This five-day course offers material suitable for Process Analysts, Process Developers and Process Architects through its multi-tiered structure:

Day 1 - Metastorm BPM for Process Analysts

Who should attend: Business Process Analysts, Metastorm BPM project leads, anyone who will be involved in process analysis and design using Metastorm BPM.

Prerequisites: Experience in using windows-based software products and an understanding of business process analysis

The first day of our Foundation Course concentrates on process design using the Metastorm BPM Process Designer. Attendees come away from the experience with the ability to create process diagrams using Metastorm BPM’s powerful graphical designer. In addition they will have an understanding of the core Metastorm BPM principles, enabling them to effectively communicate with Metastorm BPM developers.

Specific outcomes include:

• Familiarity with Metastorm BPM foundation concepts
• Understanding how a Metastorm BPM design is presented and delivered to end-users
• Creating graphical representations of ideal business processes, including process forms and role requirements

Days 2-4 - Metastorm BPM for Process Developers

Who should attend: Developers who will be creating business process management solutions using Metastorm BPM.

Prerequisites: Development experience. An understanding of fundamental database concepts (table structure, primary keys, referential integrity, and normalization) and a working knowledge level of SQL statements (SELECT, INSERT, DELETE & UPDATE) is essential. Attendees should have application development experience.

This three-day course provides hands-on development experience with Metastorm BPM, giving developer students the necessary skills to develop a business process application using Metastorm BPM.

Specific outcomes include:

• Understanding the system architecture of the Metastorm BPM production and development environments
• Ability to develop complete Metastorm BPM applications
• Ability to integrate Metastorm BPM with external databases
• Troubleshooting procedures in the design process.

Day 5- Metastorm BPM for Process Architects

Who should attend: Developers who will be integrating with third-party applications.

Prerequisites: Experience using scripting languages (VB or Jscript).

This one-day class builds on the content introduced in the Metastorm BPM for Process Developers course, with a specific focus on more advanced topics. Participants will leave the class able to:

• Utilise Metastorm BPM Libraries, Form Segments and Map Segments
• Utilise Metastorm BPM’s scripting integration
• Utilise Metastorm BPM’s sub-procedures, flags, and flagged actions features

Dates: 1 Feb to 5 Feb 2010