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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One of the problems with applications is that they are a best practice, assuming we believe that, encased in concrete. The problem comes with changing either packaged applications and/or custom bespoke applications. The “time to market” of typical applications changes are becoming intolerable for the business.

Best Practices Should be the Goal
It’s so much easier [...]

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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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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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There is the age old argument around technology and history. Does technology drive history? Those who purport this approach would say that railroads enabled America to expand, cars enabled a freedom that matches democracy, that air travel shrunk the world and enabled multinational business and the Internet created the purest form of competition. Those who [...]

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Here we are in the middle of this economic adventure and it’s time to celebrate our independence from the Brits. I never understood why we did this because they are so cool and have great beer. I guess it was independence and taxes. Never mind. I think it is time to take stock in what [...]

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