WebSphere Lombardi Edition V7.2
For Broader, Faster Adoption of Rapid Process Improvement
Marc Smith – Product Manager – WebSphere Lombardi BPM
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Accelerate Adoption of Process Implementation, Improvement
• Provides a model-driven architecture with a shared
process model
• Rapid delivery of process applications
• Build, deploy, measure, optimize processes using a single,
unified platform
What’s New?
 Broader global language availability
– Enable international markets with expanded translation
and localization support
(Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe)
 Built-in integrations with complementary IBM
products
– WebSphere Process Server/WSRR, ILOG JRules, content
management with FileNet or CM8
 Optional add-ons extend access to processes from
Microsoft desktops
– Outlook, SharePoint add-ons
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Internationalization
 Internationalization of design-time and run-time environments
 Authoring Environment, Coaches, Portal, Admin Console, Installer
and Documentation translated into the following languages:
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English
Spanish
Portuguese (Portugal)
Portuguese (Brazil)
French
German
Dutch
Italian
Greek
Russian
Japanese
Korean
Simplified Han
Traditional Han
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WebSphere Process Server/WebSphere Service Registry &
Repository Integration
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• WPS integrations configured “by hand”
• WLE invokes WPS integrations & orchestrations via non-secure web
services
• WLE authors browse the WSRR secure & non-secure web service
repository via the Web Service configuration wizard
• WLE invokes WPS integrations & orchestrations via secure & nonsecure web services
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WPS Service Registry Connection
Authors will be able to select a
WSRR registry to explore, and then
search and select available WPS
services
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WPS Service Registry Search
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WebSphere ILOG JRules Integration
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• Integrations to ILOG JRules servers, rulesets, and decision services
created “by hand”
• WLE invokes ILOG decision service via non-secure web services
• WLE ‘JRules Connector’ connects and invokes ILOG decision
service via secure & non-secure web services
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Consuming Rules from ILOG JRules
Authors will be able to browse and select
an existing Ruleset from an existing
JRules Execution Server
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Enterprise Content Management Integration
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• WLE can make calls to ECM web services (custom code)
• ECM can send events to WLE (custom code)
• WLE File Attachments URL to ECM document
• ‘Document List’ widget links WLE Coach to ECM repository
• ‘Document View’ widget links WLE Coach to ECM repository
• WLE API functions allow authors to search, retrieve and upload
documents
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ECM Coach Controls
OOTB Integration with CM8 and FileNet P8
through IBM Content Integrator.
* Integrating through ICI enables integration with multiple thirdparty ECM repositories
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ECM Coach Control Options
Authors can define a search
for a list of documents to
expose to the end-user
Authors can allow end-users
to upload documents to the
ECM repository
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End-user Coach view of ECM documents
End-users can view the documents
directly from an ECM repository through
the new document viewer widget in
Lombardi Coaches
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Lombardi for Office & Lombardi for SharePoint
Available in
Passport Advantage
Integrated Process
Toolbar for all user
actions
Lombardi Task Folders
automatically available
in Outlook Folders
 Lombardi For Office
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View and run
tasks from
WebParts
 Lombardi For SharePoint
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End-users can view task lists, reports, and run
tasks directly from their inbox
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End-users can view task lists, reports and run
tasks from SharePoint WebParts
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Available as English only
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Available as English only
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Add-on price for each WLE Application Instance
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Add-on price for each WLE Application Instance
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New Feature: Critical Path Management - Viewing Critical Path Data
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Selection of Projected Path
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Users can choose a projected path based on
pessimistic, optimistic, historical, and
simulation data.
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Important Details About the
Current Process Instance
Users can see the current set due date of
the process and what the due date would be
if the process were to take the selected
path. From here, they can change the set
due date of the process to align with the
projected due date.
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Visibility Into Details of Each
Activity in the Process
Users can see which task the process is
currently at and which activities are left to
execute. For each activity, users can view and
make changes to the assigned owner, priority,
duration, and due date. The list is expandable
so the user can see details of previous
activities and tasks.
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New Feature: Critical Path Management - Advanced User Features
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Printable and Exportable Views
Users can print Critical Path data into a
printable format as well as export the data to
an Excel spreadsheet to share desired
information with colleagues and management
for review.
