Archive for February, 2008

Is Your BPM Vendor a Player or a Poser?

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

I have found that BPM vendors come in all shapes and sizes, but one of the important tells that BPM players have revolves around how much they leverage BPM in their own processes.
It’s pretty doggone easy for a vendor to tell a potential or existing client how to use BPM and their technology, but how […]

What is a global strategist’s role?

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

I know you are quite busy but I was wondering if you could take a few minutes to explain to me what a global strategist’s roles are.   Of course, these roles are different depending on the company one works for, but if you could offer general explanations I would greatly appreciate it.
- David
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Generally a strategist […]

Five Ways to Kill a BPM Effort

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Based on personal observations, discussions with hundreds of industry experts, and reviews of multiple industry surveys, I have identified the emergence of some of the worst practices that can affect a BPM effort. While other worst practices certainly exist, these five are the early BPM killers.
Support is Shaky: (Tent Poles are there for a Reason)
The […]

Basic Best Practices for BPM

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Based on my observations and conversations with thousands of business and IT professionals, many BPM efforts are at the early stages and revolve around picking the right BPM process and achieving early successes.
While we have some more advanced clients using our software, the vast majority of clients are trying to start BPM efforts and/or extend […]

The Gartner BPM Conference in Las Vegas

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

I attended the Gartner BPM Conference in Las Vegas this week. It ran from February 4-7 and I was very pleased with how this event is progressing. There were 1000+ attendees, up from September 2007 and comparable in size and scope to San Diego in the Spring of 2007.
This is the world’s largest BPM conference and […]