Arthur Wang

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 b... (more)