In the BPM world, like the world in general, standards are like motherhood and apple pie. Vendors and buyers alike are vociferous in their support. After all, standards reduce the costs of vendor lock-in, simplify training and support, reduce risk of vendor failure, facilitate component integration and reuse, support interoperability of systems and processes, expand the choice of compatible technology, and promote agility in a changing world.
Businesses today are confined by budget and time more than ever, which in turn affects the projects that are approved. IT and business organizations must review each project to ensure that it will provide value to the overall business to attain business objectives.
Barbara von Halle is the founder of Knowledge Partners, a company specializing in business rule services. Her most recent book, “Business Rules Applied” is the first book to contain a systematic approach for delivering business rules systems. It was a finalist in the 2002 Jolt Awards from Software Development Magazine.
For many people hearing the term “BAM,” the first thing that comes to mind is “business activity monitoring.” But for leading organizations and providers of business process management (BPM) solutions, BAM means something more; it means “business activity management.”
For too long, BAM has been relegated to the role of monitoring real-time transactions and events. But monitoring is only one part of managing the activity of your business.
This presentation is a case study on how a self- administered, self-insured non-profit was able to solve an archaic paperwork document problem by placing the Fund’s workflow under the control of BPM software and replacing paper folders with electronic folders and digital images of member correspondence and other documents. Smith discusses why the Fund turned to a BPM solution and how an imaging and retrieval system was integrated into its processes. Smith offered insights into the benefits the Fund experienced since implementation.
An interview with Bruce Silver- Principal, Bruce Silver Associates
Dr. Bruce Silver is an independent consultant and industry analyst specializing in enterprise content management and business process management technology. He writes the monthly “Business Rules” column for Transform magazine, as well as numerous white papers and reports available at www.brsilver.com. His new report, “The Manager’s Guide to BPM Software,” provides an in-depth review of BPM technology and vendor offerings.
I often find organizations trying to modernize application systems while concurrently retooling business processes. On the surface it would seem logical that business process redesign would precede major IT retooling initiatives, yet my experience suggests that organizations often begin modernization projects in the absence of a well articulated business process model.
Remember all the hype given the things that were going to revolutionize IT and integrate everything? They never fulfilled their promise. There is good reason to think that BPM is not in the same category. The new integrated BPM suites really do work across the organization and the results companies are seeing are substantial.
Vollmer is a principal analyst in Forrester’s Enterprise Applications research group.
Business analysts continue to streamline and consolidate business processes to stay competitive and lower costs. As this occurs, entrenched application systems can impede these efforts. To fully realize the goal of business process retooling efforts, organizations may need to retool the legacy applications and data structures supporting those processes.
Coors Brewing Company started their BPM initiative with a top-down approach that supported the company’s strategic goals and vision. The goal is to institutionalize process excellence using a common BPM language and process models for the entire organization.
Debra Boykin is a Sr. Business Architect at Coors Brewing Company. She has over 25 years of experience specializing in the area of business architecture development.
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