2. Tien Soon
Technical Consulting
Technical Training
Open Source Community Building
Enterprise Support
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3. How to Adopt a Software Solution?
Internally identify
the project scope
Appoint a vendor
Internal
expertise
?
In-house
development
yes
no Requirements
gathering
flowcharts
Develop / customize
based on process flows
defined
TestingDeployment
Really?

4. But, Business Evolves
• So, business process (the flow of doing something) will
change
• And this leads to a famous term in the IT solution industry –
change request
• Changing process flow means changing the core of a system!
• And… changing the core means, changing a lot of codes,
which will potentially break something or create more bugs,
and that has to be addressed by lengthy testing cycle too
• Cost = professional manday rate * time

5. How to Minimize Changes?
• As long as a software system / solution is in used, it’s
natural to expect changes, unless the business doesn’t
evolve!

6. What’s easy to change in the business model
should be easy to change in your architecture

7. Process-Driven Application Design
• Software is coded based on process requirements
translated from business stakeholders
• When a process flow is changed, the flowchart presented
by business users is also modified to reflect the latest
business rules
• So WHY NOT we automate a
process from the flowchart?

8. Joget Workflow
• Open source (GPLv3)
• Workflow management system (process automation)
• Designed for people-driven human workflow
• Key components (but there are more):
– Workflow Designer
– Form Builder
– Workflow Engine
• Current latest release-version is v2.0.0
• Focused on usability simplicity
• 14k downloads in the first year
• Anything else? Tell you MORE after the demo ;)

9. Thailand Rocks
Thailand is ranked #1
Joget Worklflow downloads by country

10. DEMO
Automate Leave Approval Process in 10 Minutes

11. Just a Few Simple Steps
1. Design the Leave Approval Process using Workflow
Designer
2. Configure participant mapping
3. Design data forms using Form Builder
4. Map system activities to relevant plugins

12. The Built-in Sample Organization
Structure

13. What Have You Seen in The Demo?
• System is automated based on process design
• The business rule / flow changes can be easily applied
(there’s also a versioning control mechanism)
• Data can be captured using forms designed with Form
Builder
• Plugin-oriented architecture allows automation of system
activities and integration

14. LET ME READ YOUR MIND
I’ll Answer Some Questions That I’m Seeing in Your
Eyes

15. Mobile Support

16. What Kind of Process Can I Automate with
Joget Workflow?
• Any process that you can illustrate using flowchart
• One or more datelines can be defined on a workflow
activity, and a series of other activities / actions could be
triggered when the “timed-bomb” is hit
• A workflow participant (use case actor) can be defined as
user(s), group(s) of users, performer of an activity,
organization chart, workflow variable or even a plugin

17. Can I Develop the Forms in Other
Platforms?
• YES, you can build advanced forms in any web platform,
such as Java, PHP, .NET, Ruby on Rails and Python, and
map the form URL to a workflow activity running in Joget
Workflow
• For example, we can call credit card payment form
running in external system from a process designed in
Joget Workflow

18. Is Joget Workflow a Document
Management System?
• NO. Joget Workflow itself is not any specific vertical
solution.
• But, you can use Joget Workflow as the workflow engine
of a solution (eg DMS, HR, Sales, CRM), to automate
processes / flows

19. How Can I Integrate a Solution with Joget
Workflow?
• Using Joget Workflow as the workflow engine of a vertical
solution, integration can be achieved using JavaScript
AJAX and JSON APIs readily available in Joget Workflow.
– Task inbox embedding
– Single Sign On (SSO)
– Start a process, retrieve pending tasks, accept or complete a
task, get workflow variable values, and more … from external
system
• JSON API can be called from any platform

20. How Can I Integrate a Solution with Joget
Workflow?

21. How Long Has Joget Workflow Been
Around?
• Celebrating 1st anniversary on 30th Oct
• Top 10 countries of Joget Workflow adoption (19th Sep – 19th
Oct 2010)

22. The Global Enterprise IT is Putting
Attention on Open Source Adoption
• Accenture survey from 300 large organizations in both
the private and public sector (5th Aug 2010) finds:
– 69% anticipate increased investment in 2010
– 38% expecting to migrate mission-critical software to open
source in the next 12 months
– 50% are fully committed to open source in their business

23. Q&A
www.joget.org
community.joget.org
twitter.com/jogetworkflow
facebook.com/jogetworkflow
marketplace.joget.org