Archive for November, 2007

Democracy: AKA Collaborative BPM

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Many people think that BPM enables straight-through processing (little or no human interaction) and is the servant of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)/composite applications for orchestration/sequencing needs.
While these are proven and productive tributaries to BPM, they are not exclusive approaches to BPM. In some cases, it is so bad that some myopic IT professionals and vendors […]

The Grey Wave is Coming: BPM has to Help

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Like it or not, we are about to see an unprecedented brain drain when the baby boomer generation heads towards the retirement sideline. This phenomenon is known as the “Grey Wave.”
Experts are saying that no amount of hiring and/or labor importation will be able to cope with the amount and pace of retirements. This means […]

Is BI in the Belly of the Beasts?

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Sometimes things happen quicker than expected. On October 11, 2007 I was quoted by the E Commerce Times/CRM Division as saying “It is just a matter of time before Cognos gets acquired,” said Jim Sinur, chief strategy officer at Global 360. (Is Cognos next?)
I certainly did not realize that a transaction was being crafted by […]

Anarchy: AKA a World without Rules

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

If businesses ran without rules there would be chaos. We would not be able to have business arrangements, ways to account for money, or guidance for the care and feeding of organizational assets.
In a world, now heavily influenced by governance, compliance, risk management and organizational goals, the need for upping the ante with rules seems […]