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New Features - July 2008 Upcoming Conferences and Events BPTrends will be presenting and participating in the following events: ProcessDays 2008, Sydney, Australia, August 12-15. 6th International Conf. on BPM 2008, Milan, Italy September 4-6 BPM Europe 2008, London, Sept 29-Oct 1. Co-produced by IRM & BPTrends. 4th Annual BPM Think Tank, Chicago, October 6-7. Co-produced by OMG & BPTrends Be sure to check out the complete BPM Events Calendar. View Calendar Top of Page BPTrends Monthly Email Advisors Every Executive is a Process Manager - July 15 We take a very broad look at the idea that executives bear responsibility for what their organizations do. Every executive is, of necessity, a process manager—especially when the process starts producing unacceptable results. Even executives who don't think of themselves as process managers must have a thorough understanding of how things get done inside their organizations, the relationships among the core processes and the performance measures. Download PDF The Greening of Process - July 29 Everyone is talking about the high cost of energy and about global warming. In the next few years, businesses throughout the world are going to be struggling to reduce their energy consumption. Some will advocate the use of expensive new technologies. A recent study suggests that most companies would be wise to approach the problem as a process redesign problem. Top of Page BPTrends Spotlight Governance and Maturity - July 22 This Spotlight looks at the wide range of articles BPTrends has published on process governance and on process maturity. Download PDF Top of Page Columns BPM in Europe: Think Ahead, Stay Small Frits Bussemaker challenges the notion that "thinking big" sends the right message to managers skeptical of the benefits of becoming a process centric organization. Read this month's Column to learn why he believes "think ahead, stay small" is a more appropriate slogan for winning over the unconvinced. Download PDF Human Processes: The $650 Billion Problem Keith Harrison-Broninski contends that globalization, reduction in labor demand, and worldwide recession are leading to a sea change in collaborative knowledge work. Read his compelling analysis of the impact these major market forces will inevitably have on knowledge workers and what managers can do to optimize the performance of their staff in this challenging business environment. Download PDF Down Under: Case Studies of Excellence through Management by Process In their March Column, John Jeston and Johan Nelis elaborated on their thesis that high performance is sustained through two inextricable components—managing business processes and inspiring leadership. They continue their discussion this month by presenting four case studies that illustrate this principle. Read their Column to learn the process challenges each organization faced and how they worked through them to arrive at highly successful outcomes. Download PDF A Strategist's Perspective: Managing Migration Work for Profit Jim Sinur argues that migrating work to its most economic process pattern is essential to maximizing the money-making potential of the process. He identifies three primary patterns of process/workflow, examines their unique properties, and estimates the money-making potential of each pattern. He also adds his opinion on which of these patterns will be the focus of future BPM workflow applications. Download PDF Top of Page Articles Do you Need a Business Process Department? To meet the potential promised by BPM, Ricardo Fuzaro proposes that organizations establish a Business Process Department. Here he describes the services such a department would perform to benefit the entire organization. Read his Article for useful suggestions regarding how to establish a BPM team in your company. Download PDF Process as an Asset Kirk Gould and Christine Dicken ask, "Where is the tipping point in moving from Industrial Age values to Information Age values?" They present a strong argument that people and processes should replace buildings, machines and equipment as the more valuable assets in an organization. This Article is a must read for anyone interested in this timely topic. Download PDF Enterprise Modeling: Checking with Reality Paul Harmon's Advisor of October 23, 2007, Enterprise Modeling, inspired Ed Johnson to write his own perspective on the topic. The author contends that while an organization's data models and process models differ in purpose and form, they must complement each other. Do you agree? Read his Article to find out. Download PDF A BPX Cookbook for Developing SAP Netweaver Composite Applications In this Article, Dipankar Saha offers a step-by-step presentation on how to develop a composite application in the SAP Netweaver platform, focusing on specification design phases. Those interested in this topic will find the text and accompanying graphics a useful reference in their work. Download PDF Process Discovery Technology: A Comment on Paul Harmon's June 10 Advisor In this Article, Wil van der Aalst responds to Paul Harmon's Advisor, Fujitsu's Process Discovery Technology. While applauding Fujitsu's efforts in process discovery technology, he points out that such tools have been available in the academic world for quite some time. Read his Article to learn more. Download PDF Top of Page Book Reviews BPMN: Pocket Handbook, by Patrice Briol A look at the first book we've encountered that is designed to provide a short introduction to the Business Process Modeling Notation. Download PDF Top of Page

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