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Process evaluation framework / template

Hi all, Our organization is gearing up to do a process evaluation initiative. As a foundation for putting together an evaluation tool, I thought a good place to start might be to see if there are there any recommended frameworks or templates for evaluating processes in a comprehensive manner among...read more
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posted 1 year 2 weeks ago
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Hello Derek, Would you clarify a couple things for me? By "evaluation tool" do you mean a process evauation approach? BPMInstitute.org teaches these approaches in its training classes. Do you mean...read more
Authored by: Derek Hughson |  Originally published on May 1 2012 | 9 total posts

Is There a Best Way? How to be more Process Focused

The Babson College Process Management Research Center has found that there are 6 critical elements in becoming a process focused organization--Strategic Alignment, Culture and Leadership, People, Governance, Methods, and Information Technology. Yes, each of them is important, but what strategy is...read more
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posted 27 weeks 2 days ago
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No matter what the occasion or level of the organization, keeping focus on the intended outcomes keeps you ahead of the game. And you keep ahead by keeping pulse on the risks to the intended...read more
Authored by: Shelley Sweet |  Originally published on November 21 2011 | 1 total posts

What's New @ BPMInstitute.org?

There's all sorts of fresh content being added to BPMInstitute.org. Subscribe to this thread for timely updates on valuable featured BPMInstitute.org content.read more
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posted 1 year 37 weeks ago
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Looking for a methodology for implementing a BPMS? This new webcast is focused on Getting the Process of BPMS Right. I thought it would be of interest to the group. Featuring Scott Rich, AuraPortal...read more
Authored by: Gregg Rock |  Originally published on August 3 2011 | 2 total posts

How Should IT Embrace BPM?

What are the major challenges encountered when introducing the BPM discipline and approach to a company’s existing approach to using information technology to improve operations? For example, what issues do you face when planning to integrate the BPM approach to existing approaches for...read more
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posted 38 weeks 5 days ago
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IT must be fully engaged in any BPM initiative to be succesful.read more
Authored by: Tom Dwyer |  Originally published on June 9 2011 | 2 total posts

Goverance, Operating Model and a CoE - Business or IT?

If your organization has a Center-of-Excellence installed that is managing multiple Process Automation applications across different business processes, but all on top of one BPMS (like a Pega, Lombardi or Appian), are the development resources for applications part of your IT organization or your...read more
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posted 1 year 51 weeks ago
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Hi, I believe it comes back to the business maturity of the IT area and the technical maturity of the what I would call the operations area. If the IT structure includes a high business skllset...read more
Authored by: Thaxton Mauzy |  Originally published on May 23 2011 | 3 total posts

Is Process Stupid?

What makes it so hard for some companies to move to a process orientation? I offer some food for thought in an article http://www.bpminstitute.org/articles/article/article/why-process-sounds-.... But what have you found? And how do you deal with it?read more
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posted 1 year 51 weeks ago
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What makes it so hard to go from process improvement projects to an organizational approach? What conditions encourage this movement? i have found that enterprise systems implementations can...read more
Authored by: Shelley Sweet |  Originally published on May 16 2011 | 8 total posts

Business Benefits of Having Document Management Functionality inside the BPM Solution

We believe a BPM solution should have extensive Document Management Functionalities ( Document archiving, routing, scanning, versioning,etc. ) in order to maximise the benefits provided to clients in business process automation. Any whitepapers, reports or comments are welcome.read more
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posted 2 years 10 weeks ago
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Document management is needed but many organisations already have document management facilities. Building document management in BPM could mean that these organisations pay for functionality twice...read more
Authored by: Haluk Cavusoglu |  Originally published on March 8 2011 | 10 total posts

BPMS without SOA?

Is that possible to have BPMS without SOA? How strong is relation between SOA, BPMS and ESB?read more
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posted 2 years 10 weeks ago
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I think that it is possible. In my opinion at that moment there are lot of companies concerned about the benefits of working in a process-centered way, but they are carrying out the ballast of an ERP...read more
Authored by: Szymon Drejewicz |  Originally published on March 5 2011 | 3 total posts

The best tool for BPM

What BPM tool is the best for full BPM cycle (analysis, simulation, deployment, publishing, monitoring, optimization)? Please drop a line about your opinion.read more
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posted 2 years 9 weeks ago
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I agree with that Harald, but how would that work for smaller companies and organizations that have a specific need that isn't organization-wide and budget only allows for a finite amount of...read more
Authored by: Szymon Drejewicz |  Originally published on March 5 2011 | 6 total posts

Will BPMN completely replace EPC?

EPC is widely used in Business Process Modelling tools of German vendors like SAP and ARIS. BPMN is more and more adopted by the bigger BPM tools like Tibco, Oracle, Cordys and recently by SAP. Will BPMN standard completely wipe-out EPC, or will there always be applications for EPC left, that...read more
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posted 2 years 11 weeks ago
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Most important difference between EPC and BPMN is the "motivation". EPC was created to model and analysis of business processes. BPMN was created to model, analysis and __deploy__ processes. So, if...read more
Authored by: Harald van der Weel |  Originally published on January 16 2011 | 14 total posts

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