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Middleware for Universal Process Transformation
BPM-Xchange® is a universal business process model (BPM) transformation software for carrying out highly sophisticated BPM conversions between a variety of tools and methodologies BPM-Xchange® can import all popular BPM formats and standards to offer a genuine universal process transformation.

The core component of the BPM-Xchange® software is the BPM-X Converter. It facilitates the exchange of models between BPM tools from different vendors, methodologies and standards, like

  • Business process models (EPC, BPMN, ...)

  • Software development models (UML, SysML, ...)

  • Workflow and process execution models (XPDL, BPEL, ...)

Workflow using the BPM-X Converter

Usually, the source BPM tool delivers the models in a tool specific XML data format. The BPM-X Converter reads the model data and converts it into the technical data format suitable for the target BPM tool. Also it transforms the source model structure into the method required by the target BPM tool. Thus not only a technical format change takes place, but also a substantially more sophisticated methodical model transformation. Therefore, BPM-X Converter transforms not just visual appearance of diagrams but the entire business logic for the whole enterprise workflow model.

Strategic advantages

  • Independence of a single BPM vendor

  • Interlinking BPM tools in a challenging BPM landscape

  • Enhancement of BPM quality by improving the collaboration of BPM participants

  • Lower IT costs on a long term scale

Economic profits

  • Substantial time and money savings as a result of an automatic exchange of models

  • Cost reduction by enabling the coexistence of appropriate tools for specific BPM tasks

  • Optimization of licenses fee structure, maintenance efforts, training and support costs by linking office BPM tools with expert BPM tools

  • Investment protection

1.Middleware for Universal Process Transformation

Transformation rules differ between technical data formats, methods and purposes, but these can be individually defined with the help of the BPM-X Administrator. This way, it is possible to specify which element types of the source method should be converted into which element types of the target method. In the simplest case for example, it can be stated that an "activity" or a "partial process" shall be converted into a "function", an "actor" into a "role" etc. In addition, more complicated transformation rules can also be established. In cases where transformation rules between model elements depend on the context of each element, rather than obeying a simple one-to-one correspondence, BPM-X Converter uses pattern-based transformation based on graph theory.

In this manner, different model descriptions can be transformed into each other, such as flowcharts, EPC, BPMN, UML, XPDL as well as the numerous specific formats of different tools and standards. Predefined transformation rules are available for most of the BPM tool adapters currently shipped with the BPM-X Converter. Other transformations can be defined with the help of the BPM-X Administrator.

For a range of leading BPM tools and standards such as Aris® or Microsoft Visio® templates with methods, mapping rules and shapes exist. Moreover, an XML interface format has been developed by BPM-X for an easy connection of your own BPM tools with the BPM-X Converter under Open Source licenses terms.

Strong features and benefits of BPM-X Converter are

  • Open modular architecture to allow complex integration scenarios

  • Fast third party integration through multiple adapters like

    • C and C++ with direct DLL linkage

    • Microsoft.NET and Microsft COM

    • Java

    • SOAP and AJAX

  • Easy extensions and customization through concise API and straight forward workflows

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