http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/ Scott Cleveland blogs about BPM from a business point of view. en Copyright 2012 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:21:38 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.37 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Last week, I talked about managing expectations surrounding your vision for a solution. Looking at a BPM project using the ADCI model [derived from the 'big' consulting companies], the 4 phases are Analysis, Design, Construction and Implementation. The analysis step... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/02/bpm_project_tip.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/02/bpm_project_tip.php Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:21:38 -0500 scott There has been a lot of discussion from all walks of BPM regarding the 'As-Is' process. I think that horse is about dead. I do believe that you need to know what the 'As-Is' process is and how it performs.... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/02/a_bpm_vision.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/02/a_bpm_vision.php Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:02:39 -0500 scott Someone posed the following question on one of the LinkedIn Groups: What is the biggest BPM [business process management] Challenge? Good Question... Implementing BPM software is the easy part of your project - gathering the requirements is difficult. If you... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/01/biggest_bpm_challenge.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/01/biggest_bpm_challenge.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:39:30 -0500 scott From "The Real-Time Enterprise" by Peter Fingar and Joe Bellini... "The term 'BPM' has been adopted in the marketing communications of just about every IT vendor and management consultant, as what comes after the dot-com fiasco. It seems everyone selling... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/01/defining_bpm_again.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/01/defining_bpm_again.php Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:06:06 -0500 scott From BPM.com - 'Continuous Improvement Loop for BPM Optimization'... With market demands increasing and margins decreasing, businesses need a facilitator to help them maximize organizational performance. Businesses must optimize resources and streamline processes to gain agility and efficiency and reduce... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/01/bpm_-_continuous_improvement.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/01/bpm_-_continuous_improvement.php Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:59:38 -0500 scott From a Business Process Improvement Group on LinkedIn... The people in this group share thoughts and ideas daily. The following question came up and it has garnered a lot of comments: Is it right to automate the As-Is Process? My... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/01/bpm_-_the_as-is_process.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2012/01/bpm_-_the_as-is_process.php Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:48:38 -0500 scott From a BP Trends article - How Boeing A&T Manages Business Processes... Starting with a Vision and a Plan Integral to the C-17 Program's successful deployment of not only the PBM [process based management] approach but the overall implementation of... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/12/bpm_-_in_the_beginning.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/12/bpm_-_in_the_beginning.php Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:14:14 -0500 scott There have been many articles written about starting your BPM projects. Let's look at what happens before that. People [companies] wouldn't purchase BPM [business process management] software if they weren't trying to solve some problem. And, this problem has to... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/12/bpm_-_before_software.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/12/bpm_-_before_software.php Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:19:57 -0500 scott From an article by Christina Torode on SearchCIO.com: "The who, what and where of winning with business process improvement.... In it, she stated: "The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group's business processes for new product and project launches suffered from a... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/11/getting_started_with_bpm.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/11/getting_started_with_bpm.php Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:10:17 -0500 scott Richard Gabel posted an article on Social Media at Biznik.com... In it, he stated: Many a brave man before me has been martyred for standing up for what they believe. I choose now to follow my conscience and bear witness... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/11/bpm_social_media.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/11/bpm_social_media.php Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:18:36 -0500 scott Companies purchase Business Process Management [BPM] software to solve a problem - The kind of problem that keeps them up at night. Problems like: 1) It takes too long for things to move through their process As an example, it... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/11/the_why_of_bpm.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/11/the_why_of_bpm.php Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:51:47 -0500 scott From an IBM document titled 'Eleven habits for highly successful BPM programs'... Habit #1 - Prove business value first - Do not forget the focus should be on business value - Be willing to make trade-offs for the first release... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/11/the_value_of_bpm.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/11/the_value_of_bpm.php Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:49:27 -0500 scott Case Management is about managing activities through an 'undefined' process. Like Business Process Management, workers in a process may need information to perform their activities and may create information as a result of their activities. This information must be managed.... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/10/bpm_case_management.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/10/bpm_case_management.php Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:52:51 -0500 scott Rodrigue Le Gall, Bonitasoft wrote in 10 Best Practices for BPM Implementation... Don't try to model how you should work - model how you actually work. When deploying BPM in your organization, you must establish a starting point. For instance,... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/10/bpm_-_documenting_your_process.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/10/bpm_-_documenting_your_process.php Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:41:57 -0500 scott I don't mean to go on a rant, but... I am sure you have read/seen it, companies touting how their products help you innovate. It is one of the hot buzzwords. Webster defines innovation as the introduction of something new.... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/10/innovation_process_management.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpm_business/2011/10/innovation_process_management.php Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:44:27 -0500 scott