Jim Sinur

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 [...]

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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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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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This is going to be one of those controversial discussions, so I’m ready for the flack. There is a movement that is out there that is about to break loose and it involves business professionals building their own processes and applications because they can. IT is in a difficult position in that they can’t stop [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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I am receiving more calls from organizations that are concerned about how quick things change in the world and how quickly organizations are forced to respond quickly. Some of them describe the environments they are in as “punching in the dark”. You can’t see where to land your best business punch. In light of environmental [...]

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