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noreply@blogger.com (Thiago) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:56:00 +0000

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BPM to Help Increase Efficiency if 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Thiago) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:19:00 +0000

The Metastorm News Blog recently highlighted that the results of the Gartner EXP CIO report shows that IT budgets will most likely remain flat in North America and Europe and slightly increase in Latin America and Asia/Pacific.

The results of the survey also show that senior executives will try to reduce enterprise costs by changing business processes and not by cutting costs directly. Business process management is on the top list of priorities for CIOs since these solutions can help improve efficiencies.

BPM can improve business intelligence

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:40:00 +0000

Business intelligence tools are used to gather large amounts of information, then they process the information through a variety of tools to receive valuable information about the business they're running. For more on how companies are integrating it with business process management to become more productive, read this article at IT Web.

BPM case study winner announced

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:21:00 +0000

In September, we let you know about a BPM case study competition. OMG and BP Trends recently announced the winner. For the more details, read here.

The winners were:

Best Overall Enterprise-wide BPM Effort - University of California, San Diego

Best Overall Single BPM Application - Arizona Public Service

Best BPM Application that Demonstrates the Use of Business Process Standards - European Union's GENESIS Project

BPM Application that Demonstrates the Best Return on Investment - US Military Entrance Command (USMEPCOM)

BPM is not software engineering

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:08:00 +0000

Keith Swensen recently took a look at the differences between software engineering and BPM. BPM is technically the management of a business process, which is not managed by the software engineer, and is not a software program. It is managed by a business person. Do you agree with Keith's opinions on this topic?

Why BPEL is not the holy grail for BPM

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:45:00 +0000

Check out Pierre Vigneras' paper on Why BPEL is not the holy grail for BPM. He states that, looking at recent articles and various BPM solutions, it would be easy to assume that BPEL is now the standard to be used when implementing a workflow engine. From a technical perspective this may well be correct, however few people will claim that BPEL can be easily understood by the end-user, a.k.a the business analyst, who definitely prefers a graph based notation such as BPMN.

Your thoughts?

Trends for BPM in 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Thiago) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:36:00 +0000

Where is BPM headed in this New Year? This post in ebizQ highlights that BPM will continue to accelerate throughout the worldwide economic crisis because BPM is able to turn around the economy. Dennis Byron makes you recommendation, to remember that decisions made now will impact the enterprise long after retirement, so make sure it is a wise one! Read the rest of the article here.

BPM for global manufacturers

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:55:00 +0000

Manufacturing Operations Management announced its first software that will help manufacturers with plants around the world organize their processes in one place.

John Fishell, the director of product management, had this to say about the FlexNet software:

"Manufacturers who use FlexNet's BPM capabilities to holistically manage and standardize the lifecycle of business processes across their enterprise can quickly update processes wherever they may reside, improving agility to changing market conditions. This proven approach enables significant first mover competitive advantage, improved operational performance through global continuous improvement initiatives and reduced IT costs from a global approach to governance of business processes."

Read more here.

Information Culture and BPM

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:31:00 +0000

CRMBuyer has a great post on a new generation of BPM in which they discuss how companies are building an "information culture" around BPM. According to the article, companies that were able to hold a wide array of organizational capabilities were able to drive bigger improvements in customer service and process waste reduction. Read the article, we'd like to hear your thoughts on how information culture and BPM can merge to make stronger businesses.

What to expect for BPM in 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:55:00 +0000

A recent Garner survey asked top executives what they expected to to see from BPM in 2009. The 2009 Executive Programs CIO Study expects IT budgets to be flat this year. Among the top business priorities are improving business processes and business intelligence. For more on the survey, read here.

Many BPM projets doomed to failure

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:16:00 +0000

In a new study released by Gardner, they reveal that many BPM projects will fail after implemented because the proper supporting disciplines are not implemented.

Gartner research director stated:
"Too many user organizations are adopting BPM technologies without applying BPM disciplines via the competency center, and find that their efforts do not deliver the promised results, and their BPM initiatives are disbanded."

For more on the story, read the article here.

Apriso Corp. Enhances FlexNet Platform

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:55:00 +0000

ManagingAutomation.com, has a fascinating article today about the FlexNet platform and its enhancements to BPM. According to the article, the enhancements will add new features, allow manufacturers to centrally test, validate, configure, and distribute standard business processes, supported by the FlexNet platform, among plants around the world. This not only will increase productivity but it will provide a great example of how BPM can work on different business platforms. What do you think of these enhancements? Share with us here or on our LinkedIn group.

Tillamook County Creamery Association adopts BPM

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:39:00 +0000

Tillamook County Creamery Association adopted BPM in 2007 in the form of wiki style online collaboration tools to help streamline all of their business processes. The Oregon retailer, which sells high end dairy products, they eventually settled on Lombardi Blueprint for streamlining their processes. In the beginning of 2008 using this software, they could identify their problems and find a way to re-architect them. For the full story, read the article at Computer Weekly.

IBM Acquires ILOG

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:48:00 +0000

IBM has just acquired Paris-based company, ILOG in an effort to add capability across all platforms, especially with BPM.

According to CNNmoney.com,

The acquisition of ILOG will strengthen IBM's business process management (BPM) and SOA position by providing customers a broad set of rule management tools for information and application lifecycle management across a comprehensive platform, including IBM's leading WebSphere application development and management platform. Many of the ILOG products will also become part of IBM's Industry Frameworks, which are integrated solutions that support industry specific business and technology standards.

Do you think that IBM will see exponential growth with this acquisition? Please post your thoughts here or on our LinkedIn group.

