Fourteen years ago, IBM and Microsoft announced plans to introduce a new language called Business Process Execution Langauge (BPEL) to much fanfare and controversy. This post takes a retrospective look at BPEL, how things have progressed, and ponders the point of it all. Continue reading
The new expression language for Decision Model and Notation standard is called the Friendly Enough Expression Language (FEEL). Over all it is a credible offering, and one that is much needed in decision modeling where no specific grammar has emerged as the standard. But I found the handling of date and time values a bit odd. Continue reading
I run large complex software projects. A naive understanding of complex project management can be more dangerous than not knowing anything about it. This is a recent experience. Continue reading
The initial Decision Model Notation TCK test results are in! The web site is up showing the results from three vendors. Continue reading
Talks by Nathaniel Palmer, Jim Sinur, Neil Ward-Dutton, Clay Richardson kick off this bell weather event in the process industry. The big theme is digital transformation. Continue reading
The Sixth International AdaptiveCM Workshop will be associated with the EDOC conference this year, which will be held in Quebec City in October 2017 and is the first opportunity for many US and Canadian researchers to attend without having to travel to Europe. Continue reading
You know the old adage: If want something real bad, you get it real bad. If you want something worse, you get it worse. This comes to mind when I think about the DMN proposed standard. Why? There is something about the process that technical standards go through… Continue reading
A few months ago I wrote about the Decision Model and Notation standard effort. Since getting involved at that time, I am happy to report a lot of progress, but at the same time there is much further to go. Continue reading
Dag Kittlaus demonstrated Viv last week; business software world should pay attention. “Viv” is a conversational approach to interacting with systems. The initial presentation talks about personal applications, but there are even greater opportunities in the workplace. Continue reading
bpmNEXT is 2 and half days of intense examination and evaluation of the leading trends in the business process community, and Decision Modeling Notation was clearly highlighted this year. Continue reading
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