The alignment of business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance processes provides enterprises with a streamlined ability to identify opportunities for change, to redesign business processes based on well-defined enterprise services, resulting in faster time to market, reduced time to value and improved return on investment.

This white paper describes the principles for building BPM solutions that use governed services, and covers:

• The role and value of SOA in BPM
• Common stumbling blocks in BPM based on SOA
• The value of SOA governance in successful BPM programs
• The IBM BPM/SOA platform: IBM Business Process Manager platform and WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (WSRR)
• And more