BPM Architecture Considerations. BPM Architecture Considerations Introduction This paper outlines three sets of key architecture considerations required for a successful configuration of an enterprise Business Process Management (BPM) implementation and deployment. These considerations are: Deployment EnvironmentsArchitecture OptionsHardware and Database Sizing In addition to architecture considerations, another important success criteria for BPM implantations is ensuring the organization’s IT group be involved in the early stages of the BPM tool selection process. This is due to the fact that many decisions made and issues uncovered in early stages will have long-term consequences and will be much more difficult to resolve after the BPM tool has already been selected. When IT is involved at the early stage, there is a much better opportunity for ensuring balance between both business and technology factors.
I. Development: This is used primarily for developing the BPM solutions. II. III. ‘Warning! BPM is not accurate. Switch on your brain!’ « Welcome. BPM Warning Sign I suggest that BPM ought to come with a large, bright-yellow warning sticker. Let me lead you through my thinking that started with a number of posts on the subject of Adaptive Case Management versus Business Process Management.
First there is Keith Swensons interesting exchange with Jean-Jacques Dubray on ‘Do Unpredictable Processes Exist?’ Be warned, as it is a long post, but quite worthwhile. Then there is Clay Shirky’s ‘The Collapse of Complex Business Models’, also referenced in a post of similar name by Jacob Ukelson. Please read them if you have the time, but I will try to present and discuss the viewpoints here.
What can we know about complex adaptive systems? To avoid long discussions like the one between Keith and Dubray, we could start with some epistemology — the theory of knowledge — right here, to discuss what the terms ‘complex‘ or ‘unpredictable‘ represent in the following. The entire universe has well-defined states? Lifejackets anyone? Like this: Streamlining e-Government Through a BPM System. Why include BPM in an e-Government strategy?
In today’s fast paced world, e-government is widely considered the key to modernizing government operations, increasing efficiency, and eliminating waste. E-government refers to the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in government operations, involving both internal operations and external relationships with citizen constituents. Due to the growing demands of a globalized world, government services must be delivered ever more rapidly yet with increased capacity. The demands on government have never been greater, and the need for modernization has never been so necessary. The idea behind e-government projects is that well-applied technological interventions can enable a government to do its job faster, better, and with more accuracy. And this in turn results in better outcomes for the citizen constituents that rely on the government, both directly and indirectly, for quality services.
Do a pilot project. Understanding BPMN: A Primer. Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) has become the de facto standard for the graphical modeling of business processes. It has been widely adopted by Business Process Management Suite (BPMS) vendors Analysis/Modeling tool vendors alike – at last count, there were over 50 products that have formally adopted the approach (and every week we discover another). This is driving a demand for people with the skills, the only problem is that modeling in BPMN can appear daunting. The standard was originally developed at BPMI.org and following that organization's merger into the OMG, its ongoing development is now handled by the Business Modeling and Integration Domain Task Force. While although many tool vendors are still using BPMN v1.0, the latest version is BPMN v1.1 and the folks involved at the OMG are now working on Version 2.0 which will probably not get released till toward the end of 2008 at the earliest. So where does all of this lead?
About the Author: Derek Miers. Agile-, AdHoc-, Dynamic-, Social-, or Adaptive BPM « Welcome to. I am pleased to inform you that we have just published ‘Mastering the Unpredictable’ with the substantial support of Keith Swenson, and it is not too soon. The subject of adaptive processes is heating up as you might have read. In the book I discussed the differences between BPM types. Forrester groups products into Integration-, Document-, or Human Centric, which is not very helpful to figure out what you actually need.
Vendors position their solutions as such: agile, dynamic (aka flexible), and ad-hoc (often also called human). I started to use the term “adaptive” for process requirements a few years ago. Agile Process — arrived with more powerful design tools and BPMS functionality that gave a business analyst a faster way to design flowcharts. Dynamic Process — has been around for a few years now in various incarnations. However, most users who taste Dynamic BPM blood report that they love the flexibility as a new kind of freedom. So what does adaptive mean? Like this: Adam Deane. Harness Social Technologies To Conquer BPM’s Next Frontier.
