I am happy to be Chair for the Gartner Fall BPM Summit, October 5 – 7 in Orlando. Our BPM summits are fun and top ranked in the industry, and here is your chance to influence the agenda. What would you like to see? What panels? What case studies? What main tent events? What topics? Your input is desired. Post here or email me. You know my email address…
Influence Our BPM Conference Agenda
April 13th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tags: Business Process Management (BPM) · Rabble-Rousing and General Hoopla · Technowishing
6 responses so far ↓
1 Brian Reale // Apr 21, 2009 at 4:00 pm
How about adding a serious discussion of open source software and open source bpm engines/companies I would suggest inviting us (www.processmaker.com) and some of the other leading open source bpm companies.
2 Steve McGrady // Apr 23, 2009 at 5:15 am
How about a session looking at the link between organization design and BPM?
Why? There is a desire in the community to move on from swim lanes (see discussion here: http://bit.ly/18UWfT), but these are necessary while functional organizations still exist.
My view is that we will only be able to leave these behind once we move on from organization designs that are a legacy from the industrial age. The matrix organization is a step in the right direction – it overlays process across function, so it still has issues. One solution is to view management as a process then design an organization that aligns business processes and management processes with strategic intent with no responsibility by function.
3 Sandy Kemsley // Apr 23, 2009 at 2:51 pm
More practical information on BPM and business rules: too many organizations are still using them for separate projects rather than using BRM to implement decision services for use by BPM.
4 David McCoy // May 13, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Sandy – we will be having a workshop on business rules led by a stellar industry expert. Thanks for the confirmation of interest.
5 Sandy Kemsley // May 14, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Great, I’m looking forward to it!
6 Samantha Singh // May 21, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Hi David,
Here are a couple of suggestions/topics to consider:
1- Survival of the Process Fittest – Panel Discussion
In times of turmoil, change, and volatility – people and technology are in flux, but business thrive on the processes they run on. The consistency, speed, and quality of processes are what drives the delivery of products and services to customers and improves the bottom line. The companies surviving the economic storm have been process oriented all along. But becoming “process-fit” is more than applying BPM technology; it’s a cultural mindset.
This panel discussion includes companies who have adopted BPM as part of how they do business, monitor the health of their business, and adjust their training programs based on market changes. (you can include customers and have a Gartner analyst be the moderator)
2 – Case Study: Achieving Operational Excellence with a BPM Culture
This April a Gartner survey revealed a fresh focus on BPM as a tool to observe, analyze, and optimize business processes in an environment where cost-cutting has become a boardroom benchmark for IT success. In this session, a global developer and provider of pharmaceuticals – Wyeth Pharmaceutical – will discuss how they’re using BPM to improve efficiency and deliver crucial medicines faster. Wyeth has fostered a culture of ‘living and breathing’ BPM they call Generation Two BPM.
Key Issues:
•Understanding how business processes work
•How the information systems are tied in to your business processes
•Discovering operational in-efficiencies and achieving operational excellence
•Infusing BPM into company culture
Please let me know what you think.
Thanks much,
Sam
408-335-6965
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