Obama Announces “BPM for Everyone”, but Doesn’t Mean Business Process Management

noreply@blogger.com (Thiago) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:39:00 +0000

Dennis Byron at the BPM in Action blog discusses in this post that Obama has announced that the U.S. will have BPM for everyone in the form of U.S. government performance officer. When Obama mentions BPM in this case, it most likely means Business Performance Measurement and not Business Process Management. These two meanings for the acronym both came around 2000 when IDC was researching BPM, so which came first? Soon enough, we all might be calling Business Performance Measurement as BPM.

BPM can help you go green

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:25:00 +0000

In a recent article at eWeek, they look at Tetra, and how their adoption of BPM allowed their company to turn into a greener one. This company manufactures aquarium products, and has divisions of their company spanning the globe. After adopting BPM, the streamlined process allowed its engineers, scientists and other knowledge workers across the globe to collaborate about changes to their product line online. This reduced the travel, paper consumption and also allowed them to realize their enviornmental benefits.

Have you seen a similar benefit arise from your adoption of BPM?

Where does BPM, as a term, come from?

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:45:00 +0000

Check out this great commentary on ebizq.net on the orgins of the name BPM. Its a great look at how the term come to be and why this term is so important in the changing economic climate. The problem with finding the origins of BPM, is that there isn't a clear origin. The jury is out on just who first coined the term and the article mention draws from reader's ideas on the origins. Its a fascinating look at the world of BPM and we encourage you to check it out.

And how do you think the term BPM came to be?

Happy Holidays from BPM

noreply@blogger.com (Thiago) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000

We will be taking some much needed time off for the holidays. We'd like to thank you for your readership and we encourage you to check back with us next year for more innovative thought, perspective and news surrounding the world of business process management.

We wish you a joyous holiday season!

Evolve BPM: Best of 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:20:00 +0000

With the year drawing to a close, we're going to share the top five articles of 2008. Look for more news from BPM in 2009!

How do you Define Business Process Management?
Shocking Numbers for Business Process Management Adoption
SAP Introduces new Business Process Certification
Haldiram looks to Infogain Corporation for BPM
Pegasystems Launches an Industry-First BPM Platform-as-a-Service

Ascentn Expands to Romania

noreply@blogger.com (Thiago) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:34:00 +0000

According to this post on eBizQ Ascentn, which is a provider of .NET-based Business Process Management System (BPMS) solutions, has announced that its further expansion by signing a partnership for the Romania-region. Read the full post here.

Agile Architecture

noreply@blogger.com (Thiago) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:48:00 +0000

Researching through slideshare.net, I came across this interesting presentation from Mike Kavis, the CTO of M-Dot, in which he highlights how to provide business agility by leveraging a sound architectural vision and strategy made up of SOA, EDA, Cloud Computing. Enjoy!

Agile Architecture

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: mashups security)

BPM Risk Management Outline

noreply@blogger.com (Thiago) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:22:00 +0000

I came across this post on Business Process Management IQ that details a comprehensive outline for managing risk in any project as provided by PMBOK (the project management book of knowledge). I’ve copied the outline below. Enjoy!

Risk Management Outline
1. Risk Management Planning – approach to and plan for risk management as well as the approach an organization takes to execution of plans
2. Risk Identification – determining risks and identifying the characteristics of those risks
3. Qualitative Risk Analysis – prioritizing risks responses based on probability of occurrence and impact
4. Quantitative Risk Analysis – analyzing effect of risks should they come to fruition
5. Risk Response Planning – developing options and actions to minimize risks and their effects
6. Risk Monitoring & Control – tracking risks, monitoring residual risks, identifying new risks, executing risk response plans and evaluating effects of those plans

Note: PMBOK states some risks are positive and refers to them as Opportunities. Some risks are negative and are commonly referred to as Threats. I think it is a stretch to call a risk an “opportunity.” I prefer that you conduct a SWOT analysis.

BPM Solutions from IBM

noreply@blogger.com (Thiago) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:21:00 +0000

Here’s an interesting clip I came across on YouTube. This clip, provided by IBM, provides an overview of a business process management solution based on service oriented architecture that can provide the flexibility your company needs to innovate and win in your marketplace. The video is 5 minutes long, so take a couple of moments to view it. Enjoy!

Colosa Launches Business Process Library

noreply@blogger.com (Thiago) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:06:00 +0000

This post on BPM Architect highlights Colosa’s latest launch of a new library of business process templates called ProcessMaker Library. Colosa is a leader of open source business process software, and now it will be able to simplify business process for managers to increase the efficiency and structure of their business.

New templates will be added every month so the library will have a range of business process templates. Patricia Cabero, ProcessMaker Community Lead, mentions:

"ProcessMaker Library responds to a community desire to share workflow designs. This innovative resource will offer increased utility to ProcessMaker users and grow the community network in new and interesting ways. The Library is in Beta version, and new templates and features are coming soon."

The free software can be downloaded here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/processmaker

How do you Define Business Process Management?

noreply@blogger.com (Thiago) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:18:00 +0000

Enterprise architects, business solution providers, and project managers all define BPM in different terms. Arjun Thomas has used wikipedia’s definition of business process management in his post today, which reads:

“Business process management (BPM) is a method of efficiently aligning an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It is a holistic management approach that promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility and integration with technology. As organizations strive for attainment of their objectives, BPM attempts to continuously improve processes - the process to define, measure and improve your processes – a ‘process optimization’ process.”

Do you agree with this definition?