Integrate FileNet BPM with an IBM Content Manager repository, Part 1: Analyze, design, and model using FileNet Business Process Manager and IBM Content Manager

(Peng Shi, James Lin and Dipayan Gangopadhyay) This is the first in a series of four articles that show you how to integrate FileNet Business Process Management with IBM Content Manager Version 8 (CM8). Leverage the best features of both FileNet and Content Manager by enabling BPM to use the IBM Content Manger as its content repository. If you already have IBM Content Manager, you can make use of FileNet BPM to manage your business process, and if you are new to IBM ECM software, you have more choices for FileNet BPM with different content repositories. The series uses the ABC Company’s Auto Insurance Claim system as a fictitious example to show you how to integrate these two powerful products.