Web 2.0 and BPM. Community Network Blogs. Introduction I've titled this a garage sale (or yard sale as my US colleagues would say) as it's a real mixed bag of topics that are related in some way that I want to sell (I mean discuss but it ruins my analogy). It's pretty broad in terms of covering business process, methodologies, SOA and development, but if you are BPX'er with some technical savvy or a Solution Architect (Functional or Technical) then please read-on as I'd love to nail this with a decent discussion and potential future follow-up in another blog. My reason for writing this blog is to put forward some ideasto try cement a direction for those who work for organisations where software development is not their core business and where they are bombarded by all thebest practices out there right now. Background Information So if you're like me, you know or believe that: Good question and hears a few reasons why...
Problem 1 Problem 2 Problem 3 So we want to implement SOA because we know integration costs are huge. Problem 4. Do You Understand the Difference Between Workflow and BPM? After almost 10 years of steady growth and increased experience with BPM disciplines and technologies, it still amazes me that so many (too many!) IT professionals still think “BPM” is just another name for workflow. (As if the term “workflow” is well understood! NOT!) Are you in-the-know ? Or are you still trying to figure out the difference? To learn more, I recommend you attend our next FREE webinar on BPM technologies. Michele Cantara will present, “What’s New in BPM Technologies and Why Business Leaders Should Care”. Meantime, here’s a sneak preview of the answer… Workflow is a form of flow management technology that coordinates interactions between people and software systems.
Furthermore, workflow technology comes in specialized forms. BPM disciplines emphasize a holistic approach to coordinating work across all resources – people, information, machines and systems. Below is our depiction of the full functionality found in a good BPMS. Category: Uncategorized Tags: BPM, Collaboration and Social Networking. Inderscience Publishers - Article. Mozilla Firefox. As an economic recovery comes into focus, IBM is working with IT and business leaders looking for a more effective and long-lasting approach to BPM.
IBM’s recipe for success, called Agile BPM, will be explored in depth at Impact 2010 in May. IDN speaks with Dr Angel Luis Diaz, vice president of IBM’s BPM and Connectivity Business, for a preview. by Vance McCarthy Tags: bpm, business rules, process automation, dashboard, SOA, As an economic recovery comes into focus, IT and business leaders have learned they need better ways to get more visibility into their business, as well as make business systems more able to adapt to changing conditions. IBM’s recipe for success is what Big Blue calls ‘Agile BPM,’ a combination of SOA, Business Process Management (BPM) technologies. best practices, and approaches to involve all stakeholders. Integration Developer News speaks with Dr Angel Luis Diaz, vice president of IBM’s BPM and Connectivity Business, to get a preview. back. What does BPM Actually Mean? The term ‘BPM’ has been adopted in the marketing communications of just about every IT vendor and management consultant, as what comes after the dot-com fiasco.
It seems everyone selling IT products or management consulting services has put BPM lipstick on their products and services. Even the IT and financial analysts are having a field day defining BPM to mean whatever they want it to mean. Although confusion abounds, a handful of useful working definitions can bring about some badly needed clarity. Figure 1 provides a backdrop for our discussion.
Business Process The business process is the end-to-end coordinated set of collaborative and transactional work activities carried out by both automated systems and people to produce a desired result or achieve a goal. While this definition is simple enough, the coordination of complex sets of activities carried out by independent work participants (humans and machines) is by no means simple. The State of e-Government in Germany & the BPM Opportunity - Whi.
Government's BPM Imperative. Tear down those walls with business process management. The 21st century mandate for business is Do More With Less. The 21st century imperative for business is Business Process Management (BPM). The 21st century mandate for government is Do More With Less. The 21st century imperative for government is Business Process Management. The Aberdeen Group says: "Business process management enables government agencies to dismantle obsolete bureaucratic divisions by cutting the labour- and paper-intensive inefficiency from manual, back-end processes. Faster and auditable processes allow employees to do more in less time, reducing paper use as well as administrative overhead and resources. The term "BPM" has been adopted in the marketing communications of just about every IT vendor and management consultant, as what comes after the dotcom fiasco. On the other hand, the term BPM has been propelled onto the front pages of the business and technology literature for far more specific reasons.
