Intalio 6.0.3

Evaluation

Ratings can take the form '+' which indicates that a particular tool or language provides direct support for the pattern involved, '+/-' which indicates that some limitations exists regaring direct support, and '-' which indicates that no direct support is provided. If support is not specified this is indicated by the label '0'.

Pattern Design Choice Score Comment
  System-specific Design Choices A[a,c], B[a] +/- partially supported
A Parameters of a pattern may be set at a build-time +  
b instantiation time -  
c run-time +  
B Time parameters can be specified in different time
granularities
a Basic + supported
b System-defined - not supported
c User-defined - not supported
TP1 Time Lags between two Activities D[a,b*,c*], E[c] +/-  
D There are three kinds of restrictions a Minimum value + supported using wait
b Maximum value +/- can be realized using deferred choice
c Time interval +/- a & b
E Time lags can be realized based on four different time relations a Start-Start -  
b Start-End -  
c End-Start + supported using wait
d End-End -  
TP2 Durations C[a*,c*], D[b] +/- partially supported using wait and fault handlers
C Patterns can be applied to different process elements a Single activity +/- supported by wrapping activity in a sub-process and adding a wait and fault handler parallel to the activity
b Activity set -  
c Process model +/- wrap the whole process then treat it like an activity
d Set of process instances -  
D There are three kinds of restrictions a Minimum value -  
b Maximum value +  
c Time interval -  
TP3 Time Lags between Arbitrary Events D[a] - not supported
D There are three kinds of restrictions a Minimum value + supported using wait
b Maximum value -  
c Time interval -  
TP4 Fixed Date Elements - not supported
C Patterns can be applied to different process elements a Single activity -  
c Process model -
F Patterns can restrict three dates of a process artifact a Earliest start date -
b Latest start date -
c Earliest completion date -
d Latest completion date -
TP5 Schedule Restricted Element - not supported
C Patterns can be applied to different process elements a Single activity -  
c Process model -
F Patterns can restrict three dates of a process artifact a Earliest start date -
b Latest start date -
c Earliest completion date -
d Latest completion date -
TP6 Time Based Restrictions - not supported
G Time Based Restrictions can be applied to different types of process artifacts a activities within same process instance -  
b activities within different process instances -
c Instances of a process or group of processes -
H There are two kinds of restrictions a Minimum number of executions -
b Maximum number of executions -
I There are two types of restrictions which can be expressed by Time Based Restrictions a Number of concurrent executions -
b Number of executions per time period -
TP7 Validity Period - not supported
C Patterns can be applied to different process elements a Single activity -  
c Process model -
F Patterns can restrict three dates of a process artifact a Earliest start date -
b Latest start date -
c Earliest completion date -
d Latest completion date -
TP8 Time Dependent Variability J[a,b*] +/- mainly supported
J There are different time aspects which may be considered by an instance of this pattern a Execution time of an activity / process instance + Pick with XPath expression
b Time lags between activities / events +/- Pick with Wait (deferred choice)
TP9 Cyclic Elements D[a*], E[c], K[a], L[a,b] +/- partially supported through a work-around
D There are three kinds of restrictions a Minimum value +/- can be simulated by using a wait activity in each iteration which is configured by the previous iteration
b Maximum value - not supported
c Time interval - not supported
Time Lags can be realized based on four different time relations a Start-Start - not supported
b Start-End - not supported
c End-Start + supported
d End-End - not supported
K Cyclic Elements may restrict the time lag between  a two directly succeeding iterations + supported
b two subsequent activity instances belonging to arbitrary iterations - not supported
L Time Lag between cycles a is fixed + supported
b may vary + supported
TP10 Periodicity - not supported
M The Number of cycles is a fixed / dynamic number of iterations -  
b depends on time lag and end date -
c depends on exit condition -