Master Thesis Presentation

1. Sudan University of Science and Technology
College of Graduate Studies
Workflow Management Systems Comparison
Study BizAgi vs. Joget
Master In Computer Science
Software Engineering Track
Prepared By:
Farh Mohamed Zeinelabdeen Abdelgader
Supervised By:
Dr. Mohamed Elhafiz Mustafa

2. • Background .
• Problem Definition .
• Research Objectives.
• Workflow & Business Process .
• Tools.
• Case Study & Comparison Framework.
• Discussion & Results.
• Conclusion.
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3. • In the 1980s, the term workflow was first used
(called "WorkFlo") by Ted Smith and Ed
Miller.[1][2]
• A workflow management system is a computer
system that manages and defines a series of tasks
within an organization to produce a final outcome
or outcomes.
• Workflow management systems may control
automated processes in addition to replacing
paper work order transfers .
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4. • To develop a framework for:
• How to select the more suitable WFMS
(BizAgi and Joget) for a given project?
• Which one of BizAgi and Joget may be best
suited for use in various situations?
• What are the strong features and the week
ones of each tool, the differences and
similarities between WFMS (BizAgi and
Joget)?
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5. • To study the workflow to highlight the
activities and phases of the development
lifecycle of projects.
• To develop a comparative study between
BizAgi software tools and Joget software
tools.
• To develop a case study practices in SUST
MS.c Online Application system which
presents the documentation of how to apply
the system processes using two tools.
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7. • The computerized facilitation or automation of a
business process, in whole or part [3].
• Workflow is often associated with Business
Process Re-engineering (BPR).
• Workflow Management System : A system that
completely defines manages and executes
“workflows” through the execution of software
whose order of execution is driven by a computer
representation of the workflow logic [4].
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8. …
• A process specification (or workflow schema)
describes a type of process that can be interpreted
as a template for the execution of concrete
workflow instances [6].
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10. • Defined by Davenport and Short (1990) as "a set of
logically related tasks performed to achieve a
defined business outcome".
• Hammer and Champy (1993) : "a collection of
activities that takes one or more kinds of input and
creates an output that is of value to the customer".
• We use the term "business process" to refer to a
conceptual way of organizing work and resources in
this sense; a business process is not tangible. [5]
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12. • Bizagi is software suite with two complementary
products, a Process Modeler and a BPM Suite, With
Bizagi most of the common and reoccurring
requirements in process automation.
• Bizagi Architecture
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13. • Joget Workflow is a workflow management
system that serves as a platform for users to design,
deploy and run workflows for their organization's
business processes
• Joget System Components
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15. Online Application Process
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18. Process modeling is used to model a system using Business Process
Modeling Notation (BPMN) .
• Bizagi uses Bizagi Process Modeler for modeling BPMN while
Joget usesWorkflow Designer.
• Bizagi Process Modeler allows you to draw business process of
the system and export and import the process in many formats
includes: XPDL (version 2), Visio, and export PDF, Word, Image.
• Workflow Designer is used to design a business process in Joget.
it allows you to export and import processes into only XPDL
(version 1).
• We can not import Bizagi .XPDL into Joget workflow designer
because of the incompatibility of versions.
• Each one of tools (BizAgi or Joget) is excellent in process
modeling, so both of them get 1 in this category.
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19. • In BizAgi the administrator or a user who has access to
monitoring page can view the distribution of cases of each of the
system users.
• A list is displayed for each user, with all the pending activities.
• The case search can be carried out in accordance with the
following criteria :(Area, Role, Location, Skill, and Position).
• In Joget the Workflow Monitor feature enables the system
administrator to monitor the workflows running in the system.
• The system admin can monitor the running processes and update
the activities if required.
• Completed processes or aborted processes and activities can also
be monitored.
• BizAgi provide the monitoring best than Joget according to this
BizAgi get two marks and zero for Joget.
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20. • BizAgi incorporates an underlying caching component to
improve performance and scalability for complex processes,
handling large numbers of cases and process definitions.
• Effectively, this component ensures that relevant information is
retrieved automatically in advance of the point where it is
needed. Otherwise, the product relies on the .NET or J2EE
container for clustering, fail-over and fault tolerance.
• The standard installation of Joget Workflow is bundled with
Apache Tomcat as the servlet/JSP container. Apache Tomcat is
the reference JSP/container since its inception. Despite a lack of
full JEE support, it certainly has its appeal.
• Each one of tools (BizAgi or Joget) is excellent in process
engine, so both of them get 1 in this category.
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21. • BizAgi provides four indicator groups:
– Process BAM: Provides information on the current status of ongoing cases.
– Task BAM: Provides information on the current status of ongoing activities.
– Process Analytics: Presents summaries of the cases and activities that are
currently closed.
– Task Analytics: Presents information of closed activities that belong to closed
cases.
– Sensor Analytics: Provides information of the phases (or paths) defined by the
user .
• Joget does not provide any good business activity monitoring but it has
made an advanced BAM package. There is a free edition but it is
restricted to one instance. Businesses would have to buy the enterprise
edition .
• According to above BizAgi get two marks, where Joge we give them
zero mark for not meeting our expectations.
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Criteria Joget BizAgi
Process Modeling 1 1
Monitoring 0 2
Process Engine 1 1
Business Activity Monitoring 0 2
Total 2 6

23. • This research compared two Workflow Management
System BizAgi (academic version it support all features
but only for ten users) and Joget (Community Edition is
available free under the open source General Public
License (GPL).
• The research was focused on the Process Modeling,
Monitoring, Process Engine and Business Activity
Monitoring.
• The research show that the BizAgi tool has satisfactory
performance during development, as it was quite easy
to develop the case study.
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