BPMS

September 11, 2012

Google gets workflow wings with KiSSFLOW. Can they democratize BPM?

An April Fool’s joke from last year, my post on Google entering BPM with Noodle, continues to get views every day. I always wonder how many readers may be taking it seriously, it was a joke after all. Some of what I wrote was, and still is, plausible. Meanwhile, though, Google and their partners continue Continue reading

BPM, Business, Cloud Computing, Platform-as-a-Service, Technology, Trends

BPM, BPMS, Business, Business Process Management, BYOD, Cloud, CoIT, Collaboration, Enterprise BPM, Google, Google Apps, KiSSFLOW, linkedin, Long tail, OrangeScape, PaaS, Social Enterprises, Technology, Workflow
March 16, 2011

Five Styles of Process (Revisited)

There are different styles of processes, and the techniques to handle those will have to differ. And all will continue to exist. Continue reading

Architecture, BPM, Technology

ACM, Adaptive BPM, Adaptive Process Management, BPM, BPMS, Business Process Management, Case Management, Enterprise Architecture, linkedin, Technology
March 6, 2011

What comprises the Definitive Core of BPM?

what is the definitive core set which needs to exist in any initiative to call it BPM, without a vendor or a solution provider or an analyst requiring to label it as such, and exclusively so? And why this question now? Continue reading

Architecture, BPM, Business, Technology

Adaptive BPM, Agile BPM, BPM, BPM definition, BPMS, Business Process Management, Enterprise BPM, linkedin, Outside-In, Social BPM, Technology, Workflow
June 27, 2010

When Processes Are Broken, Fault Lies Elsewhere

When a business process culminates in a transaction that has the organization as the beneficiary, they will find a way or the other to keep track of it, and not let the ball drop. But, not so much otherwise. When you see a broken process, problem lies mostly with focus and priorities; not with their… Continue reading

BPM, Business, Leadership, Management, Technology

BPM, BPMS, Business, Business Process Management, Customer Orientation, Lessons, Management, Organization, Performance, Technology
May 1, 2010

Is this Data for BPM?

IBM have published a new research topic and standard called BEDL (Business Entity Definition Lanuage), the theme is Data4BPM. But, this is Data modeling redux. And please do not call this as Data4BPM – right concepts that always existed but not applicable to current state of BPM! Read to know why… Continue reading

Architecture, BPM, Business, Design, Innovation, Management, Technology

BEDL, Best practices, BPM, BPMS, Business, Data4BPM, Enterprise BPM, IBM, linkedin, Technology
April 13, 2010

Defining BPM and State thereof – The Perspectives at Play

With so many perspectives at play and with BPM community comprising multiple sub-communities with heterogeneous views, it is darn too difficult to define BPM that covers all the aspects and still satisfies everyone. When it comes to defining BPM, it will always be in a certain context and when a customer looks for the right… Continue reading

Architecture, BPM, Business, Leadership, Management, Technology

BPM, BPM as discipline, BPM lifecycle, BPMS, Business, Business Process Management, Defining BPM, Definition, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise BPM, linkedin, Management, Organization, Process Architecture, Technology
April 8, 2010

When Tools Become Everything…

My daughter knows very well she’s not actually a Doctor and is just playing with her Doctor’s kit. Can we stop playing with these investments in BPM(S) and actually practice BPM? When tools become everything – it’s not business, it’s child’s play. Continue reading

BPM, Business, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Technology

Best practices, BPM, BPMS, Business, Business Process Management, linkedin, Management, Technology
March 21, 2010

On BPM, Incremental Improvement and Innovation

If Incremental Improvement is so much loved by business stakeholders, it’s not because BPM cannot do otherwise, they just like it that way! As for Innovation in BPM, We are at a point of time which is most conducive in recent few years for big leap innovations in BPM – as discipline & as technology. Continue reading

BPM, Business, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Technology

Best practices, BPM, BPMS, Business, Business Process Management, Innovation, linkedin, Technology
March 20, 2010

How important is it to qualify an opportunity or solution as BPM?

I have seen many a successful BPM solution that has been more so in hindsight. And a lot of hyped up solutions/initiatives that started off as BPM solutions ended up as duds. What’s important is to remain true to the BPM drivers and objectives. And that is, to make an impact on customer experience and… Continue reading

BPM, Business, Management, Technology

Best practices, BPA, BPM, BPM COE, BPMS, Business, Business Process Management, COE, Enterprise BPM, linkedin, Management, Technology
March 16, 2010

BPM Ecosystem – Blurring Boundaries or Systematic Convergence?

In the initial years of BPM, we thought we had few problems that would slowly disappear with maturity in the discipline / technology. Come 2010, and we are dealing with more variants of similar problems. Depending on where you look from and where your stakes lie, this could be a case of blurring boundaries or… Continue reading

Architecture, BPM, Business, Cloud Computing, Leadership, Management, Technology

BAM, Best practices, BI, BPA, BPM, BPM COE, BPMS, Business Process Management, CEP, Cloud, COE, Discipline, Enterprise BPM, J-I-T, linkedin, Management, Process Improvement, SaaS, Technology