Modeling for Integration and BPA

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The Role of Modeling in Systems The Role of Modeling in SystemsIntegration and Business ProcessIntegration and Business Process

AnalysisAnalysis

© Sparx Systems Pty Ltd

Ben Constable

Sparx Systems

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The Value of Modeling in SI & BPA

Systems)of)Systems complexity

Tools% *otations and Reference Models

Understanding Data for InformationExchange

*a'igating the "IM model

#nderstanding legacy systems

+isuali,ing As)is and To)-e scenarios

Business Process ModelingProcess Modeling 's Process .xecution

BPM .xample

Interopera-ility concerns

Q & A


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Integrated systems helped us get toIntegrated systems helped us get to"IMug/"IMug/


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The 'alue of modeling The 'alue of modeling

Manage comlexit!

Plan and mitigate ris"

#acilitate communication


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.ngineer0s 'ie( of our integrated.ngineer0s 'ie( of our integratedsystemsystem


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Tools% *otations and Reference Models Tools% *otations and Reference Models

Modeling $otations

Pro'ide suita-le% formal language for communicating concepts

&pen industry standards -y &M$% The &pen $roup etc1

#ML% &M$ SysML3% BPM*3% ArchiMate etc1

%eference ModelsLi-rary of reusa-le domain concepts de4ned in standard notation5#ML6

Essential ingredient for dening interoperable system interfaces

I." "IM for utilities

Modeling Tools

.diting en'ironment% notation support% na'igation% plug)n0)playmodels

7e4ne reference models% system interfaces% trace% report

$enerati'e capa-ility1 Inputs to implementation and deploymenttools


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#nderstanding 7ata for Information#nderstanding 7ata for Information.xchange.xchange

Data model reuired 'irresecti(e of messaging

technolog!)"IM pro'ides an excellent starting point

Ask: Is this information already de4ned in the "IM8

Locate: #se the modeling en'ironment0s search facility

Reuse: Lin9 elements to your domain:data model1

*ocating +IM concets in Enterrise Architect,

Model Search

Tracea-ility +ie(


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Model SearchModel Search



Tracea-ility +ie( Tracea-ility +ie(

Trace the selected .lement0srelationships (ithin the model

;ind Related .lements

*a'igate to related elements

;ilter relationships and restricthierarchy depth


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"IM 7ata "oncepts Related to"IM 7ata "oncepts Related toMetering/Metering/


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+isuali,ing As)is and To)-e Integrations+isuali,ing As)is and To)-e Integrations

"onsider our metering systems integration/

"omponents currently integrated are Phase !1

?P7A Interface@ component to -e integrated in Phase 21 5faded6


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#nderstanding Legacy Systems#nderstanding Legacy Systems




Use the modeling tool to hel comlete theicture-

Imort source code,

Application 5"% a'a etc16

Middle(are 5"&RBA6% etc1

%e(erse engineer data schema from li(e data.ases

Imort /M* documents,

Schemas 5CS76

Interface de4nitions 5DS7L6




Imort /M* schema to UM*,

XSD- UML

Mapping




Imort data.ase schema to UM*,

Relational - UML

Mapping




0ne aroach to maing legac! data model to

+IM,



Business Process ModelingBusiness Process Modeling

0.1ecti(es

Process documentation 5as)is% to)-e6

Process automation

Process optimi,ation% impro'ement

Process orchestration etc1

$umerous notations

#ML Acti'ity models% .ri9sson Pen9er% ;lo( "hart% .P"% BPM*

Descri.e interactions,

Inter)organi,ational acti'ities

Messaging -et(een system interfaces

Includes the ‘human system’


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Business Process Modeling *otationBusiness Process Modeling *otation5BPM*65BPM*6

Pu.lished .! 0.1ect Management 2rou '0M2)

#lo34chart li"e notation5 reada.le .! .usiness users

+urrent (ersion, BPM$ 6-7

BPM$ 6-7 adds ne3 diagram t!es,"on'ersation

"olla-oration

"horeography

Version 6-7 also de8nes

seriali9ation for resentation

info and execution semantics:


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BPM* ;undamentalsBPM* ;undamentals

#lo3 0.1ects, Acti(it!5 E(ent5 2ate3a!

