IBM WebSphere Business Integration Modeler

IBM WebSphere Business Integration Modeler

是个可视化工具。

WebSphere Business Integration Modeler包含两个产品：IBM WebSphere Business Integration Workbench，可以用于 design and implement complex process workflows.  IBM WebSphere Business Integration Workbench Server ，增加了 collaboration tools to test and refine these workflows.

WebSphere Business Integration Workbench is built on three components：business modeler, UML modeler and Xform designer. 

• The business modeler allows users to design business process models using intuitive drag-and-drop technology.它包含process modeling functions，可以将复杂的business process转换成逻辑明晰的流图。You can identify the important rules and other guidelines—such as policies, business goals and legal considerations—that affect your process performance to help gauge your company’s readiness for process automation.
• The UML modeler 方便地产生 UML output 。
• The Xform designer component places the capacity of customized workplace design in the hands of the everyday business user. WebSphere Business Integration Workbench users can quickly design GUIs to meet specific enterprise needs, then provide screen mock-ups of new interfaces and forms to illustrate IT requirements.

IBM WebSphere Business Integration Workbench Server provides the tools necessary to capture, organize and share business process data throughout your enterprise.包括a repository, a Web publisher and security features.

• The repository提供了the content management features that can help you organize and consolidate all business processes in a centralized storage system. 同时也允许 version control 。
• The Web publisher is an Internet- or intranet-based delivery application that enables authorized personnel to view and use enterprise process data including:
  • Business process models
  • Policies, procedures and business rules
  • Goals and performance measures
  • Organizational trees and employee directories
  • Process operations
• The security components allow you to manage user access to information throughout the system.