Unscrambling The Process Technology Puzzle...Mapping, Modeling, BPM, ACM, ECM, ERP (The Process Ninja) This post was originally published on the Idatix Insider's Blog. It seems these days if something doesn’t have an acronym then it doesn’t deserve a place in the business world. Over the past 20 years software vendors have developed a plethora of tools to help improve the way we manage our business processes. Many have come through quite considerable transformations and re-inventions to give us the confusing software process landscape that we see today.
So how do we make sense of it all? How do we distinguish between the tools that are out there today? How do we know the difference between a BPM a BPA or an ACM? This handy guide attempts to separate the wood from the trees… Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Tools ERP tools emerged in the early 1990’s and focused initially on the automation of back office processes such as accounting and HR, with front office functionality (such as Customer Relationship Management) being adopted later. Process Mapping Tools Process Modelling Tools Cheers, Column 2 : BPM, Enterprise 2.0 and technology trends in business. BPM: The Trends to watch in 2012 « Adam Deane. Why Big Data Matters to BPM (and especially to Case Management) – Part 2 | Poco-Rubato. From our last post we’ve got a pretty good idea where all this Big Data is coming from. In this post I argue that size matters. Then I turn around and argue that size doesn’t matter. As Emerson said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
As you move up in scale from megabytes to petabytes to exabytes, the world changes. Suppose you are a product manager working for a large pharmaceutical company. You are developing and marketing a new drug, which you hope will be highly profitable. You detail the costs and benefits and write your business case. Now, imagine that you had access to big data.
The same story applies to other industries, such as mortgage lending, public sector, claims processing, education, and tax auditing. Big Data is multidimensional. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. We are living in an era of great innovation in data management. The big data revolution has changed our way of thinking about business assets. What’s the point? Like this: Like Loading... Advanced Case Management.