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 look at "BPM in the Cloud." A review of process discovery trends should be posted by the editors sometime in June 2009.
In July I will be updating my January 2008 review of the place of open source software (OSS) in BPM development and marketing. A lot has happened in open source culture and licensing practices in the intervening 18 months. Of course, a lot has happened in BPM in that time as well. Note that I have been writing for three years now that open source is not a market so I am not interested just in BPM software distributed with OSS terms and conditions (But if you are involved in such projects, send me the info). I am equally interested in how BPM software not marketed with OSS terms and conditions is developed using open source.
If you build or sell a part of your BPM offering in any way using open source send me an email at dennis@ebizq.net to be included. I'll do some secondary research on your offering and meet up with you for an interview.
The article on Open Source in BPM, 2009 is tentatively scheduled for release in mid July 2009 so whether you are a user or a supplier, contact me by Monday July 6, 2009.
Thanks
-- Dennis Byron
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