This paper is about why software development methodologies don’t work and why they sometimes do, including a few ideas about how to turn around your own methodology efforts. Often, methodologies don’t work because managers and IT professionals hold onto beliefs, practices and organizational paradigms that no longer fit the modern software development organization and the processes that help support it.
Transitioning from BPM Practitioner to BPM Strategist
When you first begin working with Business Process Management (BPM), much of your focus is on optimizing individual workflows—reducing a department’s approval cycle here, streamlining a customer onboarding process there. But as you gain more experience, you might...