Improving Enterprise Business Process Management Systems

Enterprise pattern: SITO, extended

2012-01-14T12:40:00.000+01:00

Comments to SITO enterprise pattern (see the updated version of it at http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.com/2011/10/enterprise-pattern-structuring-it.html ) were that it is too classic. Sure, structuring is the first step to establish the balance between functions and projects. Next step is how to preserve, enrich and re-use the technical/business knowledge and experience gained in

Enterprise anti-pattern: Silo-Oriented Virtualisation Anarchy (SOVA)

2012-01-06T09:32:00.001+01:00

That was found in the same organisation.... Normally, an organisation of this size should not used more than 2 virtualisation products. Thanks, AS

Enterprise pattern: #Cloud-Ready Estimation and Evaluation Procedure (CREEP)

2011-12-18T17:32:00.000+01:00

The aim of this post is to consider a systematic procedure for estimation and evaluation of cloudability of an IT service – what type of cloud (GOLD, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, VIOLET) is acceptable for a particular IT service and for what cost. Quick reminder re the zone types (from http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.com/2011/07/1-relationships-between-enterprise.html ): classic within

Enterprise pattern: Structuring IT Organisation (SITO)

2011-10-15T17:28:00.000+02:00

How to decompose an IT organisation into smaller units? Approach Collect major IT-related functions (approx. 30-50) to be carried out at an IT organisation; potential sources COBIT, ITIL, PMBOK, PRINCE2, HERMES, etc. Draw a matrix of mutual relationships between those functions or group of functions (about 10) The relationships may be like “synergy” (functions to be carried-out rather

EA view on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) platform

2011-10-09T21:17:00.001+02:00

In many cases, it is impossible to find a single ERM product which spans all business areas to be covers by ERM. So, it is require building an internal ERM platform on top of which different ERM-related applications will be built (following the PEAS enterprise pattern – see http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.com/2011/04/enterprise-patterns-peas.html ). Business architecture viewRisk must be

Writing IT strategy

2011-09-22T14:46:00.008+02:00

The IT strategy development logic is the following: Business strategy -> business architecture TO-BE -> application + information architectures TO-BE -> technical architecture TO-BE -> IT (or EA) AS-IS -> IT roadmap Main topics in the IT strategy document are the following: Executive summary (½ page – summary for senior management, e.g. the Board members) Business context (½ page – WHY the

Relationship between #BPM and #SDLC and Software Engineering (SE)

2011-08-17T19:49:00.000+02:00

In my experience, BPM and SE are very natural friends (with the help from SOA, EA and BA) which work well together within a proper architecture. Some basics: Any complex system is a dynamic set of artefacts (or building blocks?), e.g. in case of a typical business system those artefacts are: processes, services, events, data structures, documents, rules, roles, activities, audit trails, KPIs.

E-Tunisia / e-consultations: solution architecture

2011-07-30T21:00:00.003+02:00

General Continuation from the previous post - E-Tunisia / e-consultations: overview Definition E-consultations constitute interactive “tell-us-what-you-think” on-line services where ordinary citizens, civic actors, experts, and politicians purposively assemble to provide input, deliberate, inform, and influence policy and decision making. Privacy considerationsOnly authorized person can

E-Tunisia / e-consultations: overview

2011-07-29T21:12:00.002+02:00

Continuation from the previous post - E-government for Tunisia (E-Tunisia) : Help to move forwards We, the people, are the government E-consultations constitute interactive “tell-us-what-you-think” on-line services where ordinary citizens, civic actors, experts, and politicians purposively assemble to provide input, deliberate, inform, and influence policy and decision making. E-consultation

E-government for Tunisia (E-Tunisia) : Help to move forwards

2011-07-29T21:01:00.003+02:00

It has been proven that the deployment of e-government [E-government is the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to improve the activities of public sector organisations] brings the following advantages: streamlining of the interactions of the citizens and business with the central, regional and local governments; increase in the performance of workers at governmental agencies

Linkedin: In one word, what is the single largest problem facing #entarch?

2011-07-18T22:43:00.000+02:00

A quick statistical analysis of the responses (with some categorization, e.g.” cacophony” -> “chaos” -> “confusion”) in the linkedin discussion "In one word, what is the single largest problem facing Enterprise Architecture?" http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=43593317&gid=36781&commentID=45630743&trk=view_disc 373 unique replies from unique people (the

Enterprise patterns: Petit Informaticien (PI) for "What is the key to getting business value from IT?"

