| Over the last few
decades, software has slowly been decoupled. Client / Server removed
the database from the fat client. Thin-client decoupled the user
interface from the business logic. Service-oriented architectures
decouple the integration-logic from the business logic. Now, process-driven
architectures decouple the process-logic from the business logic.
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In a process driven
architecture, the application is viewed from a process perspective.
A process is broken down into major activities and each activity
is broken down into tasks. The process information is then recorded
as a “digital process” that can be executed inside
of a “process execution
engine” or a “process virtual machine”.
The process driven architecture will leverage the service-oriented
enterprise to provide a consistent means of accessing the variety
of systems that are utilized across a process. Process driven
architectures are at the heart of a class of software called “Business
Process Management” (BPM).
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