BPM

BPM Adoption and Delivered Value/ROI - Market Research and Analysis

bpmguru — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:55:41 -0500

Understanding of how Business Process Management (BPM) can deliver value to business is becoming increasingly well understood by businesses and IT even though the following points seem to indicate why there may be slow adoption across some organisations.

Being Human - A Natural Inhibitor to BPM Adoption?

bpmguru — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:12:53 -0500

Recently I posted on how an itterative approach to BPM development and implementation can deliver incremental business value. This approach is very tightly aligned with that of change management in an organisation.

OMG-Certified Expert in BPM (OCEB)

bpmguru — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:41:48 -0500

Not sure if anybody has noticed the BPM certification programme that the OMG is developing and made mention of earlier in the year?

It is currently in Beta testing and according to the The OMG-Certified Expert in BPM (OCEB) Beta programme website it should be rolled out toward the end of 2008.

Google offers its maps to help voters find polling places

ITworld staff — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:15:45 -0400

As Election Day nears, Google Inc. has created a Web site to help voters find the location of their polling places by typing in an address and clicking a search button.

Tech workers: Ready to be a free agent?

ITworld staff — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:06:07 -0400

In these uncertain times, who isn't worried about job security? There are ominous signs aplenty: tech projects put on the chopping block, layoffs looming, and spotty full-time hiring opportunities on job boards. It's good to have a backup plan in case you're let go, and one plan is to prepare yourself to be a free agent.

Epicor unveils 'next-generation' ERP

ITworld staff — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:33:36 -0400

Epicor Software's anticipated Epicor 9 ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite will be generally available before the end of this year, the Irvine, California, company announced Monday at the start of its annual customer conference in Las Vegas.

How Business can Help IT Deliver 'Real Value' to the Business

bpmguru — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:03:56 -0400

Organisations need to change their focus from being functionally driven to being process driven to be really successful in their adoption of BPM. This is not always as hard as it first sounds. Most of the organisational and technical building blocks almost surely already exist within the organisation in some form or other.

Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail all vulnerable to password reset hack

ITworld staff — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:04:59 -0400

Yahoo Mail isn't the only Web-based mail service that could be duped into giving up someone else's account password, the tactic that some have argued was used to break into Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail earlier this week.

Information Overload! - Making a case for Dynamic BPM

bpmguru — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:50:01 -0400

In a world where email is commonly accepted as the primary electronic corporate communication mechanism, employees often find themselves having to filter through huge amounts of irrelevant emails to find those that are really intended for them.

Chrome? I Want To Love Ya

ITworld staff — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:43:08 -0400

Fast-loading pages is Chrome's best achievement (aside from scaring the pants off of Microsoft, of course). The browser's underlying architecture, and the tab independence, lets most Web sites fly open faster than I've seen since I moved to broadband from dial-up. But since it's still in development, Chrome is missing those cool things built into your favorite browser, the tools you're used to having at your disposal.