Gartner’s latest Magic Quadrant for BPM attempts to change the game by evaluating BPM tools’ alignment with their vision of “IBO” (Intelligent Business Operations) rather than BPM tools’ core process modeling and execution capabilities. This means that Gartner expects the following additional capabilities – at minimum – to be a part of any BPM suite, […]
iBPMS – Right for Your Enterprise? Read more
The whispers are getting louder and the proclamations more brazen… BPMS vendors believe their packages can replace SAP and other ERP systems. Are they right? Lets find out. BPMS vs. ERP: Motivation behind the Thought First, let’s take a brief look at the motivation behind this movement. Industry analysts in aggregate peg annual BPMS market
Enterprises have created pockets of automation and process improvement using BPM, Lean Six Sigma and numerous data repositories. All these methodologies, automation and data repositories do not deliver an efficient and agile end-to-end business process management solution. Current IT infrastructure does not address the fact that business process will continue to change at a rapid
Principles of Lean Six Sigma are Drivers for BPM success (Part 1) Read more
I have seen many a process diagram, one of the things that I have come to realize over the course of the years is just how different people model their processes. One of the things that I have noticed to be common across some of the most unreadable process models is the fact that they
Process Layers – the Unsung Hero of Process Design Read more
Today’s companies are understandably concerned about securing their systems and their employees’ and customers’ data; unfortunately, however, that concern is slowing the adoption of shared computing tools and techniques, which are commonly referred to these days using the “cloud” buzzword. Within this article, I’ll illustrate that there is no measurable difference between the level of
Cloud Security and the Role of Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt Read more
This is my first installment into the BPM and SOA Synergy topic. There are many resources discussing this topic and one would expect that most important issues are well understood and described. However, some key concepts are often presented in a way that leaves a room for interpretation and, therefore, may cause confusion. This is
Your customers are talking about your business every day. Do you have provisions for Social Business Collaboration in your process? Are you listening to what they’re saying? They talk about their experiences with your products and services. They give you the blueprint to improve your business, and they are influenced – every day – by their peers
Social Business Collaboration Read more
Can Document Management can be made easy by Process Attachments? The key point in this solution is that document management can be achieved through procedure. It’s the business process that defines: Business Context – The business process model defines exactly when, why, and how documents are consumed and processed. This context gives us a vocabulary
Document Management as Process Attachments Read more
As typical to most new endeavors, we find ourselves urgently seeking short-term goals and immediate turnaround on investment. Management wishes visibility on progress and what better way to show progress then working (hands-on) demonstrations! The cost of project debt can’t be ignored though on what becomes rapid, short-term iterations. Acknowledging that short cycles yields early
Project Debt: Recognize and Mitigate Effects Read more
Today’s enterprise environment where multiple user interfacing subsystems are exposed through composite interface solutions like portals, creates the need for integrating these subsystems with existing authentication and authorization services. The approach described here can be applied to integrate BPM solution, e.g. Lombardi with a Centralized Authentication Service (CAS) provided that the CAS architecture supports token
Single Sign On with Centralized Authentication Services Read more