We live in a continuously changing business environment, which moves ever-closer to a more-connected digital world. Successful organizations need to be proactive and adjust quickly. Therefore an increasing number of organizations establish a Business Process Management Discipline (BPM-Discipline(tm)) in order to move their strategy into execution at pace with certainty. As any other management discipline, the BPM-Discipline is established through the appropriate business process, the process of process management. This new process is led through an emerging top management role, the Chief Process Officer (CPO). The CPO manages the process of process management in a way that it creates value by executing the business strategy across organizational boundaries, like departments or divisions. The CPO is the “value scout” of the organization.
Process Mapping vs. Process Modeling: What’s the Difference Really About?
In business circles, the terms process map and process model are often used interchangeably. It’s easy to see why: both involve drawing out how work gets done. But in practice, they serve different purposes and offer different levels of value. Confusing the two can...
