I would like to know the level of coupling between Blueworks Live and IBM BPM. If I make any changes to Blueworks Live model, will that change be automatically reflected in the IBM BPM  or vice versa.

Hey Chris,

Blueworks Live does not automatically feed in to IBM BPM. Since the concepts behind the process modeling and Process mapping differ at the level of detail, you can use a BWL process model to accelerate your application development but would not be able to use it as an automatic update source after automation development has begun.

There is a connection between IBM BPM that will allow you to pull a BWL process diagram directly from Process Designer, but only once would be useful.

Also, there is not a great way to push from IBM BPM to Blueworks Live. Since the purpose of the models are so different, we have found it easier to perform another workshop with the business customer for the next pass at process improvement rather than export and import from IBM BPM to BWL.

That is our approach using BPM 8.5.5. There could be some alterations in the newer versions, but concept-wise I imagine it will remain the same.

I hope this helps!
Tony Dials

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I would like to know the level of coupling between Blueworks Live and IBM BPM. If I make any changes to Blueworks Live model, will that change be automatically reflected in the IBM BPM or vice versa.

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Thanks Anthony that helps. 

I could also spot a feature in Process Designer where the BPM developer is notified about the new version of BWL model. But the BPM developer has to manually update the process map. This in my opinion is better approach because the BPM developer has a chance to review the model before implementing it.

Thanks again.