Building IBM Business Process Management Solutions Using WebSphere V7 and Business Space

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IBM® Business Space powered by IBM WebSphere® is acommon user interface framework for aggregating content and delivering it via a browser. A is a collection of related Web content that provides you with insight into your business. Part 1 of this IBM Redbooks® publication introduces Business Space and provides Business Process Management (BPM) usage patterns for it. Part 2 of this book use a fictional business scenario to show how business space widgets can be used to solve a variety of business problems, using products such as IBM WebSphere Process Server, IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, IBM WebSphere Business Monitor, IBM WebSphere Business Compass, and IBM WebSphere Business Services Fabric. Part 3 shows how to build custom Business Space widgets, and how to build clients and servers for these custom widgets. This book addresses Business Space powered by IBM WebSphere Version 7.0.

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s Martin Keen is a Consulting IT Specialist at the ITSO, Raleigh Center. He writes extensively about WebSphere products and service-oriented architecture (SOA). He also teaches IBM classes worldwide about WebSphere, SOA, and ESB. Before joining the ITSO, Martin worked in the EMEA WebSphere Lab Services team in Hursley, U.K. Martin holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Studies from Southampton Institute of Higher Education. Bryan Brown is an advisory engineer in the US with the BPM SWAT team. He has 19 years of experience in the software engineering field, and has worked at IBM for 8 years. His area of expertise is the WebSphere Software Portfolio, focusing on deep technical solutions. Andy Garratt is a Certified Consulting IT Specialist working for IBM Software Services for WebSphere in the UK. He has 19 years of experience in software architecture, design, and development of large strategic IT projects, including 8 years of implementing IBM WebSphere software. His areas of expertise include WebSphere BPM, SOA, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. He holds a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Durham and is an author of two other IBM Redbooks publications: Patterns: Building Serial and Parallel Processes for IBM WebSphere Process Server V6. and Human-Centric Business Process Management with WebSphere Process Server V6. Benjamin Käckenmeister is an IT Specialist at IBM Boeblingen Lab in Germany. He belongs to the WebSphere lab services team and provides technical consultancy for WebSphere Business Process Management solutions. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Stuttgart. Ahmed Khairy is an IT Specialist at the IBM Cairo Lab. He is currently part of the IBM SoftwareServices for WebSphere Worldwide Technology Practice team providing services for the IBM BPM portfolio with a special emphasis on WebSphere Business Monitor. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Ain Shams University and a Master's degree in Computing from the American University in Cairo. Kevin O'Mahony is a Senior Course Developer and Instructor for WebSphere Education based in Vancouver, Canada. He has developed courses for IBM in Java, WebSphere, SOA, and CICS. Kevin has worked for IBM for over 30 years. His areas of expertise includes Application Development and Programming Languages. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Information Systems and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, both from the University of South Africa. Lei Yu is a software engineer at the China Software Development Lab in Beijing. He has 3 years of experience in the WebSphere Business Process Management field. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from BeiHang University, Beijing, China. He was worked with WebSphere Business Modeler and WebSphere Business Space and now he is a developer on WebSphere Business Space configuration and migration. He also has three papers published on IBM developerWorks Table Of Contents Part 1. Overview Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM Business Space powered by WebSphere Chapter 2. Managing IBM Business Space powered by WebSphere V7 Part 2. Scenarios Chapter 3. Business scenario example Chapter 4. Human-centric business spaces Chapter 5. Integration-centric business spaces Chapter 6. Dynamic business spaces Chapter 7. Activity monitoring business spaces Chapter 8. Common-content business spaces Chapter 9. Business design and review spaces Part 3. Developing clients and custom widgets Chapter 10. Web 2.0 introduction Chapter 11. Developing a service for a custom widget Chapter 12. Developing a client for a custom widget Chapter 13. Developing a custom widget Appendix A. IBM Lotus Forms UI Appendix B. Additional material