Business Process Management (BPM)
Business Process Modeling
The purpose of this paper is to understand how BPR and BPI projects can provide the needed scope definition for software development projects; to describe a basic set of business process modeling (BPM) concepts and diagramming techniques that are usable in rapid analysis of software requirements with as little translation or rework as possible; and to describe BPM techniques which give a basis for assembling, not coding, business solutions.
Agile Business Process Automation
The purpose of this paper is to describe an alternative framework for the agile development of reliable, disposable interfaces and services, specifically aimed at providing maximum business flexibility and interface quality while reducing implementation and long-term operational costs.
Enterprise Performance Management
Global competition, investor scrutiny and new regulations are forcing managers to rethink how they systematically monitor and manage performance leading to a high level of interest in performance management. Enterprise performance management is littered with its fair share of acronyms - CPM, BPM, EPM, FPM - all striving to exemplify the benefits of an effective planning process that results in improved visibility, more accurate information and better, faster decision making. Basically, driving smarter business.
The Six Fatal Mistakes: What to Avoid When Implementing a Performance Management Initiative
This white paper is about the six fatal mistakes people and organizations make when implementing performance management, according to Kevin Baum, a public speaker, founder and principal of inCentergy.
2006 AT&T Business Continuity Study
For the fifth consecutive year, AT&T has polled CIOs and other senior IT executives at companies throughout the United States with more than $10 million in annual revenue for their views on disaster planning and business continuity trends. Despite the devastating effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, approximately half of the 1,000 companies surveyed said that they do not take specific protective actions even when state or federal governments issue warnings for an impending disaster.
Best Practices in Change Management
The change management function employs standard methods and procedures to efficiently and promptly balance the need for change against the impact of change, preventing unintended impacts to service quality.
Extending the Business Value of SOA through BPM
SOA can greatly accelerate BPM initiatives, and BPM can yield measurable results from SOA initiatives. BEA has a comprehensive, integrated solution that extends the value of SOA through BPM.
The Productivity Paradigm Shift
What is Collaborative Business Process Management? Collaborative BPM expands the scope of traditional BPM and is moving to priority number one as organizations search for an integrated solution that provides an environment to coordinate the dynamic activities of human-driven, collaborative processes.
Optimizing the collaborative work of employees, through a more structured sequence of steps, can help an organization transcend the limits of status quo to realize a new phase of enterprise productivity. This white paper focuses on expanding the scope of traditional business process management to provide an integrated set of solutions that create a true collaborative business process. Read how you can enable the next wave of business efficiency within your organization.
