I would even argue that it undermines the concept of StrictMode.

This article is the third in a series exploring fun, straightforward ways you can control workflows using Camunda Cloud — have a read of the others for some background if you’d like to see Camunda Cloud in action with Restzeebe, without a line of code: Is there an alternative to Spaghetti? How can you Teach a Workflow to Execute a specific task? In the first two articles of this series you learned how to execute workflows, how to control the flow and take different paths depending on the context, and how workers execute their individual code in a task. These examples might have felt a bit too theoretical, so now I would like to present you with a use case: controlling...

Robotic Process Automation has come of age, with Forrester Research predicting the RPA market revenue is on target to reach $2.9 billion this year. It’s not hard to see why this market is maturing fast, with RPA promising an easy and quick fix to automate many of the manual, repetitive tasks that require manual data input or an exchange of data with an inflexible legacy system. RPA bots can be deployed quickly and deliver an immediate productivity boost, not to mention significant cost savings. But with so many tools available on the market — you can find everything from vendors promoting low-code solutions to code-heavy approaches, all marketed under the RPA banner —  it’s becoming imperative to differentiate RPA from...

Your organization is only as successful as its processes. But if your business is, like many, using a patchwork of off-the-shelf and proprietary software and platforms — your core business processes aren’t running in true end-to-end fashion; instead, they’re executed in silos.  The Robotic Process Automation (RPA) bots you deployed to replace repetitive human tasks? If you’re like 9 out of 10 process automation experts we surveyed, those bots may still provide value, but will likely turn cumbersome and complex as your business needs and processes evolve. And if you’ve tried to scale RPA deployments or implement more complex RPA script orchestrations, you’ve discovered how brittle and high-maintenance your RPAs have become.  The end result of this situation is that...

Why should I test my process models? The short answer is: From a technical point of view, BPMN is a programming language. Therefore, diagrams should be treated like code.

If you’re looking to selectively automate the work of individual components in legacy systems, and help automate processes without a significant time investment — RPA should be on your radar.  Global companies like Deutsche Telekom have already introduced and automated 2,500 individual bots, resulting in savings of more than 100 million Euros. However, relying too heavily on RPA can land you in hot water. Paul Jones, Business Automation Services at NatWest even classifies RPA as technical debt.  So what can you do to avoid this debt? Prevention is the best cure and before jumping on the RPA bandwagon, think carefully about whether you need an RPA solution, or a workflow engine. Losing control of long-running processes The ability to automate...

How to create a rockstar project team by playing to individual strengths, and fostering internal collaboration

When you open the Camunda User Guide, you’ll see that there are many screenshots explaining the different functions and options the product offers. We hope that you, as a user, find those screenshots helpful. But for us as developers, creating and keeping those screenshots up to date has always been a pain. https://unsplash.com/photos/dDppsuM_UpE At the time of writing, the user guide for Camunda Optimize contained 94 screenshots. And with every release we add more functionality, which means the number of screenshots continuously grows. When we change the look of buttons or add a new section to the header, we need to update every screenshot that has a button or header in it. In practice, this meant we were manually recreating every...