Business Process Management

Abstract

In this chapter, we look at business processes and how business process management (BPM) is supported by Seam. I’ve already discussed JBoss Business Process Management (jBPM) in Chapter 5, when we explored Seam’s pageflow features, which are built on jBPM. As mentioned in that chapter, while BPM can be applied effectively to manage pageflow, it’s actually a much broader field, supporting tasks implemented in a variety of ways (web pages, business components, business rules, etc.), connected together with a structured workflow that can span multiple users across potentially long periods of time. In this chapter, we look at this broader application of BPM and how jBPM can be used within Seam to define and execute business processes.