Featuring: Tom Dwyer, Principal, Beagle Research Group, Application Software Infrastructure
Business Rules Management Part I – The Value of Externalizing Business Rules
Featuring: Tom Dwyer, Principal, Beagle Research Group, Application Software Infrastructure
Composite Applications Provide a Platform for Sharing End-to-End Processes
In an ideal world, companies would run their businesses as if their application portfolio were a single application. This application would take orders, generate shipping notices, and manage accounts receivable. It would also run manufacturing processes, automatically replenish materials as necessary, and exist as a Web-based front-end for customer interaction. Instead, the real world is populated with silos of data that don’t interact, and gaggles of independent applications that defy efforts to unify processes across the enterprise.
BPM 2.0 Process Without Programming
Featuring: Bruce Silver, Principal, Bruce Silver Associates
The Process-Centric Company
Featuring: Paul Harmon, Co-Founder and Executive Editor, Business Process Trends
Taking BPM to the Next Level
You’ve no doubt noticed increased interest in applying Business Process Management (BPM) technology to solve business problems. With success stories appearing in trade publications with growing frequency, an increasing number of technical and business people alike are asking how to take BPM applications to the next level. Are you ready to take BPM to the next level? Before immediately saying, “Of course,” let’s consider the rapidly evolving BPM landscape.
BPM: Solving the Right Problem
Business Process Management projects often end up as “shelfware” for a number of reasons: lack of identifying process goals, misunderstanding the processes themselves, vague initiatives and lack of organization-wide understanding and support. Tammy Adams identifies the main reasons for failure and the necessary steps to follow in order to make process improvement work.
BPM: Technology or Philosophy?
Featuring: Trevor Naidoo, President of the Philadelphia/ New Jersey Chapter of ABPMP
The Migration Path to Services Oriented Architecture
Featuring: Janelle Hill, Program Director, Integration & Development Practice, META Group
Case Study: Framework for Business Process
Featuring: Brett Champlin, Process Consultant, Process Center of Excellence, Allstate Insurance