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Archives for May, 2010


Can People Change as Fast as BPM Allows?

by Jim Sinur  |  May 20, 2010  |  4 Comments

We were having a conversation during our team meeting today about the fears of some managers that we have been talking to about BPM. There seems to be a common theme around these fears, expressed in different terms, was about people and their ability to change fast enough to keep up with how fast BPM [...]

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Where Does a Process Start?

by Jim Sinur  |  May 19, 2010  |  5 Comments

I have gone around and around in my mind with a couple of questions. Where does a process start and what is in control of the process? The BPMS and other business process management technology vendors would say that it starts in the process, but those who are in the events business would say all [...]

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Doing the Most Important Thing in an Interrupt Driven World

by Jim Sinur  |  May 12, 2010  |  2 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I am finding it harder and harder to keep all the balls up in the air juggling many projects with all the interruptions coming at me simultaneously. Sometimes making progress on the important and generally longer in duration is like nailing Jello / gelatin to a tree. Just when [...]

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Social BPM: Design by Doing

by Jim Sinur  |  May 5, 2010  |  Comments Off

I think you will like this research, if you have been following my recent series http://my.gartner.com/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=256&mode=2&PageID=2350940&resId=1364115&ref=QuickSearch&sthkw=olding

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Impact 2010: Can IBM Really be Cool?

by Jim Sinur  |  May 5, 2010  |  1 Comment

The answer is “yes” and it is is just the start of the journey. IBM now has many excellent technologies in the house, but can they make them work well together? Can they make them work together to change the world? Change the world Theme The emotional prolog: IBM was really pushing the “change the [...]

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Sinko De Drinko: Part Duo

by Jim Sinur  |  May 5, 2010  |  Comments Off

Last year I was in Hawaii and got a head start on my Cinco De Mayo celebration. Today I have to grind out the day.before joining the May 5th celebration. Unfortunately the recent border turmoil, here in Arizona, and the Arizona stance has made makes it difficult keeping a party spirit. I plan to ignore both [...]

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Design by Doing: An Extension to BPM Behavior

by Jim Sinur  |  May 2, 2010  |  6 Comments

This is going to be a fun blog because there will likely be reaction to this one. I liken BPM journey to states of water. Today processes are like ice slowly melting so that the molecules are more flexible. BPM will become a combination of solid, liquid and gas, all at the same time. Process [...]

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