A new technology called Business Process Management, or BPM, helps software architects and developers design, code, run, manage, and monitor complex network-based business process BPM replaces those sketchy flowchart diagrams that business analysts draw on whiteboards with a precise model that uses a graphical representation and the XML standard, and architecture that enables communication with other services, systems and users. Sound complicated? Essential Business Process Modeling collect all concept, design, architecture, and standard specifications of BPM into one concise book, and offers hands-on examples that illustrate BPM approach to the process notation, execution, administration, and monitoring. Author Mike Havey demonstrates how to code the standard tight centerpieces of a service-oriented architecture (SOA), which defines how networks interact so that one can perform services for another. His book also shows how BPM complements enterprise application integration (EAI), a method to move from old to new applications, and Enterprise Service BUS for integrating different web services, messaging, and XML technologies in one network. The best way to monitor the process within the company is with BPM, and how best to navigate the BPM is a valuable book.