CentraSite 10.5 | CentraSite User’s Guide | Suite Usage Aspects | Using CentraSite with ARIS | Lifecycle Models That ARIS Uses
 
Lifecycle Models That ARIS Uses
When ARIS publishes a business process to CentraSite, the business process is represented in the registry by a Process object. ARIS requires business processes (Process objects) to be governed by a lifecycle model. CentraSite includes a predefined lifecycle model called BPM Process Lifecycle for this purpose.
BPM Process Lifecycle Model
The BPM Process Lifecycle model defines the following states and transitions:
State
Has valid transitions to...
Requested
Implementing, Available, Retired, Rejected
Implementing
Implemented
Implemented
Testing
Testing
Tested
Tested
Available
Available
Retired
Retired
Requested
Rejected
This is an end state. It has no outgoing transitions.
Certain operations performed in ARIS trigger policies in CentraSite and these policies change the lifecycle state of a given Process object. When a user deletes a business process in ARIS, a policy in CentraSite automatically switches that process to the Retired state in the registry.
When you install CentraSite, this predefined lifecycle model is disabled (that is, inactive). To use CentraSite with ARIS, you must activate the lifecycle model. For more information, see Activating the Lifecycle Models and Design/Change-Time Policies That ARIS Uses, later in this topic.
Service Lifecycle Model
The Service Lifecycle model defines the following states and transitions:
State
Has valid transitions to...
Proposed
In Design, Rejected, Retired
In Design
In Development, Rejected
In Development
Implemented
Implemented
In Test
In Test
Tested, In Development
Tested
In Production
In Production
Under Maintenance, Deprecated
Under Maintenance
In Production
Deprecated
In Production, Retired
Retired
This is an end state. It has no outgoing transitions.
Rejected
This is an end state. It has no outgoing transitions.
Certain operations performed in ARIS trigger policies in CentraSite, and these policies change the lifecycle state of a given Service object. When a user deletes a service in ARIS, a policy in CentraSite automatically switches that process to the Retired state in the registry.
When you install CentraSite, this predefined lifecycle model is disabled (i.e., inactive). To use CentraSite with ARIS, you must activate the lifecycle model. For more information, see Activating the Lifecycle Models and Design/Change-Time Policies That ARIS Uses, later in this topic.
Customizing the Predefined Lifecycle Model for Process Objects
If the predefined lifecycle models that CentraSite provides does not suit your needs, you can customize them or create a new model for Process objects or Service objects. If you do this, however, you must also update the predefined policies that switch the lifecycle state of objects in the registry. For more information about which policies change the state of an object, see Design/Change-Time Policies That ARIS Uses, later in this topic.
Note:
The CentraSite Community Edition does not support the use of customized lifecycle models for Process objects or Service objects. If you are using the Community Edition, you must use the predefined lifecycle model that CentraSite provides.