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Hi,

I'm currently taking a course about "AgilePoint", I've talked about it in my previous post.
Currently we are on version 4, which is MOSS2007 compliant.

I'm really thrilled about some new functionalities, especially about some that no other BPM product can offer --> Process Migration.
What is this about?
Well, let's take an example, the most classical one: Expense Report.
One starts by filling out an InfoPath form and waits for approval. In our current process it is the direct manager that gives approval.
Now we want to change something to this process; as from the moment the total value exceeds 1000EUR it is the financial controller that has to give approvel instead of the direct manager. So we change it nevertheless there is already one running process. Now, with the use of the "Enterprise Manager" we can suspend (pause) a running process and migrate the running ones. With an interface to map previous process steps to the current process steps we can easily migrate these running processes.

This is really a very cool feature that in my opinion none of the other BPM key players can offer.

More news will follow!

Stef.

Published Mar 12 2007, 03:10 PM by Stef
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Stef said:

This is the first time I've seen anyone blog about AgilePoint. Our company is also going to be using the Agilepoint tool for BPM within our project management organization and our sales processes in MS CRM. Keep us updated on your progress!

July 24, 2007 9:02 AM
 

Stef said:

Process Migration is a cool feature.  I always thought being able to run multiple versions of a process was nice too, but I can see places where you would want to migrate to a new, better process.  The folks at Ascentn write some amazing software.

July 24, 2007 9:03 AM
 

Stef said:

I want to know something about the AgilePoint.Would you please send me some documents?Or can you give me some information about the course?

My E_mail is : wisedany@gmail.com

Best regards!Tks!

July 24, 2007 9:03 AM
 

Arsalan Minhas said:

Yeah it is really a cool feature. However I would be interested in knowing how you perform the mapping between the running activities and the newly inserted activities at the runtime (running process instances). Moreover how you rollback (or revert back) to specific activity at the runtime when external web services are involved and there is no "straight forward rollback" for them? Do you define compensating activities for every such activity yourself or what?

March 31, 2008 4:54 PM

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