Designing processes - EMC Community Network

Preface
This guide is intended to help EMC partners and practitioners use the Documentum xCelerated
Composition Platform (xCP) products to build repeatable business solutions. It focuses on the
best practices for using these products by covering topics such as planning, implementation,
performance, and deployment.
This guide addresses process-based applications and makes recommendations on how to integrate
these products to produce an end-to-end solution. These processed-based applications can be broken
down into a series of steps, in which an individual or software system performs each step. Examples
of process-based applications are ordering a book over the Internet, applying for a checking account,
placing a trip reservation, making an insurance claim, and applying for a loan.
Note:
• This guide should be used in addition to, and not a replacement for, the user guides that come
with the individual products. This guide also assumes that you are familiar with xCP products.
• We refer to the recommendations in this guide as best practices. However, most of the
recommendations are really good practices that work under most conditions. Each client is
different in both goals and environment, and not all recommendations work in all situations.
As you design a solution, consider the trade-offs between usability, performance, and time to
market, and make an assessment based on that information. For example, this guide provides
several suggestions on improving performance, these suggestions could be relaxed for small
implementations with just a handful of users. You may determine that it is best to deviate from
some of these best practices based on your trade-off analysis.
Intended Audience
The audience for this guide is the project team that is creating business solutions. In particular,
the primary audience includes Application Development Managers, Partner Project Architects,
and Project Managers.
Revision History
The following changes have been made to this document.
Revision Date
April 2011
August 2011
Description
Initial publication
BAM topic updated: Crystal Reports versus Simple Reports.
Archiving the Application section added.
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