Overview
| Course code | ZB003 | Skill level | Basic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 5.0 days | Delivery type | Self-paced Virtual Class |
| Course type | Public only | ||
| Public price | USD $3,100.00 plus tax |
The Lombardi product has been renamed BPM Standard. Modeling and Implementing with IBM Business Process Manager V7.5.1 (Self-paced) (ZB743) is the most recent course for Developers.
This 5-day instructor-led course teaches core process modeling skills, project development methodology, delivery best practice patterns, and implementation practices that improve the speed and quality of process definition and implementation efforts.
This course focuses on reuse, ease of maintenance, and implementation of best practices. You will use IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition to create a business process definition (BPD) from business requirements that are identified during process analysis. The course begins with an overview of BPM and process modeling. You will learn how to make team collaboration more efficient by enabling all team members to use standard process model elements and notation, which makes expressing and interpreting business requirements consistent throughout the BPM life cycle. The course also teaches you how to build an agile and flexible shared process model that can be understood by key business stakeholders, implemented by developers, and adjusted to accommodate process changes. You will learn how to work within the parameters of the BPM life cycle methodology in ways that maximize the functionality of WebSphere Lombardi Edition and project development best practices, such as meeting the target playback goal.
The course continues with implementation of the process model. You will learn about the architecture of WebSphere Lombardi Edition, which provides contextual information for the rest of the course. You will then learn how variables in Lombardi are scoped and used to exchange information between services and business processes. After learning about variables, you will examine process flows to learn about routing and gateways, and then build user interfaces (Coaches) and use the integration capabilities that Lombardi provides.
After completing the integration exercises, you will implement message events. Finally, you will learn about best practices regarding snapshots, toolkits, and organizing process assets.
This course uses an interactive learning environment, with hands-on demonstrations, class activities to reinforce concepts and check understanding, and labs embedded in each of the course units that enable hands-on experience with BPM tasks and skills. The course is designed to be collaborative, and you can work in teams to perform class activities.
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Audience
This basic course is for project members who design and implement detailed logic, data models, and external system integrations for an executable business process.
Prerequisites
You should have:
- Practical knowledge of data structures
- Understanding of SQL syntax
- Working experience with Extensible Markup Language (XML), Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), and JavaScript
- Basic understanding of web services
- Experience with modern programming techniques
Skills taught
- Describe why process modeling is an important phase in the BPM life cycle methodology
- Explain how to create a process application using IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition
- List and identify the core elements that are used to create a business process definition (BPD) in IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition
- Translate workflow steps into business process activities and nested processes
- Control the process flow using gateways
- Validate that the process model meets playback zero goals and requirements
- Use an intermediate timer event to ensure that process deadlines are met
- Describe the architecture of Lombardi
- Manage variables and data flow
- Implement gateways and routing to control process flow
- Design user input forms (Lombardi Coaches)
- Access and manipulate external data
- Test a business process model
- Model and implement message events
- Organize process assets using toolkits, snapshots, and tagging
Course outline
- Course introduction
- Getting started
- Introducing WebSphere Lombardi Edition
- Creating a process model
- Process flow
- Playback zero - validating the process model
- Intermediate timer events
- WebSphere Lombardi Edition architecture
- Managing data
- Managing process flow
- Building Coaches
- Integration Services
- Message Events
- Snapshots, toolkits, and organizing assets
- Course summary
Machine requirements
System requirements:
After you enroll in this course, you will be directed to a link to help you prepare your system to access the course.
The computer you use to access the labs should meet the following requirements:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 or higher
- Minimum 512 MB of memory
- Microsoft Internet Explorer V7 or higher, or Mozilla Firefox V3 or higher
- Citrix ICA Client installed
- Access to the Internet
If you are running Windows 2000, ensure that your Internet Explorer uses 128-bit encryption. You can verify this by opening Internet Explorer and selecting Help > About Internet Explorer. If 128-bit is not listed, download and install the code from Microsoft.
The following network configurations will not work with these labs:
- Dialup connections
- Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) scripts loaded on the local machine (using file:// under Use automatic configuration script in Internet Explorer's Local Area Network (LAN) Settings); use a PAC script on a Web server (using http://) instead
- Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) only configurations; contact your location's network administrator about alternative configurations
The following configurations may or may not work with these labs, but are not supported:
- Citrix Clients under the following operating systems:
- Windows 95
- Linux
- UNIX
- Macintosh
- Web browsers other than Internet Explorer V7 or higher and Firefox V3 or higher
For information on other related WebSphere courses, visit the WebSphere Education Training Paths Web site: