In the last few weeks we have completed a successful BPM conference and a rousing Fall Symposium/IT Expo. While BPM is not yet scorching the earth yet, there are some hot trends and questions I have been sensing by listening to my clients and team mates. I would like to give you a quick run [...]
What’s Hot in BPM?
October 22nd, 2009 · 5 Comments
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The Drum Beat for BPM Usability Continues
October 12th, 2009 · 8 Comments
While BPM might just be one of the easiest classes of software to use ,besides business intelligence, the demand for better work experiences will continue to drive BPM vendors. Right now BPM is good at easy to develop process flows and the visibility of work on those flows, but that is not good enough for [...]
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For Those Who are Following My Painting Progress
October 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Between the time Gartner demands and the time my painting hobby, Sherry ends up not getting the time she deserves. So I decided to paint our little dog for her as a peace offering. She just loves the painting and it is now hanging in our bedroom. I’ve included the under-painting and the final oil [...]
Tapping into Collective Knowledge Will Drive Unstructured Process Activity
September 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Even as BPM is proving itself as a driver for increased productivity and reduced costs, it will have to look to the next horizon to fully exploit its full value to organizations. Today BPM is leveraging structured processes and the result has been fantastic to date. BPM will have to keep moving to new frontiers. [...]
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Twitter-Trivia and Minutia-Trivia; The Bane of Today’s World
September 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
I know I’m going to step on some toes with this one, but I will pursue this one anyhow as it is getting to a point of being ridiculous. Over time I am growing to find this kind of stuff eating away at my time and patience. Maybe just writing this blog will discharge my [...]
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My Dog Does not Hunt; but BPM Sure Does
August 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I thought that title might catch some attention. You know when you a have good hunting dog when it finds game you don’t expect. Some of the BPM Award submissions did the same for us. We found one situation where the benefits gleaned by an organization were used to help those that were less fortunate. [...]
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I am Now a Bird Brain Tweeting Away
August 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Seriously, I have taken the step to start tweeting, so you can follow me as JimSinur on Twitter. I plan on tweeting on things that I have either learned for the day or some trend that you might find interesting or not
I always wanted to be a “Parrot Head”, listen to Jimmy Buffet [...]
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BPM Delivers to the Triple Bottom Line of People, Planet and Profit
August 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments
If you are a CFO, that title just made you spit up on your desk. Trees and people; who cares? It’s all about the money honey. “Go and hug a tree, Jim”. The good news is that these things are not mutually exclusive goals even at today’s commodity price points that are being held down [...]
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Getting Painted in a Corner by Structured Business Processes?
August 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments
We are seeing cost savings efforts playing out before our very eyes and BPM is front and center in these efforts. There are additional side benefits such as time to market and agility benefits as the tempo of business changes. In addition, BPM is starting to change the people interactions going forward, but I think [...]
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BPM Not Only Saves Money: It is Visually Appealing
July 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I would say that most folks buy BPM to save money and/or time. This is the initial justification. Those that are more enlightened, leverage processes for better business goals such as simulating resource alternatives, managing the customer experience and supporting a strong set of value chains. There are also those that want to use process [...]
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