Articles by Dan Morris
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Dan has pver 25 years of experience in business and IT operation transformation and management. He is currently serving as a Managing Principal for Wendan, Inc. Wendan is a BPMS methodology and consulting firm offering the ADDI (Architect, Design, Deploy, Improve) BPMS methodology. ADDI is the first vendor neutral BPMS methodology and is designed to provide consistency while allowing each project team to customize it to fit the size, complexity and requirements of the project. The methodology provides instructions detailing the activity to be performed in the tasks, the data that is needed and the deliverables of tasks.
Dan has served as the US Practice Director for BPM/SOA consulting at Capco, as the US Practice Director for Business Transformation for Insurance, Healthcare and Life Sciences at Infosys Technology, as an Executive Consultant for IBM, and as a CIO. He is the author of three books on Business Transformation and over 50 papers and articles. Dan has spoken at over 25 conferences – including the first Gartner Business Process Management Summit. Dan holds a BS in Geology and has Certified Business Process Management Professional (CBPP) and Certified Business Architect (CBA) certifications.
Dan has also been a guest lecturer at the University Of Illinois School Of Business and currently serves on the Forrester International BPM Council.
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What Does an Elephant Look Like? It Depends on Perspective! 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? There is an old story about asking a blind man to describe an...Full Article »
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. 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. The most important action in any company...Full Article »
Why Some Improvements Might Not Be Improvements at All 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...Full Article »
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. Many - possibly most - BPM efforts are led by...Full Article »
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? Instruction manuals are for wimps - or so I’ve been known to believe when confronted with a toy or new electronic gadget that requires an element of manual finesse. After all, how difficult can it be to...Full Article »
Business can do a lot of improvement without software tools, says Dan Morris in this month’s BPM column. So d o you really need to invest in a Business Process Management Suite to do BPM?, he asks. History is full of examples of lost opportunities. Untold numbers of military commanders have had opportunity, but for whatever reason have stopped short of taking advantage of the...Full Article »
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. How many of you feel like you are running around in circles when...Full Article »
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? People sit in business operation meetings...Full Article »
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BPM Futures: Innovating Business through Technology
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Nordic Enterprise and Process Excellence Forum
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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
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