Consultants:

Tammy Adams
Co-author of Facilitating the Project Lifecycle

Daniel J. Madison
Owner, Value Creation Partners

Mike Rosen
Editorial Director, SOAInstitute.org

Dr. Bruce Silver
Principal, Bruce Silver Associates

William Ulrich
President of Tactical Strategy Group

Ralph Whittle
Co-author of Enterprise Business Architecture

Marvin Wurtzel
Principal Consultant of Marvin M. Wurtzel & Associates, Inc.

Offerings:

BPMS Product Short List Recommendation
Description: Based on client’s business and technical requirements (possibly part of draft RFP) for a BPM Suite procurement, recommend a short list of 3-4 products for final selection.

BPMS RFP/Requirements Review
Description: Review client’s business and technical requirements (possibly part of a draft RFP) for a BPM Suite procurement, with detailed comments and recommendations.

Building a Process Center-of-Excellence
Description: How to build a process center-of excellence.

Business Architecture (BA) Initiative
Description: The Business Architecture service offering provides both training on the business architecture approach and post class consultation in starting the BA initiative by building a business architecture model.

Business / IT Architecture Alignment: Assessment & Evaluation
Description: This service offering creates a baseline for organizations seeking to build collaborative solutions between business and IT.

Defining Organizational Staffing and Structure for Continuous Process Improvement
Description: BPM is a Management Discipline centered on managing its end to end core processes in order to achieve the organization’s strategy and performance goals.

Establish Process Governance
Description: How to establish process governance-process owners, office, and councils.

Facilitated Project Work Sessions
Description: Deliverable-based work sessions that enable cross-functional project teams to quickly and effectively produce the outputs required in each phase of the project lifecycle. These working sessions of between 6-25 participants are intended to achieve a specific project objective.

Gaining Buy-in From Senior Management
Description: BPM is a Management Discipline centered on managing its end to end core processes in order to achieve the organization’s strategy and performance goals.

Process Improvement and Redesign
Description: Facilitate process mapping, process improvement, and process redesign efforts following a 4-phase approach.

Process Improvement and Redesign Using Six Sigma
Description: Provide training and facilitation services to develop process management and six sigma skills for the organization. This methodology will entail developing customized training package for key staff members in process improvement methodology and work with them to determine the process improvements through facilitation. This methodology will provide your staff with tools and skills required to make continuous improvements after our facilitation has ended. The skills required for process improvement will be transferred to your organization, minimizing the need for ongoing consulting services.

SOA Program and Rollout
Description: Help create an SOA program and/or Rollout strategy.  Realizing the benefits of SOA requires the development of a coordinated program that integrates enterprise and business goals and concerns into a strategy that rolls SOA out to projects while simultaneously building architecture, governance and infrastructure for the enterprise. This offering brings the experience of creating and tailoring SOA programs, architectures and applications for numerous companies to bear to provide the client with the optimum solution for their particular requirements.