After spending much of last year learning to use the Business Process
Execution Language (BPEL) to orchestrate Web Services and realize the
benefits of a service-oriented architecture (SOA), we felt it was time for us
to climb down off the bleeding edge of the razor and share our story about
the real-world realities of implementing a BPEL-based project.
Policy Studies, Inc. (PSI) provides outsourcing, technology and consulting to
government and private agencies. Outsourcing is a significant part of its
business; and this service includes performing certain functions on behalf of
clients such as registering newly hired employees with state human service
agencies (as mandated by federal law) or processing eligibility and
enrollment (E&E) for State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP). One
of the challenges of outsourcing is to understand each state's unique
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