Experience Report: Use of SAP NetWeaver Technology to realize SOA-based BPM Tasks

Abstract

In corporate settings where service-oriented architecture (SOA) are being considered as a technical foundation to support business process management (BPM) efforts, there are often questions regarding the optimal environment for process execution. This paper focuses on our experiences with such environments based on SAP NetWeaver technology - in particular composite application framework's guided procedures. Although this paper will focus on our experiences with this product family and SAP's Enterprise SOA approach, others interested in the practical application in similar environments will find information about the problems faced and their resulting solutions. The hand-off between process design and process implementation in a corporate setting will be of particular interest to those examining the interaction between SOA theory and its real-world manifestation in a large organization.