The document summarizes the status and roadmap of the Camunda stack for business process automation. It discusses Camunda's vision of powering all significant automation projects. The stack currently provides lightweight workflow implementation and enterprise-grade operations features. The roadmap includes expanding support for broad adoption, operating at scale, continuous improvement through data and analytics, and facilitating collaboration. It also introduces Zeebe as a new workflow engine for large workflows across microservices.
4. It is about Scale
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Number of
Business Processes
Number of
Stakeholders
Load & Throughput
5. Continuous Process Improvement
Adoption Journey
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Value
Time / Invest
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Technical Workflow Implementation
Operating mission-critical Processes
Broad-scale Adoption of Automation
Automated Enterprise
6. Continuous Process Improvement
Adoption Journey
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Value
Time / Invest
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Technical Workflow Implementation
Operating mission-critical Processes
Broad-scale Adoption of Automation
Automated Enterprise
7. Business Units request Process Automation Solutions
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ITBusiness Units
Software Developers
Software Architects
IT Project Managers
Business Analysts
Technical Operations
Manager Employee Project Lead
Process
Owners X (X)
Process
Workers X
Process
Stake-
holders
X X X
CIO /
VP Engineering
Request
Solution
9. Lightweight, Developer-friendly Platform
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Great Developer Experience, immediate Productivity and long-term maintainability of Solution
1. Open Source and no Vendor Lock-in
2. Apply proven Software Engineering Practices
3. Use with any Technology Stack
10. Continuous Process Improvement
Adoption Journey
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Value
Time / Invest
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Technical Workflow Implementation
Operating mission-critical Processes
Broad-scale Adoption of Automation
Automated Enterprise
13. Continuous Operations of the Camunda Stack
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Currently available
1. Updates without downtime
2. Continuous Security Patches
3. Solution to History Data Retention
We are considering
1. Out-of-the-box archive Solution for
History Data
2. Camunda as a hosted Service
15. Continuous Process Improvement
Adoption Journey
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Value
Time / Invest
1
2
3
4
5
Technical Workflow Implementation
Operating mission-critical Processes
Broad-scale Adoption of Automation
Automated Enterprise
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What is the value in automating a “crappy” process?
German Version:
„Wenn sie einen Scheißprozess digitalisieren, dann haben sie einen scheiß digitalen Prozess“
Thorsten Dirks, CEO Telefónica
23. Deutsche Bahn
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1. Project 1: “Replacement of a document-based business process”
2. Project 2: “Introduction of a new capacity management system which forms the foundation for
both national & international transport” (X-Cargo)
3. More projects on the way...
24. Facilitate Communication and drive Adoption BPA
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ITBusiness Units
Software Developers
Software Architects
IT Project Managers
Business Analysts
Technical Operations
Manager Employee Project Lead
Process
Owners X (X)
Process
Workers X
Process
Stake-
holders
X X X
CIO /
VP Engineering
Request
Solution
27. On a Quest to automate an Industrial Biofactory...
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Zymergen’s platform includes an industrial biofactory where servers and
robots interact with scientists to accomplish complex workflows. We have
extended Camunda to coordinate and execute work in the factory while
collecting, analyzing, and responding to data.
-Dylan Webster, Product Manager
28. A Current Idea
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Framework for domain-specific low-code platforms
Developers &
Domain Experts
Reusable
Building Blocks
Non-Developers
Service Tasks,
Process Fragments,
...
provide combine
29. Continuous Process Improvement
Adoption Journey
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Value
Time / Invest
1
2
3
4
5
Technical Workflow Implementation
Operating mission-critical Processes
Broad-scale Adoption of Automation
Automated Enterprise
30. Source: Case Study: Richard Tarling, Managing Director and Randall Graebner, Senior Engineer from Goldman Sachs - Camunda Day NYC
Enterprise Scale
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31. A Business Process too:
Approving Calls
• Customer dials a number
• Provider checks if customer is allowed to
call that number
• If positive, connection is established
• Customers of AT&T Wireless: > 110 million
35. 1. Horizontal scalability
2. Fault tolerance via an easy-to-configure
replication mechanism
3. A message-driven architecture
4. A publish-subscribe interaction model
5. A language-agnostic client model
Zeebe - A completely new kind of Workflow Engine
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36. Zeebe Roadmap
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Try out at https://zeebe.io (Open Source)
Currently: R&D Phase, Stable release targeted in Q1 / 2019
Upcoming Big Workflow Platform:
Zeebe (engine)
Modeler
Operations tool (Operate),
Analytics tool (Optimize)
Zeebe Sessions(Tomorrow 1:30 pm)
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Adoption Journey
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Value
Time / Invest
1
2
3
4
5
Technical Workflow Implementation
Operating mission-critical Processes
Broad-scale Adoption of Automation
Automated Enterprise
38. Product Strategy
1. Continue to provide the best, developer-friendly solution to implement
and operate mission-critical Workflows
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Product Strategy
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Value
Time / Invest
1
2
3
4
5
Technical Workflow Implementation
Operating mission-critical Processes
Process Automation at Scale
Automated Enterprise
Cawemo
Optimize
Zeebe & Big
Workflow
Domain-specific Low
Code
Microservice
Orchestration
40. Product Strategy
1. Continue to provide the best, developer-friendly solution to implement
and operate mission-critical Workflows
2. Evolve the stack to enable broad-scale Adoption of
Business Process Automation