With the conclusion of a fantastic Appian World 2013 – coinciding with the unveiling of a new version of Appian – Appian 7.2 – it is time to official dive into some of those new robust Appian 7.2 capabilities, focusing on core functionality from a 7.2 – Records, Reports and the Self-Assembling Interface Layer (SAIL) […]
Highlighting Appian 7.2 Functionality – Records Read more
While walking in his cornfield, Kevin Costner’s character “Ray Kinsella” in the movie “Field of Dreams” hears a voice – and in our case – let’s call him “CTO Ray” – walks through “his cornfield” (the IT Development Team’s Sandbox) and hears a different voice (the Business/the Stakeholders voices) that whispers, “If you build it,
The BPM Field of Dreams & End-User Adoption Read more
Much ado has been made about the inclusion of rules engines within modern BPM suites, but all rules engines aren’t created equal. Some rules engines are similar in concept to what used to be commonly called “expert systems” and are as a result both more powerful and more complex than the rules engines that are simply
BPM and Rules Engines Read more
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
As the big hand joins the small hand at midnight, the ball drops and comes to a rest, and the colorful paper confetti rains down from the colossal skyscrapers in New York City, 2013 is finally here! So for the next couple of months, I will painstakingly try to break last year’s habit of writing
2013 New Year’s Resolution – Implement Mobile Business Process Management (BPM) Read more
There is an ongoing debate about whether Case Management is really BPM or is it completely separate. This is beyond polemics as a company that may have invested in a BPM platform needs to understand whether it needs a separate investment in a Case Management suite. The strongest argument made for it being a separate
Case Management & BPM 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
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
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