eCommerce solution requires re-architecting to
accommodate a change in my business practices
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Non-Process-Centric requires rebuild...
My business has suffered a big interruption...
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Non-Process-Centric requires rebuild...
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Non-Process-Centric requires rebuild...
This looks like it is going to be expensive...
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Non-Process-Centric requires rebuild...
This is taking a long time and how will I change
it the next time?
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Non-Process-Centric requires rebuild...
I now have an approval process but I no longer
have any money!
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Non-Process-Centric requires rebuild...
Business Objects
Those new business objects are cemented in place!
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Process-Centric or Lego-Centric Model
Process Component Warehouse
Each color group is a different Process Component
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Process-Centric Change required
Process Component Warehouse
One Process Component is slipped out...
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Process-Centric Dynamic replacement
And another one plugs in its place...
Process Component Warehouse
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Process-Centric Improved Business Practice
Now I can get an purchase approval from my
manager.
Process Component Warehouse
Now I can improve my channel throughput
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Process-Centric Business reconfiguration
Process Component Warehouse
I can dynamically reconfigure my business
whenever necessary
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and now the good news
A Visual Process tool

• Authentication
• Personalization
• Inventory Mgmt
• Collaborative Trading
• Fulfillment

• Objects
• Methods
• APIs
• Attributes
• C

• Data Storage
• Calculations
• Data retrieval
• Commit Tran
• Handle Scope

Visual tool for reconfiguring business processes
A lot of very complicated stuff ...No-mans land
for business Managers
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Process-Centric Computing Model

• Next Semester we will take a look under the hood