GovFresh - Gov 2.0, open gov news, guides, TV, tech, people. Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » Theo Priestley on So. Community Network Blogs. Recently, there has been a great deal of Internet buzz concerning "Social BPM": Usually, these two words are seen as separate entities but with the emergence of Web 2.0 sites outside the enterprise and other developments, there has been an increase in interest in bringing the two worlds closer together. Indeed, it appears that the latest trend is to add the word "Social" to every possible IT-related acronym including "Social CRM", "Social SRM", "Social CIO"- without really discussing in detail what this collaborative functionality would really entail.
Note: Although the buzz has reached a crescendo in recent months, others have been interested in this topic for a longer period. For example, Sandy Kemsley presented on the topic at a conference in London in 2006 (!). Another Note: I'm currently participating in the BPX ProcessSlam for this year's TechEds and have personally dealt with the difficulties of trying to conduct BPM-related work in a community.
Why is Social BPM necessary?
BPM Corner. Social Features Showing up on More BPM Wish Lists | Blogs | ITBu. A few months ago I wrote about a trend that appeared to be gaining steam, the addition of collaborative features to business process management software. I noted that there's "a growing recognition that many enterprise software applications would be more effective if they made it easier for people to share ideas with their coworkers (or with partners and customers). " This trend is broader than BPM. Sales On-Demand, a nascent software-as-a-service application announced by SAP at last week's Sapphire conference, incorporates collaborative features. SAP executive Nicholas Cumins told me some Sapphire attendees remarked the app "looked a lot like Facebook. " It uses technology from StreamWork, a collaborative decision-making environment created by former BusinessObjects staffers who joined SAP after it acquired the business intelligence specialist in 2007.
Think any BPM vendors are listening to folks like Deane? Another of Deane's wish list items is better mobile support. What does Government 2.0 look like? Using Web 2.0 technologies to accelerate e-Government | Advice a. How Web 2.0 Can Reinvent Government. Traditionally slow to change, bureaucratic in decision-making and constantly under public scrutiny, governments are ripe for new collaborative technologies, says Anthony Williams, co-author with Don Tapscott of the groundbreaking book Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (Portfolio, 2007). That book detailed how Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis and social networking would radically transform business models and alter the way organizations think about collaborative relationships. These days, Williams, vice president and executive editor at the international business innovation think tank New Paradigm, and Tapscott, its CEO, have set their sights on what they call "Government 2.0: Wikinomics, Government and Democracy.
" Williams says the Web offers the public sector huge opportunities to collaborate with citizens. CIO Insight: What's the state of e-government in 2008? Are there many differences between Web 2.0 use in the public and private sectors? Les diagrammes BPMN. Définition Les diagrammes BPMN (ou « Business Process Modeling Notation ») supportent la modélisation les processus métiers. Un diagramme BPMN s’articule autour de flux d’activités (les « Tasks » et les « SubProcesses »), associés à des éléments de contrôle de flux (les « Events » et les « Gateways »). Il fait ensuite intervenir des éléments de structurations orientés autour des participants au processus (les « Pools » et les « Lanes »), ainsi que des artéfacts produits et consomés par les activités (les « DataObjects »). Le but principal de BPMN est de fournir une notation qui soit réellement compréhensible par tous les utilisateurs de l'entreprise : · les analystes métier qui créent les ébauches initiales des procédures, · les développeurs chargés de la mise en place de la technologie qui va exécuter ces procédures, · les utilisateurs de l'entreprise qui vont gérer et appliquer ces procédures.
La figure ci-dessous montre un exemple d'un diagramme BPMN. Un exemple d'un diagramme BPMN Les Tasks.