Inventors:
Derek Carr - Fairless Hills PA, US
Peter Eacmen - West Roxbury MA, US
Ronny Pena - New York NY, US
Ajamu Wesley - Concord MA, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F017/60
Abstract:
The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for for dynamic business protocol based policy injection in a cross-enterprise business process management system. In accordance with the present invention, a defined business process can be re-factored to permit the handling of business process transformation events. Moreover, one or more mappings to the event handlers can be registered as can one or more business transformation operatives configured to specify the activation of specific business activities at particular places within the business process. Once re-factored, the business process can be “seeded” with a business process transformation policy. Subsequently, upon receipt of a business process transformation event, the instance of the business transformation operative can be located and the specific business activities can be activated and the business process can be suitably configured according to the mapped business transformation operatives and through the operation of the event handlers.