3 Steps for Moving from BPM Projects to BPM Programs
Business Process Management (BPM) is in a period of transition. For the past several years, companies have been getting familiar with BPM, undertaking specific projects to address “burning process problems”, or launching tightly-scoped projects to understand the capabilities of BPM Suites (BPMSs) and how they should be used. The successes of those initial projects and pilots have given companies the confidence and vision to take their BPM efforts to the next level – moving beyond that first project to a broader program encompassing multiple projects that are part of a larger business process improvement initiative.........Read about Moving from BPM Projects to BPM Programs...

How to Scale Your Process Documentation Initiative
Strong, visible sponsorship is essential for an initiative of this nature to succeed – you will require time and effort from a large number of people across the business. This weekly meeting creates a definite time commitment on the executive’s schedule, keeps them engaged, and is essential to the initiative’s success. Each week, you will get push back from groups who are busy “fighting fires” and may not want to prioritize your process documentation initiative. Utilize this meeting to place executive pressure on those groups to ensure commitment is kept........Read about How to Scale Your Process Documentation Initiative...

BPM Process Patterns
Since then, software developers and architects have benefited from other types of patterns including software messaging, graphical user interface (GUI) design and application architecture. This rich history is both good and bad news for the adoption of process design patterns. As with most good ideas, the bad news is that over the last 10 years, patterns have at times been over hyped as a cure-all. Fear crept in because OO, software messaging and application architecture patterns are esoteric and intimidating to those of us not already well versed in these fields.......Read about BPM Process Patterns...

Goal-Oriented Business Process Management
Today’s business climate is notoriously unpredictable. Businesses prepare for one type of weather, and a different type materializes. The cost of preparing — or not preparing — for inclement weather can be extremely costly.Business process management (BPM), both the management practice and the software tools that facilitate it, evolved to help organizations address this constantly changing environment. BPM has helped organizations......Read about Goal-Oriented BPM...

Five Ways BPM Can Improve Complex Sales
Turning prospects into paying customers is the goal of any sales organization. Companies that perform complex sales invest significant time, money, and human and system resources to attract, impress, and ultimately earn the business of each new customer so optimization of this process is critical to profit margins. Business process management (BPM) software provides organizations with a vehicle to improve complex sales processes and manage the prospect-to-customer lifecycle more effectively.......Read about Five Ways BPM Can Improve Complex Sales...