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<p class=MsoNormal>Here are features that I have seen a need for in jBPM while
using it at our various Red Hat clients. These comments are based on the
currently supported 3.2 branch.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>The ability to create Typed Actions which can be
plugged into the Eclipse UI [similar to Drools Flow]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Truly plug-able Identity Management backing to JAAS.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Email Notification should instead be a general
notification framework.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Oracle
BPEL supports this functionality – See: <a
href="http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11036_01/integrate.1013/b28981/notif.htm">http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11036_01/integrate.1013/b28981/notif.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Notifications
should be sent to secondary service via JMS to ensure that no notifications are
sent until the Transaction completes successfully.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Out
of the Box Email Notification Support for HTML Email and multiple SMTP servers
[similar to what was created for jBPM 4]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>4)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Reporting; this has been suggested in jBPM 5 blogs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Contact
me for specifics; we can questionnaire our clients.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Service layer to more easily create custom UI for
processes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>6)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>More Complex Form Generation for Tasks via XForms?!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>7)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Better Audit Logging configuration OOTB.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Ability
to offload this from the main database to a secondary store [like warehouse].<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>8)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>OOTB use of JBoss Cache.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>9)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Cluster-ready timer executions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>10)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Keep Decision Handler plug-ability. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Provide
OOTB Drools support.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Reuse
existing BRMS tooling and provide jBPM Eclipse integration with BRMS?! for Drools
Decisions via Wizard.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>11)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Bring Maven Support in-house from the current Codehaus
offering [http://mojo.codehaus.org/jboss-packaging-maven-plugin/par-mojo.html]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>12)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Support Process Upgrades OOTB.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>If
a new Process Definition is added because the previous one is flawed, give
users the ability to bring existing processes to the current version from the
jBPM console.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>From my experience, no one in the field has asked me for
support to edit workflows in the browser. If I were scheduling features,
I would put this last. It increases the development effort for the
product with little payoff. Our true competitors should be seen as Microsoft
Biztalk and Oracle ESB/BPEL, not Activiti. There are so many more
features we could spend our time on than in-browser workflow manipulation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Additionally, I fundamentally believe that all our SOA
initiative should start and end in workflow. The integration in SOA-P
currently for jBPM and back is not ideal. To create a Service, it
should be as simple as configuring an input type and output type in jBPM, configure
if the process should be request/response or async, and registering within the
jBPM workflow the appropriate ESB gateways. So, my suggestion is to pull
the gateway concept into jBPM directly. This has worked well for both Oracle
BPEL and Biztalk.<o:p></o:p></p>
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