A common misconception about Business Process Management (BPM) is that you need a deep technical background to orchestrate meaningful process improvement initiatives. While having some familiarity with information systems can be helpful, BPM is ultimately about...

February 10, 2008
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Ahmet Akal
Business Process Management (BPM)
Business Architecture (BA)
Digital Transformation (DX)
Agile BPM (AB)
Agile Business Analysis (ABA)
Analytics/Big Data
Application Protocol Interface (API)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cloud Computing
Customer Experience
Design Thinking
Digital Automation (DA)
Internet of Things (IoT)
Mobile/Social
Operational Excellence (OPEX)
Organizational Change Management (OCM)
Robotic Processing Automation (RPA)
Business Decision Management (BDM) / Business Rules (BR)
Articles by: Ahmet Akal
The Future of BPM: Trends and Innovations to Watch
Business Process Management (BPM) has come a long way—from hand-drawn flowcharts in conference rooms to enterprise-wide platforms that automate end-to-end workflows. Yet BPM’s evolution is far from over. Emerging technologies and shifting business models continue to...
Advanced Process Governance: Managing BPM for Long-Term Success
As organizations mature in their Business Process Management (BPM) journeys, the spotlight shifts from one-off improvements toward a more strategic, sustainable framework. Enter process governance: the mechanism by which companies ensure that BPM efforts remain...
BPM Certification vs. Specialist Certificates: Which One Is Right for You?
Business Process Management (BPM) is a broad and evolving discipline, with multiple paths that can elevate your expertise and value in the job market. After gaining a solid foundation and some practical experience, you might be wondering how to formalize—or further...
Beyond the Basics
How to Deepen Your BPM Expertise: Once you’ve laid a solid foundation in Business Process Management (BPM—mapping workflows, analyzing inefficiencies, and optimizing day-to-day operations—the question becomes: “How do I take my knowledge to the next level?” At the...
Need To Know Series; How BPM Can Enable a Career in Digital Transformation with Ahmet Akal: Part 4 – Recommendations for Getting Started in BPM
There are so many pitfalls you just got to be careful. You shouldn’t boil the ocean. You know agile methodology is key here. You should just pick a minimum viable product and start with that and then go from there.
Need To Know Series; How BPM Can Enable a Career in Digital Transformation with Ahmet Akal: Part 3 – Lessons Learned from BPM
BPM methodology really establishes a healthy cadence and that cadence is necessary for collaboration and for transformative process improvement.
Need To Know Series; How BPM Can Enable a Career in Digital Transformation with Ahmet Akal: Part 2 – How BPM leads to Process Mining and Predictive Analytics
As we started listening to the voice of the process, we started to see the weakest links. Those were the opportunities that we had to look into.
Need To Know Series; How BPM Can Enable a Career in Digital Transformation with Ahmet Akal: Part 1 – The Role BPM Can Play in Your Career
Gregg Rock interviews Ahmet Akal about his experiences using his BPM knowledge in his career.
Look How Far I Have Come: An Agile Journey
Have I grabbed your attention? Yes, ‘Look How Far I Have Come’ is a song title from the renowned Broadway Musical, Hamilton, but it is also a phrase used by many of us to highlight or showcase their careers and their life progression.
An example perhaps is “I am the CIO now, and this did not happen overnight. Look how far I have come.” In IT, this is used in a similar fashion. From legacy systems, even before, to today—it’s human nature. Look how far we have come, and where we have come from. We were once students getting in line at the University’s computer science dept’ to punch cards for a lousy Fortran IV application, which may have been for a homework or for a midterm/final, and now we drag and drop to put together an app or a UI (a GUI) for iOS or Android. A huge progress, a long journey (not that long ago actually), on our path to excellence, right?