So far, we have seen that business processes are dynamic. To express the various stages of the, the business process life cycle has to be defined. A business process lifecycle has to cover the following four phases:
Process modeling is related to the definition of the process model, using the selected methodology and the notation.
Process implementation is related to the activities required to implement end-to-end IT support for the process. SOA provides technologies and tools to make the implementations phase quick and efficient.
Process execution and control is related to the actual running of the process, and the supervisors controlling the process execution and taking necessary corrective actions.
Process monitoring and optimization is related to gathering data about the process execution. SOA approach provides the ability to gather real-time quantitative data using process monitoring or BAM tools. Optimization is responsible for interpreting these monitoring numbers...