by Jim Sinur | July 28, 2010 | 3 Comments
What I like about process intelligence(PI) is that it is not there to just analyze what happened in the past. It also helps with the here and now so that process owners can use the dynamism of processes to adjust to conditions right now. In addition, PI can test out the impact of alternative responses.to [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Optimization Simulation Tags: BPM, Optimization, Simulation
by Jim Sinur | July 21, 2010 | 13 Comments
It’s pretty obvious that both topic areas are supposed to make business folks smarter, but is there a fundamental difference? I’d like to start a conversation on this topic. I think there are differences myself just like there a different kinds of synapses, but let’s play with the argument for a while. Process Intelligence(PI) is [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Business Rules Optimization Tags: BPM, Business Rules, Optimization
by Jim Sinur | July 13, 2010 | 4 Comments
I was invited to speak the Application & Architecture Summit this week in Japan where BPM, SOA and Cloud were covered in the context of competitive Global Markets. After spending several days here, I have some impressions of the state of BPM in Japan. A Desire for More BPM There was a strong desire to [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Business Rules Cloud Optimization Simulation Social Tags: BPM, Business Rules, Social
by Jim Sinur | July 9, 2010 | 3 Comments
The FIFA World Cup final match is coming up this Sunday (Monday morning in Asia-Pac) and I am perplexed. Since I am part Dutch and I love the underdog, I want to shout for the Netherlands. Spain is the heavy favorite and has made it look pretty easy. They beat a really solid German team [...]
by Jim Sinur | July 9, 2010 | 1 Comment
Next week I will be in Japan to see first hand how much traction BPM is gaining there. Japan is known for process improvement in manufacturing and is known for being masters at Lean Six Sigma. If will be interesting to see if there is the emphasis on agility and trying to tie processes to [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Optimization Social Tags: BPM, Optimization, Social
by Jim Sinur | July 7, 2010 | 13 Comments
Today most processes are either for routine processes or lightly sprinkled with collaboration. I think there is a continuum for social processes that can help describe just how social processes are today and where we might want to go tomorrow. Please refer to the following posts for some background: http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2010/05/02/design-by-doing-an-extension-to-bpm-behavior/ http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2010/04/26/process-modeling-doing-by-design/: Highly Structured Processes: These [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Business Rules Social Tags: BPM, Business Rules, Social
by Jim Sinur | July 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
by Jim Sinur | July 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
Organizations are starting to see the value of simulation for coming up with a process design that meets all the desired business outcomes required for a process. The beauty is that organizations can know ahead of time with little investment these days because of the relative ease of use of simulators today, This is good, [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Improvement Business Rules Optimization Simulation Tags: BPM, Business Rules, Optimization, Simulation
