BPM in Action

Just leave it to JP Morgenthal to stir things up. Over at the BPM Forum on ebizQ, we've got a bit of a controversy going on.

The question is: Why are Business Rules Subjugated to Process Management When Business Rules Should be Leading Process Management?

John Michelson answered right off: Business rules can be very specific and drive business processes, but just as often, they represent general practices that can be shared across multiple business processes

Scott Francis countered: I have to say, the whole question is off-base...take the word "Lead" out of your question and ask the real, underlying, less controversial question: "Why aren't business rules used to start BPM?" Well, they often (I hate to use absolutes like "always") are.

Then Michael Poulin says: Well, I was ready to say 'I agree with Scott' until read his last statement about "BPM hits closer to the mark, leaving plenty of room for improvement." Does it mean that BPM deliberately degrades importance of the rules to leave a "room for improvement"?

Then JP gives a very strong counter to the previous comments. And the comments just keep coming. Check it out.