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Manage Enterprise Change with Business Architecture

Manage Enterprise Change with Business Architecture

Author(s):

Sr. Enterprise Architect, United Airlines

Business Architecture is never as critical as during times of great change. Great change shifts the very enterprise structures on which we usually rely to manage most other change. It can alter organizational structures, such as during mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and restructurings. It can alter process structures, such as during major system implementations, corporate initiatives, and regulatory imperatives. While times of sweeping change are unavoidable, the quality and speed with which we manage change determines our success.

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Tenet Healthcare Boosts Agility And Adaptability With SmartBPM

Tenet Healthcare Boosts Agility And Adaptability With SmartBPM

Author(s):

President, Perfect Pages

Each year the Federal government doles out millions to healthcare providers in improper payments for Medicare and Medicaid. To cut improper payments, the government stepped up efforts recently to root out risk, fraud, and compliance throughout the system. As part of the effort, the government closely audits healthcare providers for fraudulent and non-compliant billing practices. Where the government finds inconsistencies in a provider’s practices, it takes action by forging corporate integrity agreements (CIA) between with the providers.

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Working Collaboratively Improves Business Processes and Accelerates Results

Working Collaboratively Improves Business Processes and Accelerates Results

Author(s):

BPMInstitute.org
Business Relationship Manager - Product Lifecycle Management, Chevron Corporation

Today’s organizations are seeking to improve accountability and put more structure around their businesses, in order to respond more effectively to rapidly changing requirements. While getting those requirements right is important, communication about the requirements is also very important, requiring a dialogue between IT and the business users. For many organizations that is a challenge – but it is a challenge that can be overcome. And there are some tools that, once implemented, can make that dialogue between IT and ‘the business’ a happier conversation.

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Search Frameworks and Engines – Unleashed

Search Frameworks and Engines – Unleashed

Author(s):

Enterprise Architect, AtoS

The details include search engine core components that work under the hood in tandem to generate the search results based on user requirements. Who are these core components? What’s their purpose in Search and answers to all these you would find in this artifact. A brief summary of package products and a list of search engine packages that are available out of box. This document is a consolidation of the search engine and frameworks and a write up on package search engine from FAST ESP.

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Defining the Business Capability – A Cheat Sheet

Defining the Business Capability – A Cheat Sheet

Author(s):

President, TSG, Inc.

A business capability defines “what” a business does at its core. This differs from “how” things are done or where they are done. Business capabilities are the core of the business architecture(i). Before I go further, let me say that this is not an article on the importance of the business capability or capability mapping. If you have doubts about this, read some of the other posted articles or white papers on the topic to build your familiarity. This article is for those of you who already understand the value of business capability mapping and need to go to the next stage.

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Anatomy of Software Frameworks

Anatomy of Software Frameworks

Author(s):

Enterprise Architect, AtoS

This document emphasis on the variety of frameworks development approaches and their categorization and then walks thro’ the Visual Studio framework creating process. At the end it contains a case study of framework targeted for a telecommunication companies.

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Appian BPM Suite Speeds Transformation, Creates Competitive Advantage

Appian BPM Suite Speeds Transformation, Creates Competitive Advantage

Author(s):

President, Perfect Pages

Learning to compete on time is the key to surviving in intense marketplaces. Businesses that can’t do this risk being overtaken by more agile competitors or failing altogether. Appian BPM Suite 6.5 helps businesses compete in tough marketplaces. This integrated suite lets companies quickly transform operations and achieve the agility they need to survive in today’s marketplaces.

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The Business Case for Business Architecture (BA)

The Business Case for Business Architecture (BA)

Author(s):

Enterprise Business Architect, Independent Consultant

Many companies are considering or beginning a Business Architecture (BA) initiative. Most likely in the early stages of the initiative, it is treated as “exploratory” in nature or perhaps as a “pilot” project. Various BA approaches are analyzed, articles and books are reviewed and training classes are attended. After some serious examination of the available information, it is necessary to put forward a business case for the “strategic” BA initiative. At the BrainStorm conferences, many attendees are asking “How do you build a business case for Business Architecture (BA)?

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Standardization or Flexibility- Partners or Enemies?

Standardization or Flexibility- Partners or Enemies?

Author(s):

Faculty Member, BPMInstitute.org and President, i4 Process

You probably know experts who state that standardization is critical for work and information processes. They dogmatically declare that you get reduced variability, cost reduction, better quality, and consistency across the organization with standardization. In fact if you don’t have standardization you can’t make improvements because people and business units do the process differently to start!

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