Which is the best path for building out new process models? Following the path of least resistance is your best bet in most circumstances for optimized Process Modeling. There are a few grey areas in this answer which I’ll cover later – the key point is that guidance is focused on rapid turnaround on process […]
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The “Cloud” is the subject of an unbelievable amount of hype. Pragmatism is seemingly dead in the technology world; it’s been replaced by an endless stream of hype that is in no way connected to reality… I thought that perhaps that was just a product of the trend toward ERP systems in the late ’90′s
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Many of today’s cutting-edge companies are looking to leverage cloud computing where possible – to build customer-facing apps, CRM apps, Professional Services automation, etc. However, those same companies are simply not comfortable outsourcing some of their applications – such as order management, warehouse management, and critical banking or trading applications – to the cloud. This
Platform consolidation is a broad topic covering several aspects, but has a focused primary objective – to reduce costs by reuse. The reduction in costs is usually through consolidating multiple applications or software technologies into one and thus saving license and maintenance costs, or replacing aging servers to fully utilize all operational servers to increase
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So you are all set to start on your first BPM project implementation. You have done your homework, that is to say a Business Value Add analysis and have selected a “core” business process that is crying for more visibility and automation as your first implementation. But is that enough? Like the proverbial fat lady
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As we move to a service oriented economy, more and more software vendors are beginning to offer their software solutions and infrastructure platforms as a service. Some of these vendors include big names like Google, Microsoft, SalesForce.com and Amazon. For example, while salesforce.com originally offered a CRM solution as a service, it has now opened
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I am intrigued by a new development in computing that seems to be getting more traction. Operational Intelligence (OI). What is it? Well, we have all heard of Business Intelligence (BI); collect & analyze your data for an epiphany into market behavior. Operational Intelligence (OI) seeks to do the same thing but with Events instead of
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“There is nothing permanent except change” – Heraclitus, 6th Century BC. To lead in the business environment is to embrace change. There is a dire need to minimize the Business-IT gap. In most organizations, senior executives and developers struggle with one common factor – the “UNKNOWNS”, and they primarily suffer because of the following underlying reasons: Patch
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A business process is a set of activities, tasks and events performed by systems and people to achieve a business goal. Commissioning a process involves several steps ranging from the ideation of the process through the building, and continuous improvement of the process – this is typically referred to as the business process life-cycle of
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