Having stored, connected and communicated information in our data store for sharing, we now go further and use the information in ways that enables people within the organization to collaborate. Organizations around the globe are seeking smarter ways of enabling people within and across departments, functions and teams to work together. As a part of [...]

This step addresses a significant issue in business – how to link different functional groups within the business. It connects different initiatives within those areas and enables greater reuse. People often talk about Business/IT alignment – we suggest this is flawed. Instead we need to integrate them! There is no such thing as IT projects, [...]

The purpose of the 7 Step approach presented here is to ensure that visible value is driven out of the process at every stage. This will help to ensure the survivability of your Business Architecture initiative. It is not suggested that these are “the” steps, just that they are a logical set of steps that [...]

I must admit that I have never been a fan of English Literature, however, with Christmas near upon us; my kids have been learning about the Charles Dickens novella a Christmas Carol at school. I recall reading the book myself many years ago, and after listening to my kids tell their rendition of story of [...]

A Pragmatic Approach to Leveraging BPM Technology for Business Success
Step 7: Process Monitoring & Management
Assuming that your end objective is the ongoing management of your business, then having a proper dashboard is essential. As with Step 3, the way you share this is important and it is highly likely that mangers today may want access [...]

Step 6: Process Generation & Execution
This is the step that has been the driver for many of today’s BPM projects; as we have seen there is much that needs to be done before this step if you want to achieve the maximum benefits.
The generation of workflows from process models is a major advantage of the [...]

A Pragmatic Approach to Leveraging BPM Technology for Business Success
Step 5: Process Simulation and Optimization
There are many in the BPM community who speak out against simulation, however it can play a major part in many projects. In part this has been due to misunderstandings over how and when best to apply it. It is also [...]

A Pragmatic Approach to Leveraging BPM Technology for Business Success
Step 4: Process Design and Improvement
For the most part, getting information out, shared and used as quickly as possible can be highly beneficial. The time taken to properly undertake this phase can be quite long, especially as the one process you were working on will now [...]

A Pragmatic Approach to Leveraging BPM Technology for Business Success
Step 3: Process Publication and Animation
Last week we focused our attention on step 2 of the model; Process Capture & Documentation. This week we deal with the way in which information is presented to individuals at all levels with step 3: Process Publication & Animation.
Historically, one [...]

It was announced earlier today that Apple has sold a staggering 4,190,000 iPads in its fourth quarter bringing the total number sold since launch to near upon 7.5 million.
The number is slightly behind some analysts’ predictions, with some suggesting that it could have sold up to 6m in the quarter. However, the device is still [...]