Oracle BPA Suite architecture and features

Oracle BPA Suite is a sophisticated tool for modeling and analysis of business processes. It is based on the market-leading IDS Scheer ARIS design platform. Using Oracle BPA Suite we are able to model, simulate, and optimize business processes. It enables us not only to model business processes, but also to define organizational models, IT architecture models, data models, and so on. The tool supports various business process modeling notations, such as BPMN, EPC (Event-driven Process Chain), eEPC (Extended Event-driven Process Chain), UML activity diagrams, and other less known notations. Oracle BPA Suite can also be integrated with Oracle SOA Suite as it supports round-tripping between business process models (BPMN) and the execution form (BPEL).

Oracle BPA Suite consists of four components:

• Business Process Architect: This is the most important component. It provides a user-friendly and intuitive interface for modeling, using standard techniques...