http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/ Business process management and optimization -- philosophies, policies, practices, and punditry. en Copyright 2009 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:59:37 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.21-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sorry but I can't help but get involved in the debate being started (or maybe restarted) by Gartner's David McCoy where he says: "I don't see Business Process Automation being used that much any more. Maybe I just don't read... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/join_the_debate_business_proce.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/join_the_debate_business_proce.php BPM Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:59:37 -0500 dennisb Download file AsI blogged about here on BPM in Action on June 10, one of the most interesting questions in information technology (IT) management is the role of ERP vs. business process management (BPM). Or vice versa depending on... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/talking_with_garth_knudson_of.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/talking_with_garth_knudson_of.php BPM Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:54:59 -0500 dennisb As part of my monthly series of business process management (BPM) feature articles highlighting different software trends affecting BPM, I have recently included a look at case management in BPM, the intersection of BPM and accounting as well as a... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/looking_for_input_on_open_sour.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/looking_for_input_on_open_sour.php Process Visibility Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:17:28 -0500 dennisb -- Dennis Byron... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/what_do_situational_applicatio.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/what_do_situational_applicatio.php BPM Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:47:13 -0500 dennisb We're one week away from the BPM in Action Virtual Conference here on ebizQ and you have a selection of events to choose from in addition to "walking the show floor." I'll be moderating a Live Panel of BPM experts... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/bpm_in_action_live_panel_one_w.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/bpm_in_action_live_panel_one_w.php BPM Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:39:29 -0500 dennisb When I started researching the ERP market in 1991 for Datapro, I quickly found there were over 100 ERP software providers even though most analysts only counted Oracle, J.D. Edwards, SAP and a dozen or so guys that are now... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/erp_vs_bpm_what_do_you_think.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/erp_vs_bpm_what_do_you_think.php BPM Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:43:50 -0500 dennisb On June 4, I wrote that I like to play "stump the band" when it comes to my remembrance of hundreds of software companies past and present. I said that in the rare instance where I hadn't at least heard... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/some_more_bpm_functionality_fr.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/some_more_bpm_functionality_fr.php BPM Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:56:06 -0500 dennisb In an ebizQ "Around the Web" post I put up on June 9, I mentioned the need for a business process management (BPM) taxonomy. Then, as part of my research on an upcoming ebizQ article on process discovery, I had... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/what_about_bpm_lite.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/what_about_bpm_lite.php BPM Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:20:07 -0500 dennisb One June 3, ebizQ reported that the Open Group will hold its 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference (EAPC) and its 3rd Security Practitioners Conference (SPC) in Toronto, July 20-24, 2009. The notice and accompanying agenda surprised me in two ways:... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/is_the_bpm_tsunami_receding.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/is_the_bpm_tsunami_receding.php BPM Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:03:52 -0500 dennisb I'm going to veer off my business-process-management (BPM)-specific, "software has no nationality" attitude a bit in this post because I find a disturbing trend in a wide variety of U.S.-government-related IT pronouncements of late. I'll make it my July 4th... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/government_in_flux_transparenc.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/government_in_flux_transparenc.php BPM Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:09:15 -0500 dennisb I pointed out in the recent ebizQ BPM VIEWPOINT, "So What Does BPM Mean?," that many different types of software products can be thought of as enabling the business process management (BPM) value proposition (see illustration in article). I am... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/business_process_management_pe.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/business_process_management_pe.php BPM Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:11:55 -0500 dennisb On May 25 I mentioned that I would be researching (business) process discovery functionality in June and asked for input. One of the first to weigh is was Jacob Ukelson of ActionBase (whom I interviewed here back in January 2009).... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/lets_discover_more_about_busin.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/06/lets_discover_more_about_busin.php BPM Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:08:29 -0500 dennisb Back in February 2009 I mentioned in a blog post my role as an independent judge in a Global 360 business process management (BPM) awards program for its clients. It was called the Customer Innovation Awards Program and was designed... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/05/and_the_winners_are_judging_th.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/05/and_the_winners_are_judging_th.php BPM Sun, 31 May 2009 14:28:37 -0500 dennisb I author a monthly series of business process management (BPM) feature articles highlighting different BPM-enabling software trends. Recently those articles have included a look at case management in BPM, the intersection of BPM and accounting as well as a look... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/05/calling_for_input_on_bpm_proce.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/05/calling_for_input_on_bpm_proce.php Process Visibility Mon, 25 May 2009 16:21:14 -0500 dennisb My research in support of an upcoming Business Process Management (BPM) in Cloud feature article to appear here on ebizQ soon and the ebizQ Cloud QCamp that follows in early June is complete. This project really provided a chance to... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/05/looking_at.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpminaction/2009/05/looking_at.php BPM Thu, 14 May 2009 16:32:11 -0500 dennisb