David McCoy

How are you doing your cost cutting?  Are you using a methodology? Does the idea of a methodology sound outlandish?  Are you cutting like a surgeon or are you cutting wherever you see something – anything – that looks extraneous?  A methodology would make a difference, wouldn’t it?
I have one of our research teams looking [...]

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Simple question:  Who are the luminaries in BPM?
Tell me who you see as industry visionaries.  Who are the light-bearers?  Be they academics, consultants, vendors, pundits or bandits, just let me hear from you. 
I have my own little list, but there’s room for more.  Richard Welke and I were soaking up the buffet ambiance at [...]

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Jim Sinur has an upcoming webinar on BPM and its economic impact.  Click below for more details
CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS, JUST LIKE HE SAID ABOVE
If you missed Elise Olding’s webinar, you missed a good show.  Don’t miss Jim’s.

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Cheap blog posting, this one of mine…but I ain’t proud. 
—> Give Jim’s post a read <— 
It’s time sensitive and after the 21st, you will have missed it.

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This will be a tongue-in-cheek post, poking fun at those of us who sometimes overstate our capabilities, especially when it comes to BPM.   This is meant in the best of spirits and I hope it causes you to examine your own situation. If you find yourself represented herein, do something about it.  Enjoy, learn, but [...]

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Elise Olding has picked up some nice press in Computerworld UK for her prediction that 50% of BPM Programs will fail. 
Interpretive notes:

The failure potential is at the program level and not at the project level. 
The main cause of death will be failing to create a credible Business Process Competency Center (BPCC).
We published this research in [...]

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Speaking of Gartner BPM conferences… here are some pretty pictures and links.  Just click the conference box that interests you.

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In an earlier post, I ask for the topics that you would like to see in a Business Rule Management tutorial.  Jim Sinur and I have now finished the tutorial and Jim will present it at our upcoming BPM conferences in London and San Diego. The presentation looks really nice!  To close the loop, I [...]

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I’ve studied economics in the past.  As an undergrad, it was a mystery and a pain.  I took a few courses and was unimpressed with all the, “it’s intuitively obvious” hand-waving statements made by the profs.  Nothing in econ worth knowing is “intuitively obvious.”  I walked away with more questions than answers, and an absolute [...]

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Everyone knows that BPM can reduce costs.  So, BPM should be a hot topic and investment area during 2009’s brutal reign, right?  Well, we at Gartner think so.  Elise Olding, Jim Sinur and I are going to be driving a full-court press on BPM and Cost Management this year and we are all excited about [...]

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