Acti'ities represent process tas9s

.'ents= Something that happens to a>ect

process Eo(

$ate(ays control process Eo(

+onnecting 0.1ects, Message5 Seuence #lo3s

Message ;lo( -et(een participants

SeFuence ;lo( orders acti'ities

S3imlanes, Pool5 *anesPools represent participants in "olla-orations

Partition acti'ities in B2B interactions

Data 0.1ects,

Inputs and outputs to Acti'ities



Returning to our Metering SystemReturning to our Metering SystemIntegration/Integration/ Draft rocess for meter readingreuest,



Lin9ing the data model to messageLin9ing the data model to messageexchange/exchange/0ne aroach, Use ;message%ef< and ;item%ef< (alueson Message #lo3s and Message elements resecti(el!

?messageRef@ refers to the Message element -ehind the Eo(1

?itemRef@ refers to the item7e4nition that de4nes the Message0spayload

57ata &-ects also contain itemRefs6

BPE* imlementations refer to data structures (iaAssignments

;or example% 7ata &-ects refer to CML Schema 5CS76 types

Mapping from pure #ML data models to CS7 classes can -eautomated


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Lin9ing the data model to messageLin9ing the data model to messageexchange/exchange/BPM$ roerties 'UM* Tagged Values) to cature metadata and lin"to data structure


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Process Modeling 's Process .xecutionProcess Modeling 's Process .xecution

Use the modeling tool to,

7ocument and de4ne processes

Lin9 and trace processes to upstream and do(nstreammodels 5reFuirements% architecture% data model etc61

$enerate implementation artifacts 5BP.L6

.xport to appropriate interchange format 5CP7L% BPM*CML6

Simulate processes% if supported1

Use the execution engine to,

Import modeled process 5from BP.L% CP7L etc16"on4gure% implement and deploy processes


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A note on tool interopera-ilityA note on tool interopera-ility

Ideall!, Seamlessl! round4tri rocesses .et3een

modeling en(ironment and execution en(ironment-

Some interchange inhi.itors,

Dhich exchange format= BP.L% CP7L% CMI8

BP.L scripts lac9 presentation info G so diagrams get (iped out

CP7L su>ers too much 'ariation among 'endor implementations

CMI not supported -y execution platformsH too much 'ariationamong modeling tools

Enter BPM$ 6-7 /M*=

+endors of .xecution engines appear to -e de'eloping support

*otation and CML export supported in .nterprise Architect

Seriali,ation of presentation and semantic info -uilt into the BPM*21 spec


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In Summary/In Summary/

Ensure that !our models reali9e (alue,

7on0t model e'erything from scratch

#se industry standard reference models

#se tools to 'isuali,e legacy systems and extract datamodels

A'oid Jpicture only0 modeling1 #nderstand and capturemetadata to=

;acilitate tracea-ility -et(een structural and process models

.na-le generati'e modeling= #ML )K CS7% BPM* )K CML% etc1

Maximise reusa-ility of processes

Standard modeling notations 5#ML% BPM*6 help you to= Maximise communication 5(ider audience6

Achie'e reusa-ility

Increase potential for tool interopera-ility


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ReferencesReferences

UM*5 The 0M2, http=::(((1uml1org% (((1omg1org

BPM$ Seci8cation, http=::(((1omg1org:spec:BPM*:21

Enterrise Architect,http=::(((1sparxsystems1com:products:ea

IE+ +IM UM* Model, http=::cimug1ucaiug1org

+IM Modeling and Enterrise Architect .ac"ground,http=::cimug1ucaiug1org:Meetings:Milan2!:Presentations:"IM2#ni'ersity:2.xtending2I."2"IM2(ith2.nterprise2Architect1ppt


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