Alfresco Day Amsterdam 2015, Technical Track - Doing more with Activiti, Paul Holmes-Higgin, General Manager Activiti

1. #AlfrescoDayAmsterdam

2. Doing More with Activiti
December 2015

3. From To
Collaborative WorkIndividual Tasks
IT Ownership
The Analyst’s
View: The
Modernization
of BPM
Business Ownership
Structured Dynamic and Intelligent
Process Only Process + Content + People
Source: Gartner BPM Summit (London 2015)

4. Alfresco Activiti 1.3 – Key Features
• Checklists
• Document generation
• Alfresco metadata attach &
publish
• Link Sites to Processes
• Box attach & publish
• Enhanced REST
integration
• New Tasks UI
• Custom filters
• Due date calendar hook
What’sNew

5. Alfresco Activiti 1.3 – Forms enhancements
• Tabbed forms
• Variable column
containers
• Save form data
• Expand/collapse group
• Attach to tasks
dynamically
• Enhanced visibility
constraints
• Form Stencils
What’sNew

6. Dynamic & Collaborative Tasks Demo

7. Customizing Activiti the Easy Way
• REST calls
– For lists of values or autocompletion
– Easy integration to existing services
– Call into Activiti itself (users, groups, …)
• Stencils
– Provide domain specific design palette
– BPMN, Step, Form
– Hide, rename, regroup existing items
– Add new items through the UI
• More coming in the next release!

8. REST and Stencil Demos

9. Roadmap
CY2015 CY2016
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
Activiti 1.3
 Checklists with sub tasks
 Box Connector
 Task UX with quick filters
 Ad hoc Attach Forms
 Document generation
 Business calendar
Activiti 1.4
 Business rules
 Box and Google Metadata
 Save Step as BPMN
 Enhanced modeling
 Extended APIs
Activiti 2.0+
 V6 Next Gen BPM Engine
 Dynamic processes
 Predictive analytics
Continuous
 Forms enhancements
 Alfresco ECM integration
Activiti 1.5
 Data Services & Modeling
 Custom Reports
 Variable Mapping
 iOS Task App
 Administration enhancements

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