www.it-ebooks.info Activiti 5.x Business Process Management Beginner's Guide A practical guide to designing and developing BPMN-based business processes Dr. Zakir Laliwala Irshad Mansuri BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI www.it-ebooks.info Activiti 5.x Business Process Management Beginner's Guide Copyright © 2014 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the authors, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. First published: March 2014 Production Reference: 1190314 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK. ISBN 978-1-84951-706-5 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Asher Wishkerman (
[email protected]) www.it-ebooks.info Credits Authors Project Coordinator Dr. Zakir Laliwala Leena Purkait Irshad Mansuri Proofreaders Maria Gould Reviewers Sofiane Bendoukha Paul Hindle Ivano Carrara Indexers Mike Dias Monica Ajmera Mehta Rekha Nair Acquisition Editors Anthony Albuquerque Graphics Neha Nagwekar Ronak Dhruv Content Development Editor Abhinash Sahu Vaibhav Pawar Production Coordinator Technical Editors Kyle Albuquerque Krishnaveni Haridas Arwa Manasawala Veena Pagare Cover Work Kyle Albuquerque Manal Pednekar Ankita Thakur Copy Editors Tanvi Gaitonde Aditya Nair www.it-ebooks.info About the Authors Dr. Zakir Laliwala is an entrepreneur, open source specialist, and a hands-on CTO of Attune Infocom. Attune Infocom provides enterprise open source solutions and services for SOA, BPM, ESB, portal, cloud computing, and ECM. At Attune Infocom, he is responsible for the delivery of solutions and services and product development. He explores new enterprise open source and defining architecture, roadmaps, and best practices. He has consulted and provided training on various open source technologies, including Mule ESB, Activiti BPM, JBoss jBPM and Drools, Liferay Portal, Alfresco E