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Mass Updates to Activity Durations
When a process has a large amount of
activities, the ability to update multiple activities
at once is essential. Users can update
durations by an amount, a percentage, or set
all chosen activities to a desired value
Preview of Changes
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All changes made to activities and tasks are
displayed to the user in a readable list so
users can be sure their changes are
accurate.
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New Feature: Critical Path Management - Graphical Representation
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Highlighted Current Activity
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The activity that the process is currently at is
highlighted in yellow. Users can double click
activities to see any sub processes.
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Highlighted Critical Path
Users can visualize what activities are left to
be executed on the selected Critical Path.
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Printable Process Diagram
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Users can print the process diagram with the
highlighted critical path to share with
colleagues.
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Lombardi Edition: Where to Go for More Information
 WebSphere Lombardi Edition v7.2 – Announcement Letter:
– http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS210318&appname=USN
 WebSphere Lombardi Edition v7.2 – Web Page:
– http://www-01.ibm.com/software/integration/lombardi-edition/
 WebSphere Lombardi Edition v7.2 – Product Documentation:
– http://www-01.ibm.com/software/integration/lombardi-edition/library/documentation/
 Lombardi BPM on PartnerWorld:
– https://www-304.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/servlet/mem/ContentHandler/H667491V63678L22
 Lombardi BPM Sales and Marketing Kit:
– http://w3-103.ibm.com/software/xl/portal/content?synKey=H667491V63678L22#overview
 Lombardi BPM Overview Customer Presentation:
– IMPACT 2010 Lombardi presentation
Contact for more help: askLombardi@us.ibm.com
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Questions?
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Supported Operating Environments – WLE
 Server
– Operating Systems:
-Windows Server 2008 R2 (32- or 64-bit)
-Windows Server 2008 (32- or 64-bit)
-Windows Server 2003 R2 (32- or 64-bit)
-Windows Server 2003 (32- or 64-bit)
-AIX 5.3, AIX 6.1 (Power® 6)
-Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86-32-bit, x86-64-bit)
-SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86-32-bit, x86-64bit)
-Sun Solaris SPARC 10
– Databases
-DB2 Enterprise Server V9.7 Fix Pack 1
-DB2 Workgroup Server V9.7 Fix Pack 1
-DB2 Express® V9.7 Fix Pack 1
-Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard and Enterprise
Edition SP3
-Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise
Edition
-Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise
Edition R2
-Oracle Database 11g Standard and Enterprise
Edition Release*
-Oracle Database 11g Standard and Enterprise Edition
Release 2*
 Authors
– Operating Systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (32- or 64bit)
• Windows Server 2008 (32- or 64-bit)
• Windows Server 2003 R2 (32- or 64-bit)
• Windows Server 2003 (32- or 64-bit)
• Windows 7 (32- or 64-bit)
• Windows Vista (32- or 64-bit)
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 (32- or 64-bit)
 Participants
– Supported Browsers
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or 7
• Mozilla Firefox 3, or later
* Refer to the required patch for Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Standard and Enterprise editions: July 2010 Critical Patch for Oracle 11g
Release 2 as documented in My Oracle Support Note 1089044.1.
Note: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for System z and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for IBM System z are supported on
WLE 7.1. WLE 7.2 support for zLinux is planned for 1H2011
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Supported Operating Environments – WLE Add-ons
 Lombardi Edition for Microsoft Office Add-on
– Operating Systems
-Windows XP Service Pack 3 (32- or 64-bit)
-Windows Vista (32- or 64-bit)
-Windows 7 (32- or 64-bit)
– Microsoft Office or supporting components:
-Microsoft Outlook 2007
-Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) 1.2.1
-Microsoft .NET 3.5
 Lombardi Edition for Microsoft SharePoint Add-on
– Operating systems:
-Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (32- or 64-bit)
-Windows Server 2008 (32- or 64-bit)
-Windows Server 2003 R2 (32- or 64-bit)
-Windows Server 2003 (32- or 64-bit)
– Microsoft SharePoint Server or supporting components:
-Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 (use 32-bit version for 32-bit Windows Server, or 64-bit version for 64-bit Windows
Server)
-Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
-ASP.NET 2.0 enabled in IIS
-Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 or 2.0
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