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Subject: FW: Conf call with BCM
Forwarding some minutes from yesterday's call with the OASIS BCM TC. Rajesh: Should I have David fill out your template? JohnE > -----Original Message----- > From: John Evdemon > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 3:10 PM > To: 'Rajesh Pradhan'; 'Monica J. Martin' > Cc: 'Steve Ross-Talbot'; 'Stephen A White'; 'Greg Ritzinger'; 'Diane Jordan' > Subject: RE: Conf call with BCM > > Here are some "non-normative" minutes: > > I had a conf call this morning (8 AM PT) with Bruce Peat and David RR Webber. > They walked me through the attached ppt and explained how BPEL might play a > role in BCM (Business-Centric Methodology). > > BCM appears to provide a template-driven, business-centric approach to > application/process modeling (much like BCF). > > I think our confusion is somewhat expected, given the breadth of initiatives cited in > Bruce's presentations (see attached). His presentation includes influences from the > Zachman Framework, BCF, OMG, the Semantic Web and many others. I asked > about the similarities to BCF and Bruce stated that BCM is complementary, not in > competition with BCF. > > If I recall, Bruce explained the deliverables of the TC as: > 1) The methodology (paper) > 2) Appendices with templates > 3) Guidelines for using templates and establishing metadata repositories > > BPEL is part of their big picture and would probably appear in the "workflow" layer > of the "Lubash Pyramid" (see lower right corner of Slide 1). My initial guess is that > this will be a "one way" liaison (in terms of information sharing). > > I have asked David to say a few words about BCM in our upcoming TC conf call > (under new business). I'd like David to explain how BCM is being used at DFAS. > I also sent Bruce an email asking for additional clarification on the deliverables. > > JohnE > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rajesh Pradhan [mailto:rajesh@iopsis.com] > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:23 PM > > To: John Evdemon; 'Monica J. Martin' > > Cc: 'Steve Ross-Talbot'; 'Stephen A White'; 'Greg Ritzinger'; 'Diane Jordan' > > Subject: RE: Conf call with BCM > > > > Hi John, > > > > I had to sign off around 11:50 a.m ET - so I missed the last bit. > > > > I am a little confused as to what the BCM group is out to achieve. This sound a bit > > like the OMG MDA initiative ( albeit with a greater business focus ). I'm also not > > sure what the deliverables are going to be and how we should work together. > ( Did I > > miss this discussion ? ) > > > > Looking forward to your update, > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rajesh. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Evdemon [mailto:jevdemon@microsoft.com] > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 12:10 PM > > To: Monica J. Martin > > Cc: Rajesh Pradhan; Steve Ross-Talbot; Stephen A White; Greg Ritzinger; > > Diane Jordan > > Subject: RE: Conf call with BCM > > > > > > Monica, > > > > I planned to summarize this discussion in email later today. I asked > > David Webber to speak a bit about BCM to the group on our next conf call > > (under new business). > > > > Were you on the conf call this morning? > > > > Rajesh: I know you were on the call - what were your thoughts? > > > > JohnE > > > > > >
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