Jim Sinur

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Let’s Leverage Process to Cross Cultures:

by Jim Sinur  |  February 21, 2012  |  Submit a Comment

Recently it dawned on me that processes seem to traverse cultures in ways that language can’t. We would all pretty much agree that art and music appeal to the human in us all and tends to communicate at a level that linguistics doesn’t. There is a parallel between processes and art and/or music. The Thesis: [...]

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Time to Market Product Configuration with Business Rules: Success Snippet

by Jim Sinur  |  February 14, 2012  |  Submit a Comment

Today organizations can’t deliver great products fast enough to meet client demands and competitive pressures. To make matters worse, new products have to hit the ground running without flaws. We live in a demanding world that is getting more demanding; not less. Business rules can be leveraged to quickly configure products and services quickly and [...]

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Gartner BPM Summit in Baltimore: The Early Bird Gets the Worm

by Jim Sinur  |  February 9, 2012  |  Submit a Comment

You can get the early bird special of $300.00 off, if you act now. Budgets are fresh and you need process innovation for revenue generation and cost optimization. Don’t Think about it too long. Check it out !  http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/business-process/ This opportunity ends on March 2nd, so don’t get caught posing   See the link for [...]

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Leveraging Business Rules for Revenue Generation: Success Snippet

by Jim Sinur  |  February 6, 2012  |  2 Comments

This situation is where a company employed policies/rules to identify and execute on cross-selling opportunities in a dynamic manner. This organization provides connected software applications to the financial services industry for lending, collection, recovery, and sales/service. Today, nearly 500 financial institutions in all 50 states and all provinces of Canada are using their technology. Leveraging [...]

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Success Snippet: Managing Work Complexity with Process

by Jim Sinur  |  January 30, 2012  |  2 Comments

A common challenge that faces organizations is how to match right people to the work on the plate at any moment in time. Because many of the work items that hit BPM are long running in nature and requires a varied skillset to complete, the complexity of doling out and dynamically adjusting work loads is [...]

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Success Snippet: Intelligent Business Operations; Leveraging the iBPMS for Mass Personalization

by Jim Sinur  |  January 23, 2012  |  2 Comments

In a past success snippet on Intelligent Business Operations (IBO), I shared how linking an iBPMS to the “internet of things” through visible and intelligent tagging . See http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2012/01/10/success-snippet-intelligent-business-operations/   This time I want to share a story about configuration and personalization. The industry is healthcare again, but there will be other industries for future posts. [...]

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Dave McCoy on BPM

by Jim Sinur  |  January 19, 2012  |  4 Comments

It’s nice to have a boss that really understands the area he manages. This is worth a listen especially if you are contemplating coming to any one of our BPM Summits in 2012. This is an Interesting video introducing the theme we have this year about BPM and Change. Organizations are now using BPM to [...]

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Success Snippet: BPM and Culture Change

by Jim Sinur  |  January 16, 2012  |  2 Comments

We all know that changing peoples work habits is a challenge. Imagine having a group of high level executives that are used to “ the good old boys” network for doing business where everything was done because of a personal relationships and very manual. Enter BPM and the visibility it provides. The Business Problem: This [...]

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Success Snippet: Intelligent Business Operations

by Jim Sinur  |  January 10, 2012  |  8 Comments

I call this one “real time resource management”. One of the challenges, for organizations, going forward is how to dynamically balance resources for client satisfaction and optimization. This innovative use of simulation and “the internet of things” together really points to one of the future directions of the intelligent business process management suite (iBPMS).  This [...]

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2012: The Year of Intelligent Business Operations (IBO)

by Jim Sinur  |  January 2, 2012  |  5 Comments

Because of business pressures, we can’t just do things the same way anymore. Organizations have to increase their situational awareness, sharpen their decisions, and quickly respond with goal directed adjustments and results. I expect to see the advent of more IBO supported by an intelligent business process management suite(iBPMS) starting with leading edge organizations and [...]

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