Jim Sinur

Here we are in the middle of this economic adventure and it’s time to celebrate our independence from the Brits. I never understood why we did this because they are so cool and have great beer. I guess it was independence and taxes. Never mind. I think it is time to take stock in what we have (yes recently we have lost some heroes) and move forward to create a boom.

BPM is one of the main ingredients as efficient processes are the stuff that productivity is made out of going forward. Productivity has been the driver for economic progress in the past and will still be a factor for the bottom line and BPM helps here significantly. Not only does BPM manage processes well, it manages the resources of people and information fairly well in this real time “up tempo” world. What will be different in the new economic order, going forward will be he need for several bottom lines. In addition to the traditional bottom line, there will be a green bottom line and a people bottom line. BPM will be able to help here as well with the kind of visibility necessary for keeping things on track in a volatile world. See the following posts;

http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2008/09/26/can-bpm-save-a-way-of-life/

http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2009/04/27/business-process-management-grows-value-while-saving-costs/

Over the weekend, I will be thankful for all my blessings including family, friends, co-workers, co-collaborators and a very gracious boss. I will also ponder how BPM can help balance people processes and the information necessary to keep productivity on track without the anticipated overheating and uncontrolled boom that might occur. Happy Fourth of July!! My apologies to the rest of the world who do not celebrate, but find a way to have a tall cold one anyway.. Peace