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Archives for March, 2009


Why do We Hate Certain Processes?

by David McCoy  |  March 24, 2009  |  2 Comments

This past weekend, I willingly participated in one of the most painful processes on the planet – I went looking at new cars.   The weather was warm, my Saturday meeting was boring, and I was near car heaven.  So, I went looking.  Man, do I hate the car looking-testing-sniffing-buying process.  Even though most of the [...]

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The Old Rules Don’t Apply? Baloney!

by David McCoy  |  March 20, 2009  |  Submit a Comment

When we were all rolling in those filthy-rich, blissful days of Internet summer, all around us, people were saying, “The old rules don’t apply!”  Bricks-and-mortar are dead, clicks are the new currency, the old economy is dead, long live the new economy.  The market only goes up, income only goes up, house prices only go [...]

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Who Designs Your Processes? Howard, Howard and Fine?

by David McCoy  |  March 19, 2009  |  2 Comments

I’m a card-carrying fan of The Three Stooges.  Yes, I’m male… so we know that my admiration is genetically-wired, but it’s still admiration.  Late last night, when I couldn’t sleep, I watched some pristine new releases of classic Columbia Stooges shorts and couldn’t help but wonder: “What if The Three Stooges had been cast in [...]

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BPM Certification: What’s it Worth?

by David McCoy  |  March 17, 2009  |  10 Comments

Today, my wife advanced another major step in her quest to be ordained as a Methodist minister.  The amount of preparatory work for this big day was similar to what I have seen with consulting firm senior managers who are up for partner and with professors being considered for tenure – it’s that serious.  Ordination [...]

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Business Rule Representation: A Tradeoff of Complexity and Linguistic Power

by David McCoy  |  March 10, 2009  |  4 Comments

I have just put the last comma in a new piece of research that will be out this quarter, entitled: Taking the Mystery Out of Business Rule Representation.  As a hint at what we researched, I am including one of the main graphics: a chart that shows the various rule representation approaches plotted against two [...]

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