2011-07-13T12:08:00.001+02:00

As reply to EBIZQ.net question "What is the key to getting business value from IT?" http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/ebizq_forum/2011/07/what-is-the-key-to-delivering-business-value-with-it.php I use the algorithm or enterprise pattern “petit informaticien” (PI): -1) learn the big picture 0) prepare an initial set of tools to implement incrementally business solutions within that big picture 1)

Enterprise patterns: CAPS

2011-07-08T14:57:00.003+02:00

A quote from my previous blogpost http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.com/2011/07/1-relationships-between-enterprise.html about Enterprise Architecture (EA) and cloud computing: Ideally, a cloud-optimised solution is a set of interrelated and interconnected services which are good cloud citizens (or highly cloudable). This blogpost describes a pattern Cloud-Aware Processes and Services (CAPS)

Relationships between Enterprise Architecture (EA, #entarch) and #cloud computing

2011-07-01T12:27:00.004+02:00

Big picture The effective use of cloud computing at the enterprise level is a two-way street: the use of cloud should be architected for the needs and realities of a particular enterprise and the application portfolio, technologies, etc. used in an enterprise should be adapted to achieve the full potentials of cloud computing. In general, EA deals with a system of systems. In general, those

Practical process patterns: DIP

2011-06-25T12:31:00.000+02:00

Decompose Into Patterns (DIP) A friend of mine asked me to have a look at his first try of business process modelling in BPMN. The modelled process is well-known – “gestion de sinistres” or “claim processing”. An apartment owner/leaseholder, who got an accident, inform the property managing company (régie), they call a repair service and validate the repair cost with the insurance company. Then

EBIZQ.NET: Should the language of #BPM be the language of business?

2011-06-17T07:22:00.000+02:00

<discussion ref="http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/ebizq_forum/2011/06/should-the-language-of-bpm-be-the-language-of-business.php" /> In my experience, it is the best option so far. BPM (how to use processes to manage the enterprise) is good as the language of business for the following reasons: BPM main “tool” -- process (an explicitly-defined coordination of activities to create a particular result)

First impression -- #SAP #NetWeaver #BPM tool

2011-06-11T19:49:00.000+02:00

SAP NetWeaver BPM 7.2 looks (after the 4-days TZBPM training course) rather good: Eclipse-based design environment or "composition environment" Good naming conventions by default Business view and technical view Explicit definition of events in addition to several other artefacts One pool is one process Direct interpretation of BPMN without compiling it into BPEL A small and reasonable subset

Enterprise patterns: PEAS

2011-04-17T22:25:00.000+02:00

I noticed an enterprise pattern which is Platform-Enabled Agile Solutions (PEAS). It is applicable to situation when it is highly desirable to advance with a new enterprise-wide initiative in an incremental way. It means that developing the final user requirements is virtually impossible because the users just do not know exactly what should be built and they prefer to try those news things in

Explaining EA: business architecture basics 1

2011-02-19T11:24:00.018+01:00

Note: a revised version of these three posts is available at http://www.improving-bpm-systems.com/pubs/Explaining-EA-BA-basics_v7.pdf The purpose of this post is to provide an explanation about Business Architecture (BA). Informally speaking, BA defines how work gets done within an enterprise. How work gets done is, of course, not completely unknown, but the knowledge is diffused throughout

Explaining EA: business architecture basics 2

2011-02-19T11:24:00.017+01:00

Note: a revised version of these three posts is available at http://www.improving-bpm-systems.com/pubs/Explaining-EA-BA-basics_v7.pdf Continued from Explaining EA: business architecture basics 1 4 Linking WHY, WHAT and HOW So, an enterprise’s value-chain and value-streams are the high-level decomposition of the work of the (whole) enterprise into the work of many different activities. In such

Explaining EA: business architecture basics 3

2011-02-19T11:24:00.016+01:00

Note: a revised version of these three posts is available at http://www.improving-bpm-systems.com/pubs/Explaining-EA-BA-basics_v7.pdf Continued from Explaining EA: business architecture basics 2 5 Managing the complexity of VEB The interactions between activities reveal the different relationships between them. In order to manage the complexity, the primary interest of any architecture is to

Illustration to ebizq.net "How big is a process?"

2011-02-11T08:26:00.000+01:00

An illustration to http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/ebizq_forum/2011/02/how-big-is-a-process.php From my book "Improving enterprise business process management systems": We recommend introducing control-oriented coordination using a step-by-step approach via the “eclipse” pattern (see figure 5.6). At first, we “cover” only a tiny area of the whole process. Usually we start with the intra-application

Practical Process Patterns: FRAP

2011-02-10T18:22:00.000+01:00

Functional roles are pools (FRAP) BPMN pool is normally associated with a participant. Often such a participant is associated with an organisational role, e.g. CFO. Obviously, an organisational role may include more than one functional role. As the result, within the same business process an organisational role may participate with different functional roles to carry out different activities.

From EPN to BPMN

2011-01-26T16:02:00.000+01:00

Book "Event Processing in Action" contains "Fast Flowers Delivery" use case. Below I tried to reproduce this use case in BPMN to see the internal behavior of each participant. I think, I have to switch to BPMN 2.0 to better handle exceptions. Thanks, AS

Contribution to: ACM: Feature or Paradigm

2011-01-23T16:09:00.000+01:00

This is a contribution to a very interesting discussion "ACM: Feature or Paradigm" at http://social-biz.org/2011/01/22/acm-feature-or-paradigm/ and http://mainthing.ru/item/401/ Some of Keith’s arguments do not correspond to my experience with collaborative and process-based applications. Attention, please – those applications were designed for clients (including international ones) based in