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One of the interesting opportunities created by rendering a process using EPF Composer is the ability to manipulate process elements in an orchestration engine. EPFC uses a standardized XMI meta-model to store process data, which makes it possible to write software that manipulates it - or chunks of it.

Blah blah blah. What does this really mean?

Well, it means that you can write software that reads up the process meta-data and converts it into a stack of tasks that need to be performed by people (assigned to roles) that deliver products. A task management application, if you like.

The current buzzword that applies to this is process enactment.

One such application - Wilos - has already been developed by a group of students in France. Wilos is an open source project, so you can download for free. The project is still in the early stages of development but from what I have seen after installing and running a recent build, it looks like a very promising concept.

It's worth a look.

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Whilst I finalise the DSDM plug-in for version 1.0, I have posted a link to the current 0.9 version up on www.eclipseplugincentral.com

It can be found under the Process category, along with the Agile Enterprise Architecture plug-in from Charles Edwards. Charles' work is very good and you should check it out if (like me) you have an interest in Enterprise Architecture.

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It's taken a long time but the DSDM plugin for OpenUP is nearing release. I have re-worked the plugin against the current version of OpenUP/Basic in CVS and cleaned up the errors and warnings. The next step is to add the DSDM plugin to the OpenUP CVS repository.

All being well, it will ship with the official version 1.0 release of OpenUP.

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