Despite the growing number of success stories testifying to the positive business-transforming effects of Decision Management, many companies struggle to reach an implementation maturity level that generates continual value.
Risk and Compliance – embedding specific requirements in the Target State Business Architecture
Risk and Compliance
Many companies across the globe are facing up to a whole new world where risk and compliance assurance must now be supported by reliable controls over which the level of transparency required to be provided by the business to the governance process is considerably onerous.
Furthermore the requirements on the company are written into statutory obligations and carry heavy penalties for those that fail to deliver.
What’s Up With Business Architecture Vendors?
Business architecture teams are making significant inroads by providing business executives with the organizational transparency required to diagnose and take on critical business challenges. As business architects continue to collect, organize, aggregate and visualize cross-functional, cross-disciplinary business knowledge, they require a business architecture knowledgebase.
Evolving the Decision Model with Views
This article assumes knowledge of the Decision Model. If you are not already familiar with the theory of the Decision Model you can download a brief primer from www.TheDecisionModel.com.)
Shaping Complex Ideas
Good ideas usually have system-like characteristics. That may seem strange, considering how we have been indoctrinated all our lives to believe great ideas are simple, complete and self-evident once conceived (think solutions to problems or opportunities for enrichment). Examples of these abound, many now urban legends.
The Process Practitioner: An Independent Review of Metastorm ProVision
In a continuing series evaluating the tools used by Business Process practioners, this article looks at Metastorm ProVision®. Criteria for evaluation are ease of use, a short learning curve, and good collaboration features.
What role should SaaS play in your BPM strategy?
Driven by the continued success of companies like Salesforce.com, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model has become an increasingly important element of the mix of technology sourcing options available to enterprises over the past two years. Recently, a number of vendors have introduced SaaS-based BPM technology tools and platforms, eager to “surf the wave” and ensure that they don’t miss out on any opportunities, should enterprises start to shift wholesale to using the SaaS model for their IT capabilities.
Business / IT Collaboration Model: A Practical Approach
The collaboration between the business department and IT department of an organization has been subject to research by many organizational professionals. Some companies manage things very well, others have their problems. This article will not provide you with a silver bullet for business & IT alignment, but provides some practical directions for establishing a business driven collaboration.
Enterprise Architecture Works Best as a Roadmap – Not a Blueprint
Ever heard the old saw – perhaps in a crowded sports arena or while standing in front of the TV on game day –, “You’d make a better door than a window?” The idea, of course, is that one can see through a window but not a door.
Managing the Less Visible Processes
Introduction
Many business process improvement initiatives seem to focus mainly on the very high visibility processes of the enterprise such as the supply chain, order fulfilment or customer service management, while negelecting the smaller but supporting everyday processes, including travel authorizations, expense filing and timesheets. These smaller processes, when poorly designed or designed without considerable care in the business rules and policies enforced, could mount in cost over a period of time.