Chapter 1. Installing and Getting Started with Bonita

Business Intelligence and business modeling has tremendous scope these days. It is of utmost importance to know, understand, and implement business logic that results in the success of any service or product. Modeling a business process and automating a workflow results in reduced time, effort, and various other benefits for all the parties involved. Bonita BPM is an open source BPM and workflow suite that is suited for creating high-tech workflows. It can be used for complex workflows, such as Supply Chain Management, Human Resources, Contract Management, and e-Government.

Hence, it is extremely useful to leverage this tool to better any existing workflow. A plethora of applications, across various domains, can be created quite easily and comprehensively using the Bonita Studio and Execution Engine. Let us get started with learning all about Bonita BPM.

This chapter serves as a quick start guide to Bonita. We would have a look at the following things:

• Installing Bonita Open Solution

• Creating a simple process

• Deploying a process