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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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