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Process Management Scenarios and their Technology Requirements

Process Management Scenarios and their Technology Requirements

Author(s):

Research Director, MWD Advisors

One of the interesting BPM debates I’ve been following in the past months has been about the relevance of BPM technology standards such as BPMN and BPEL (with some protagonists claiming that BPEL isn’t powerful enough as a modelling or implementation language to express the richness of some processes; and others claiming that in fact it’s just fine – for example, see the online debate between Keith Swenson and Ismael Ghalimi.

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BPM and Software as a Service

BPM and Software as a Service

Author(s):

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

Today’s economic pressures are resulting in an increasing scrutiny on IT budgets and how to achieve the best return on investment. IT project portfolios are constantly evaluated by the CIOs in light of new budgets and constraints. Clearly IT spending is on the fall, significant budgets cuts are on way, and new initiatives are impacted. BPM initiatives that had initially made their way into the portfolio are now being re-evaluated given the upfront capital cost of procuring Hardware and software.

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Fly-by-BusinessDrivers – Agile Supply Chain Organization with Business Drivers Embedded BPM System

Fly-by-BusinessDrivers – Agile Supply Chain Organization with Business Drivers Embedded BPM System

Author(s):

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

As much as business drivers cannot be divorced from an effective and successful supply chain, the same is true for Business Process Management (BPM) that could help raise the bar for supply chain.

Supply chain in Organizations are very complex with numerous distribution types and channels, in house and outsourced factories, third party warehouses, logistics and suppliers with varied contracts, etc. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software enabling supply chains greatly increase the availability of current information.

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Integrated Business Management in the Process Age: Creating an Agile Business Management Paradigm

Integrated Business Management in the Process Age: Creating an Agile Business Management Paradigm

Author(s):

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

In the transition from the Information Age to the Process Age, we need new thinking and methods to design products and services for the agile business environment. Processes demand a new paradigm that expects more from managing a business and creating solutions than the current information-oriented paradigm. We need methods that are fit for working with processes to replace our methods for working with information, as they aren’t built on the necessary concepts.

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Service Oriented Architecture – A Service Contract Design Template

Service Oriented Architecture – A Service Contract Design Template

Author(s):

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

Introduction

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a highly collaborative paradigm, and attempts to break down the invisible barriers between IT and business. A critical step to be undertaken when implementing a SOA is to identify, specify, catalog and document candidate services. Given the sheer complexity of the task, this is more of an art, rather than a science. However, there do exist some common-sense principles and best practices for this purpose.

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Technology Does Not Matter, Methodology Does

Technology Does Not Matter, Methodology Does

Author(s):

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

Does it still matter what matters in Enterprise IT? Even before the current harsh times the field seemed to be a land of confusions and illusions, from CIOs greatly overestimating their departments’ and their own role in the eyes of their CEOs1, to business analysts continuously unable to get exactly what they need when they need it from their IT counterparts. And to a respectful analytical firm putting as much confusion as possible in one sentence: “Although the word ‘SOA’ is dead, the requirement for service-oriented architecture is stronger than ever” (sic!).

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Structuring a Process Management Center of Excellence: the Value Chain

Structuring a Process Management Center of Excellence: the Value Chain

Author(s):

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

1. INTRODUCTION

 Over time, organizations have been increasing their interest in process management institutionalization. The growing complexity and scope of processes, and the frequency with which process modeling, improvement, deployment, integration and coordination occur require companies to structure in such a way as to manage their processes [2][5]. In such a context, organizations have sought concepts and guidelines towards structuring a process center of excellence [1][3].

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The Transition to Business Architect

The Transition to Business Architect

Author(s):

Business Architect Executive, Independent Consultant

The concept of business architecture and the role of the Business Architect did not exist when most people today entered their respective industries; no curriculum was available to prepare anyone for the role and, as far as I know, there is still no certification available for today’s Business Architects. So from a practical sense, what does one look for when hiring a Business Architect or promoting someone to the role of Business Architect?

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Enterprise SOA Deployment Requires SOA Governance

Enterprise SOA Deployment Requires SOA Governance

Author(s):

Editorial Director and current Faculty Member, BPMInstitute.org

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an approach to distributed computing that considers software functionality as services on a network. SOA represents the next major step in the evolution of Information Technology (IT) strategies. Businesses are looking to SOA as the best way to leverage information technology assets and to provide the business the agility required to compete in today’s economy. In addition, SOA holds promise to companies looking to bring order to an increasingly complex and chaotic IT environment and equip themselves to manage change.

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Closing the IT and Business Divide

Closing the IT and Business Divide

Author(s):

Principal, Value Creation Partners

Millions of dollars spent, countless hours wasted, and frustrated business users seem to be fairly standard outcomes when IT and business try to work together. While this problem seems apparent, little progress has been made. What is happening?I believe two key factors are in play. First both the IT and business folks are operating under a number of faulty assumptions. Here are some flawed assumptions from the IT perspective.

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