Low-Code Business Automation Training and Certification

Low-Code Business Automation Training and CertificationBruce Silver2022-03-16T12:33:17-07:00

Low-Code Business Automation with BPMN and DMN shows you how to create executable Business Automation services and pageflow apps without programming. Business Automation, also known as Digital Transformation, is a key initiative for all businesses today, and Low-Code – solutions based on models instead of program code – is the hottest topic in application development. There are a number of Low-Code Business Automation platforms available today, all using proprietary modeling languages. This course will show you how to do it entirely with standards: DMN for business logic and BPMN for process logic. Unlike our BPMN Method and Style training, which covers non-executable models for process documentation and improvement, executable BPMN has – until now – always required programming. But Trisotech has borrowed Low-Code features from DMN – boxed expressions and the expression language FEEL – to make executable BPMN Low-Code as well! In this course, students learn how to create executable workflow processes and self-contained pageflow apps using a model-based approach.

You’ll learn four things in the class:

The key patterns of Low-Code Business Automation, and a basic methodology for implementing each one.
Use of DMN decision services to create all modeler-defined business logic in Low-Code Business Automation.
Details of executable BPMN design, based on configuration of 5 BPMN task types – Decision tasks, Service tasks, User tasks, Script tasks, and Call Activities – and their integration with process variables, using FEEL and boxed expressions.
Testing and production deployment of Business Automation services and pageflow apps in the Trisotech Cloud.

Who Is the Intended Audience?

This course is aimed at what Microsoft calls software “makers” – product owners and technically inclined business users, as well as developers interested in a Low-Code model-based approach, which significantly reduces time-to-value. If you can create spreadsheets using the Formulas ribbon in Microsoft Excel, you qualify as a “maker”. While the course does not require any programming knowledge or experience, it does require familiarity with DMN, including BKMs, contexts, and FEEL. If DMN is new to you, I suggest taking my DMN Method and Style training first; an attractive bundle of DMN and Business Automation training is available at a signficant cost savings.

What Does the Training Include?

The web/on-demand training includes the following:

Comprehensive instruction in details of Business Automation design using Low-Code
60-day use of the Trisotech platform, including Workflow Modeler, Decision Modeler, Cloud Datastores, Digital Enterprise Graph, Operation Library, Cloud Publish and Service Library
60-day use of a MySQL database on my website and Skyvia Connect endpoint providing OData access to it
In-class exercises using the tools, with interactive discussion of the solutions
Creation of a Vacation Request workflow service and a Stock Trading pageflow app
PDF student notes
Two levels of post-class certification. Basics certification based on an online exam through Part 6 of the training; Advanced certification based on demonstration of a working Stock Trading pageflow app.

To get a better idea of what is included, check out this video of Part 1, Introduction and Overview.

Course Outline

Introduction and Overview
DMN in Business Automation
BPMN in Business Automation
Task Configuration
Vacation Request Process
Basics Recap and Certification
Stock Trading App
Price and Validate Trade
Evaluate Portfolio
Execute Trade
The Pageflow App
Certification and Beyond

What Is BPMN?

BPMN 2.0 is the industry standard for business process modeling, defining the flow of activities comprising an end-to-end business process. It is a common language shared by business and IT users, in uses ranging from documentation to process analysis and improvement to execution on an automation engine.

What Is DMN?

DMN is the industry standard for business decision modeling and execution without programming. A DMN model defines the structure of a business decision end-to-end and details the decision logic entirely in diagrams and tables... no programming required.

What Is Low-Code Business Automation?

By combining BPMN and DMN, you can create executable processes and pageflow apps without programming... entirely based on standards.

What Is Method and Style?

The BPMN standard defines a vocabulary of shapes and symbols that is widely used for documenting and analyzing business processes, but does not provide any methodology or guidance for using the language effectively. Method and Style applies additional conventions and methods on top of the BPMN specification to ensure that the process logic is revealed clearly and completely from the printed diagram.

Professionalize Your Business Modeling

Companies waste enormous resources on creating models that cannot be understood by all stakeholders in business and IT. It doesn't have to be that way. Methodandstyle.com helps you professionalize your business modeling with training, learning resources, news and commentary.

Jump-Start Your Digital Transformation

The combination of BPMN and DMN enables Business Automation based on Low-Code - diagrams and tables, not programming. We provide training, consulting and mentoring to jump-start your digital transformation efforts.

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