Fuego said version 5.5 sees the introduction of a stand-alone modeling module, FuegoBPM Designer, targeted at business users, for the creation of business process models using industry standard notations. The resultant models can be made executable through the FuegoBPM Studio development and testing module.
Also new are Process Dashboards, which in conjunction with wizard-driven business activity monitoring, enable business analysts to create and monitor process-specific metrics in real time, according to the company. The BAM functionality includes the ability to drill down to specific work items in the process and take pre-emptive corrective action before an item has become a problem. The Process Dashboard also supports the ability for process managers to modify the behavior of the process without involving IT.
Process simulation in FuegoBPM has been enhanced to support multi-process simulation, according to the company, to help business analysts and process designers understand the effects of resource contention when process participants or systems are involved in multiple processes.
There is tighter integration with Microsoft .NET, including introspection for .NET Assemblies to enable point-and-click creation of .NET components. Finally, FuegoBPM 5.5 incorporates tools to enable easier process debugging and problem diagnostics, collaborative development efforts, and expanded version control system support.
Privately held Fuego is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and was founded in 1999. Competition in the BPM space comes from companies including Savvion, Metastorm, Fair Isaac, Tibco, CommerceQuest, HandySoft, and Ultimus.
