IBM BPM Reviews

I would say that I like its GUI designer the best. Using it, I have created elegant, user-friendly, and performant end-user graphical interfaces that allow end users to complete their tasks in the most enjoyable and easy way.

We implemented it on our own attendance system. Employees have been able to record hours for projects much more easily and HR can view various statistics, reports about it.

Installation and configuration could be simplified. Performance on large scale requirements could also be improved.

Five years.

Not really. Not that I can remember.

No. Scalability is actually a strong point of IBM BPM because it is designed to run on IBM WebSphere which can be scaled up easily if required.

IBM technical support is great. Customers can receive very good support from business partners too.

We did have experience with other solutions such as Appian, jBPM, Activiti BPM. We switched to IBM BPM primarily because we had customer demand for that product, and it has been that way since.

Like I said, IBM BPM installation and configuration, migration, and upgrading can be a bit complex because you need to deal with a large set of data that involves databases. And product metadata always needs to be in good shape.

Usually, it's best for customers to start out with the Express edition to understand and see what value the product provides. Then they can upgrade to Advanced if their requirements increase and they know how to use the product properly. Starting out with Express can also help reduce the cost for adopting the product.

Yes. Appian, jBPM, Activiti BPM, Camunda, Bonita BPM, Pega BPM.

This product is fully capable of enabling organisations to achieve business process improvement goals. Although, like any software project, IBM BPM can fail if you're not doing it right.

You must have business buy-in before a BPM project can start. A BPM project will be more likely to be successful if executives understand and appreciate the value it can provide.

Also, you need a strong partner to help with the technical stuff; building up a satisfactory IBM BPM solution requires skill.

Responsive Portal + Process Federation Server. This set of solutions offers a unified worklist to our customers.

Unfortunately, I am an infrastructure SME and architect. This question would be more related to development team and business process team.

There is a lot of room for improvement of the dashboards.

Started with v7.5.0 in 2011, but a few months later we updated it to 7.5.1. I have been working with IBM BPM since 2011.

Yes, v7.5.1 was the worst. v8.0.3 started to be more stable, but still complex to update. v8.5.6 is more reliable but we faced lot of problems with some development issues.

UI is amazing for development, and ever since they adopted responsive UI the implementation is easier to adjust on demand.

BPM has become a backbone of our organization, handling major processes. It not only automated the key processes but also highlighted areas that require improvement and acceleration points.

Though I am quite satisfied with the product, and especially the introduction of responsive UI, I still believe that the overall development environment must be desktop based rather web based.

Since 2009.

None.

None.

The Process Portal provides access to most heritage capabilities and introduces many new features, such as a mobile-ready user interface, the ability to edit and share saved searches, and support for federated environments.

Simple processes and automation.

Business areas.

I have used various versions of this product: v6.2, v7.0, v7.5, v8.5, v8.5.6, and v8.5.7.

No.

No.

• Very easy test management
• Good import/export features
• Very good JIRA integration
• Great customer support
• Good report templates, which are very easy to use.

• Shortened time for test management 
• Saved time in QA team communication and collaboration

• Import/export of attachments 
• Transfer of attachments to/from JIRA

Three years.

Not at the moment.

Not at the moment.

Currently, I am using the latest cloud version on my current project. On previous projects, I have used in-house solution.

• The functionality to design UI to be responsive and can run on multiple devices. 
• Exposing of the process components as REST API: This enables consumers to easily integrate and get information on processes and their data.

Helps automate processes, also it easily manages and tracks the business processes. It has the ability to have a view of the performance on each process so you can identify the possibility of optimisation.

Integration with web services, especially in the standard version of the product.

More than three years.

Yes, on the Process Center (development environment), especially when you have too many developers working on it. Then, it becomes unstable.

Not at the moment. It is quite easily scalable.

• Compliance with the BPMN 2.0 standard
• Great out-of-the-box ECM integration
• Small learning curve
• Superb version control

It allowed us visibility of key business processes. At the same time, it leveraged the capabilities required for spotting and making improvements in conjunction with BI tools that the company already had.

The new web-based IDE has plenty of room for improvement. The constant switch between Eclipse and its web versions can be annoying and confusing.

More than five years.

In general terms, the platform is stable. Though lately, we've had many issues after installing the most recent fixpacks (Cumulative Fix 2017.06). This is something we were not used to.

From a system architecture point of view, the product is quite robust; deploying applications, adding/removing nodes, load balancing, and recovery mechanisms are tasks well supported by the technologies upon which IBM BPM is built.

Process Modelling, simulation and optimization, integration, UI components.

I have had the opportunity to work with various organizations that can be categorized as medium to large scale. Was able to successfully deliver process optimization and system integrations that helped the customer increase their ROI and improve their process performance many times over.

User Interface components could be further refined to enhance and extend customizations dictated by end clients.

Nine years.

No.

Highly scalable, product offer two flavors: Standard and Advanced. Both these versions can be customized to support high-availability, scalable servers.