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The BPM Elephant in the Room: When IT and the Business Both Have Blinders On: Every group within a business has different priorities and their own perspective on how it all fits together, writes columnist Dan Morris. So, how do you build a picture of transformation one specialist view at a time until the complete picture comes into focus? read more
Dan Morris | BPM Collaboration | business transformation
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Time to refocus? Why BPM is About Gaining a Competitive Advantage: Companies are being sold, merged, and going out of business every day. These are casualties of the current market and an inability to adjust quickly. And in this fast changing market, is it time that process professionals refocus their efforts to gaining competitive advantage? asks Dan Morris. It might be critical for your business' survival. read more
Dan Morris | ABPMP
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Beware the Low Hanging Fruit – It Might be Rotten: There are always three basic questions you must ask in any business change, writes Dan Morris. The first is “What do we improve?” The second is “How do we improve it?” The third is “Can we do this.” But you should also ask “Should we do this?” Here’s why not all improvements are good. read more
Dan Morris | ABPMP
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Who Should Lead Business Transformation?: Should the leader of your business transformation be an industry expert, an employee who knows the company inside out, or someone who is an expert in business transformation (but might not know the company’s industry)? asks columnist Dan Morris. Here are the key skills you need to drive business change. read more
business transformation | Dan Morris
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Instructions Manuals Are For Wimps - Why BPM Needs A Standard Approach: How can you improve your chances of BPMS project success? asks columnist Dan Morris. The answer: formalize your approach. The trouble is, what approach do you adopt? read more
BPM | Dan Morris | BPMS
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Can You Do BPM Without A BPMS?: Business can do a lot of improvement without software tools, says Dan Morris in this month’s BPM column. So do you really need to invest in a Business Process Management Suite to do BPM?, he asks. read more
business process management suite | bpms | bpm
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Feel Like You're Running In Circles? You Are!: Feel like you're constantly battling different forms of the same problems? You probably are, argues Dan Morris in this month's column. Changes that are good for individual managers and departments might be bad for the business as a whole, he writes. Here's why you need to take a wider view. read more
BPM | business process management | change
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BPM: If You’re Going to Drive a Race Car – Prepare to Get on the Track: Many companies are using BPM and its related software tools (BPMS) to solve small operational problems, says Dan Morris in a new column launched this month. This is like using a race car to go to the corner store – it may get you there quickly, but are you using it to its potential? And are you using too much fuel in the process? read more
BPM | Dan Morris | Business Process Management
Events of Interest
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BPM Futures: Innovating Business through Technology
London
June 13- 15, 2012 -
Nordic Enterprise and Process Excellence Forum
The Radisson Blu Arlandia Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
May 31- 1, 2012 -
Business Process Excellence for Telecoms and Utilities
Miami, Florida, USA
June 25- 27, 2012 -
BPM Futures USA: Innovating Business through Technology
Venue to be Confirmed, Washington, D.C.
September 27- 28, 2012
Articles
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Contributor: Adi GaskellNike Strikes Gold with Lean Manufacturing: The manufacturing operations at sportswear company Nike have been under frequent scrutiny ... read more
Tags: Adi Gaskell | Nike | retail
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Contributor: Process Excellence NetworkWhy Business Process Management is more than IT: BPM and Continuous Improvement Go Hand in Hand Business process management (BPM) progr... read more
Tags: BPM | Frederick Taylor | Taichi Ohno
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Contributor: Process Excellence NetworkNew Rules for Telecommunications in an Era of Apps: Companies within the Nordic region have typically lead the way in telecommunciations. But ... read more
Tags: Karl Schultz | TeliaSonera | Apps
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Contributor: Process Excellence NetworkLean Six Sigma in one of the Middle East’s Fastest Growing Companies: The IMF forecasts growth in the Middle East to top 4% this year, according to a rece... read more
Tags: Musa Faisal | Emirates Group | IMF
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Contributor: Michelle CowanNot Hitting Your Targets? 3 Reasons You Need to Blame Processes, Not People: The best way to hit your targets – focus on the process Not hitting your numbers... read more
Tags: Michelle Cowan | Jeff Varney | APQC





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