I’ve been working with various workflow and Business Process Management (BPM) engines, particularly Activiti, and I’ve encountered several challenges. I’m interested in understanding the common difficulties others face with these systems and related products like Camunda, Flowable, Alfresco Process Services, and others. Specifically, I’d like to know about:
Configuration and Setup: What challenges do you face during the initial setup and configuration of these BPM engines? Are there any specific settings or configurations that are particularly troublesome?
Integration with Other Systems: How do you find integrating these BPM engines with other systems and technologies? What are the common pain points when connecting to databases, web services, or other third-party applications?
Performance and Scalability: Have you encountered performance bottlenecks or scalability issues? If so, what scenarios or workloads are most problematic? Clustering?
Process Modeling and Design: What difficulties do you encounter when designing and modeling business processes? Are there specific features or functionalities in the process modeling tools that are hard to use or insufficient? Especially deployment in different environments, and issues with that
Migration and Upgrades: Have you faced issues when migrating from one version to another or switching between different BPM engines? What are the common pitfalls during such migrations? For example: migration from Activiti 5 to 7
Error Handling and Debugging: What challenges do you face in error handling and debugging processes? Are the tools and logs provided by these engines sufficient to diagnose and fix issues? For example: JavaScript/Groovy in the script task, to be able to find an error in java script/groovy.
Sharing your experiences and solutions for overcoming these challenges would be highly valuable for anyone working with these BPM engines. Your input can help identify common issues and potential best practices for others in the community.
Thanks in advance
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