The Application based on the Theory of BPM Applied to CMS

Mei Feng, Kunying Li, Xiaolian Li, Ji Zhang, Xu He, Ying Shi, Xiaoqiang Nan and Yuling Jiang

Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, China

Keywords: BPMN, BPM, CMS, Work Flow.

Abstract: A large number of graphical process modeling languages has been developed to aid organizations in the

documentation of their processes. These languages range from simple flowchart techniques to more advanced

languages capable of capturing information required for process simulation and execution. The latest

representative from the large camp of process modeling languages has become known under the acronym

BPMN – the Business Process Modeling Notation. On the basis of representation above, there are a series of

description in the paper written by programmers who have ever taken part in the process to make the CMS.

(Contract Management System). these description has to do with something in field of BMP from developing

history, commercial value, system design to the achievement from making CMS online application form.

CMS created flow processes based on BPMN that clearly lays out the steps CMS’s business takes to

accomplish a task and these steps should construct CMS own specific diagram. The flow process has been

brought more transparent management and a variety of ways to approve contracts submitted in CMS. It

reduces the approved period of contract cycle and provides specific ideas to other systems.

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Way to Flow Management

A new approach to process work gains attention and

the corporate world experiences another burst of

enthusiasm. In the early Eighties, it was Six Sigma.

In the early Nineties, it was business process

reengineering and then ERP. In the early zeros, it was

BPM and BPMS.

1.2 The Background of Development

Based on the above, the contract project team first

considered BPMN when developing the approval

process of the CMS2.0. with the rapid development

of business, the CMS1.0 has been unable to meet all

the demands. This paper starts with the system design

and implementation, expounding the whole process

of CMS2.0 application based on BPMN extension

and custom development process.

2 SYSTEM DESIGN AND

IMPLEMENTATION

2.1 Application Architectures

2.1.1 Thinking to Flow Process Design

The Business process of CMS2.0 has the following

characteristics :1. More complicated, 2. More elastic.

It provides lots of graphical representation of the

modeling process and character for understanding

different sections as the effective means of Co-

ordination. Because of satisfied standards provided

by BMPN2.0, it has taken to set up the application

service of flow modeling in CMS2.0 (Chang 2005).

2.1.2 Implementing architectures

Those data generated in different stages of CMS will

be send to the Module of lifecycle that is responsible

for driven each case of contract to different stages in

running time (Chang 2005). The Engine of ruler will

take action which analyzes business data produced at

some stage of CMS, to get the instances of modeling

process, then take them to the Engine of flow process,

finally creates many waiting tasks for flowing to the

contact, which given by the Engine of flow process.

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Feng, M., Li, K., Li, X., Zhang, J., He, X., Shi, Y., Nan, X. and Jiang, Y.

The Application Based on the Theory of BPM Applied to CMS.

DOI: 10.5220/0011836700003607

In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Public Management, Digital Economy and Internet Technology (ICPDI 2022), pages 868-872

ISBN: 978-989-758-620-0

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Figure 1: Process architecture diagram.

Figure 2: Process sequence diagram.

2.2 Architecture

2.2.1 The Ruler Engine

The Applications of CMS2.0 will transfer business

data to the ruler engine, at this time the ruler engine

takes out of data from message body, matches the

process rule, finally outputs matching result

(Browning 2009).

2.2.2 Conversion

The engine of conversion in CMS2.0 will converts

available objects of flow process into definition

followed by specification from BPMN2.0 (Penicina

2009).

2.2.3 Waiting Tasks Assignment

The waiting tasks are produced by business rules

driven from the engine of flow process.

Sequence diagram as figure 2.

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2.3 Design in Detail

2.3.1 The Flow Node Specification Combined

with BPMN2.0

In despite of providing professional graphical

symbols for five elements, which provided by

BPMN2.0, it is difficult to users, who has been

applied from the beginning of CMS, to make use of

modeling symbols with accuracy and distinction and

draw them on the chain of flow process as a big task

(Correal 2007). CMS2.0 will take tasks of

transformation to package into code, so users only

focus on flow towards, not care of how to set the flow

attributes relate to activity, event or gateway. the way

enormously decreases burden in process of using.

For implementing the output standard drafted by

BPMN, design as follow: the mapping between

business modeling processes and flow objects

Design model as below.

2.4 Implementing Flow Engine

2.4.1 Application in CMS2.0

BPMN consists of a series of entire flow objects by

self. It completely depends on those objects for

creating and analysing templates. CMS does not do

any changes to the objects, but extends more

functions through the way of injecting. it is

convenient to us in deal with flow process.

2.4.2 Driven Flow Process

Message Acceptance

The Entry of engine of flow process is responsible for

receiving the data from other modules, then handling

them according to orders from those data .the input

parameter is` Flow Request Message <T Content>`as

business object . it consists of form objects and

collections. These services are not influence in

workflow management system, So generic objects

are used for carrying out functions. Flow Request

Message as the required data handled by the engine

of flow process is handed by strong type.

The Workflow Management

The Workflow Management is mainly

responsible for the connection from each node. while

each of the nodes have finished own work, the move

of workflow would stepped into next node. Because

of what is next node is unknowing, at this time The

Workflow Management should be necessary. The

Workflow Management also has another task that

look up data in the node. the object such as Data

Object or Data

Figure 3: Flow instance module diagram.

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Figure 4: Node context diagram.

Figure 5: Predefined flow process diagram. Figure 6: Process instance diagram.

Object Reference is outside of nodes, so it is

necessary that The Workflow Management

dispatches and inserts data.

The Node Controller

The controller of node will be in charge of functions

from various nodes, for instance, the changing status

inside node. it loads work instead of The Workflow

Management at all.

The changing status should decide whether or not

flow process will be continued. According to the

proposal from BPMN, the status of active node will

be divided into Inactive, Ready, Active, Withdraw,

Completing, Completed, Failing, Failed, Terminating,

Terminated, Compensating, Compensated and

Closed. The source of Each status will be clear. The

standard methods have been implemented by the way

of simplicity. the class, which is extended, is overrode.

2.5 The Achievement of Development

2.5.1 The Better Transparent Workflow

Management

The Flow process not only shows predefined flow

process in graphical form (as shown as blow figure 5),

it is convenient to administrators for modifying flow

process, but also will be shown as flowchart with

implementation (as shown as blow figure 6).

Each of persons who is approver all can directly

view the framework of flow process, it keeps

transparence in the process.

2.5.2 The Main Achievement

The coordination with persons and the multi-approval

can all decrease running time in the process.

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Comparison Among Different approval period

(CMS2.0 AND CMS1.0), it was found out that the

period has been apparently saved by one-third.

It was the first project of flow process based on

BPMN within the enterprise of PetroChina. as a result,

the practice taken by this project will provide new

ideas and choices for other projects. it fully changed

the traditional mode that has been applied within

enterprises in PetroChina.

3 CONCLUSION

The flow process of CMS2.0 officially has been

launched on may 2020, the numbers of flow

processes in CMS2.0 have been increasing. The Flow

process shows predefined flow process in graphical

form, supports the better transparent workflow

management and the multi-approval and the shorter

period to approve. Hence one could see that it has

taken a remarkable achievement in the development

of flow process. It was the first project of flow

process based on BPMN within the enterprise of

PetroChina. As a result, the practice taken by this

project will provide new ideas and choices for other

projects. It fully changed the traditional mode that has

been applied within enterprises in PetroChina.

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