Organization
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7 Habits of Effective Early-stage Entrepreneurs that are counter-productive to scale
Entrepreneurs & Start-up leaders that are successful in the Jump-start phase are so because of certain effective habits that they either have or have developed during the initial phase. However, the same habits, if carried forward too long become counter-productive to scale for their business. The main reason being that once the business is off… Continue reading
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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
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Systems Today, Culture Tomorrow. Don’t Tweak!
Not all organizations may realize that some of the tweaks in policies and systems actually end up as the key determinant of the longer term direction that “organizational culture” takes. When tweaking systems and policies for shorter term goals, do not lose sight of the longer term effects on culture and mindset of people working… Continue reading
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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
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Do not treat Process Solutions as Applications
It’s very difficult for everyone involved to get out of the application mindset that has got deeply ingrained with years of training and repeated beating-in. I’m afraid this gets further legitimized with Rapid Application Development (RAD) and Composite Applications Development through BPMS gaining acceptance. But, if you actually want a process management solution, don’t treat… Continue reading
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Bridge Those Silos with Incentive Alignment and KPIs
Silos within the organizations boil down to plain WIIFM (What’s In It For Me?), the way organizations measure performance and the type of behaviors they encourage. There’s a relationship among KPIs, Objectives, Expectations, Inspection, and Incentives. We can bridge the silos by understanding this, and effectively using the technology and tools available to us once… Continue reading
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Which flavor of COE is right for your enterprise BPM strategy?
BPM COE (Center of Excellence) is essential to an enterprise BPM strategy. However, positioning of the COE within the organization is a key success factor. There are various flavors of BPM CoE that serve different purposes and most organizations would go through some of these before reaching the right positioning and right level of maturity.… Continue reading
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Beware Department Heads and Function Heads!!!
[tweetmeme source=”ashish_bhagwat” only_single=false] So, you’ve got the budget approved to roll out a BPM project. You have couple of projects (Business Process areas) already aligned with your BPM program. You’ve got the teams set up, platform evaluated and finalized, and licensed have been negotiated well. You’re on your way in the BPM journey! You’ve fought Continue reading
Between the Dots 