A must read for business analysts, business process analysts, business process managers,  business process designers and business architects.

This BPM Salary Survey report outlines a regional comparison across the USA, Canada and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). It is based upon the data collected in the BPM 2015 Salary Survey conducted by BPMInstitute.org which represented the first such survey and formed the baseline for our future research in this area.

What is the value proposition of BPM and how do I communicate to my senior leadership team is one of the most frequently asked questions on BPM.

In answering this question, the first order of priority is to ensure that people in the organization have a common shared understanding of BPM. In our view, BPM is not just modeling processes, it’s not just launching improvement projects, and it’s not just monitoring process performance for continuous improvement.

Instead, it is all three of these – in other words, the modeling, AND the improvement AND the management of the large cross functional processes in the firm.

Once, a shared understanding of the definition of BPM is achieved, it is then possible to outline the approach, benefits and pitfalls to avoid in BPM to demonstrate the value it can provide.

Some of the key principles and the general approach in BPM are outlined in Table 1 below:

While controversy may continue to exist on whether size matters in areas as diverse as sex, bacteria and even blue whales – there is little doubt that size matters enormously when it comes to Business Process Management (BPM).

Tackling larger, cross functional processes is at the heart of success with BPM.  This applies to both process improvement and process management.  The potential size of the prize increases proportionally with improvement efforts targeted at larger, cross functional processes such as inquiry to order, order to delivery, request to receipt and idea to launch as these initiatives target critical non-value added activities across department boundaries.