Archives for December, 2009
by Jim Sinur | December 31, 2009 | 5 Comments
I want to thank my faithful audience for all your comments and the dedicated readings of my thoughts on BPM all of last year. Let’s toast 2010 and hope for a year of recovery at a speed that doesn’t create the wrong kind of bubbles and results in a better quality of life world wide.(I [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Business Rules Green Optimization Simulation Tags: BPM
by Jim Sinur | December 29, 2009 | 2 Comments
There is no question that the gap between the power vendors and the BPM pure play vendors is narrowing. In 2005 the gap was over three years and now it is less than 18 months. The question is how much and what does it mean for the market and what does it mean for the [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Business Rules Green Optimization Simulation Tags: BPM, Business Rules, Green, Optimization, Simulation
by Jim Sinur | December 22, 2009 | 5 Comments
I am just glad 2009 is over in the sense that I survived and managed to keep gainfully employed in the hot BPM sector. In addition business rules, decision/process optimization and patterned based strategies are emerging as important topics. It looks like there is plenty to research in 2010 and beyond. Looking at 2009 for [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Business Rules Green Optimization Simulation Tags: BPM, Business Rules, Green, Optimization, Simulation
by Jim Sinur | December 22, 2009 | 3 Comments
Last year was a struggle for a lot of organizations and individuals. BPM was really a counter balance to sobering news in 2009 with strong software and services revenue growth. The BPM market continues to grow and expand in its impact on organizations. It’s almost a mountain top experience. I thought I would list my [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Business Rules Green Optimization Simulation Tags: BPM, Business Rules, Green, Optimization, Simulation
by Jim Sinur | December 22, 2009 | 2 Comments
I have seen the growth of simulation from the early days of the BPM. Some have said simulation is too complicated; others have said that simulation was not practical. Well it’s time to salt opinions with some feedback from those who have leveraged simulation. The case for simulation is growing by the day. Successful BPM [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Business Rules Optimization Simulation Tags: BPM, Business Rules, Optimization, Simulation
by Jim Sinur | December 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
Business Analysts are in for an exciting ride as they move to being more analytical over time. Today business analysts are the grease that helps out operationally. They create and run reports, they collect requirements and documents them, manage the idiosyncrasies of Share Point and in some cases manage local servers, printers et al. This [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Tags: BPM
by Jim Sinur | December 10, 2009 | 2 Comments
Business Analysts have been around for a long time in a number of organizations, but there are a number of factors that are putting a premium on this position. There is a latent demand for good business analysts powering a supply gap. . One proof point is that the International Institute of Business Analysts (IIBA) [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Business Rules Green Optimization Simulation Tags: BPM, Business Rules, Green, Optimization, Simulation
by Jim Sinur | December 2, 2009 | 4 Comments
Well it’s time to think about breaking into the 2010 budgets, but the question is what should you spend your hard fought budgets on? There is enough proof out there that BPM delivers cost savings and companies are increasing their investment. Is this an illusion or is this real? The Case for Aggressive BPM Investment: [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Tags: BPM