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Archives for December, 2010


Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings

by Jim Sinur  |  December 23, 2010  |  1 Comment

It’s a special time of year for the Sinur family (Jim, Sherry and little Maggie Mae). While our children are quite dispersed, we get to see a few of them around Christmas. It is really special to celebrate and relax in the peace represented by Christmas and the excitement of a new year. We hope [...]

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2010: A Year in Review for Me

by Jim Sinur  |  December 20, 2010  |  Comments Off

I just can’t believe another Zodiac has gone around and how busy 2010 was in terms of activity. BPM continues to be on a great growth path and has extended to be expected activity at a good number of organizations. Process Intelligence and Social BPM is taking root and business rules have come out of [...]

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Top Ten BPM Impacts for 2010; A Year in Review

by Jim Sinur  |  December 13, 2010  |  3 Comments

Last year was fantastic for BPM. The benefits were solid and organizations committed more to improving their processes with BPM. Last year flew by very fast and the action was intense in the BPM sector. BPM continues to grow but the impact has expanded. I’d like to share my thoughts on 2010 and say I [...]

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BPM in the Cloud: Taking a Measurement Today

by Jim Sinur  |  December 9, 2010  |  2 Comments

The story of the potential of BPM in the cloud is very compelling. Gartner has been at the forefront of this trend, but you might want to see what other industry visionaries are saying about “Enterprise Cloud Computing”  .http://www.mkpress.com/DotCloudAvatar.html  I particularly liked the video on “how work works in the cloud” My Observed BPM Successes [...]

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Don’t Get Stuck with Bad Policy/Rule Management

by Jim Sinur  |  December 1, 2010  |  12 Comments

One of the common phrases in my neighborhood, growing up, was “Don’t get stuck behind the eight ball”. This was in reference to being put in a bad spot in a game of pool where you were blocked from getting your desired shot. In the game of “eight ball”, the black ball marked with the [...]

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