Paul Harmon, well known and respected market analyst, newsletter editor, consultant and author, and Celia Wolf, business strategy and marketing consultant, founded Business Process Trends to provide a primary source of news and information relating to all aspects of business process change, focused on trends, directions and best practices. The goals of Business Process Trends are to:

• Educate and Support the Market, including software and hardware vendors, consulting companies, users, standards organizations and other service providers.



• Communicate and Exchange Information about what users are doing, what technologies vendors are developing and delivering, what methodologies are working and what trends and standards are emerging.



• Coalesce and Cooperate through presentation of varying points of view and opposing perspectives on current trends and directions in a rich content environment.



• Standardize and Support Best Practices across all segments of the market engaged in Business Process

Paul Harmon, executive editor and founder of Business Process Trends, writes the BPTrends monthly Newsletter which is posted on the BPTrends site and made available FREE to anyone who comes to the site. Each BPTrends Newsletter contains an in-depth article on a relevant topic, and promotes best practices in business process change. In addition, Paul writes and edits monthly email Advisors that are delivered FREE to anyone who signs on as a member of the BPTrends community. Advisors provide up-to-the-minute analysis and opinion on current issues, trends and directions, and all past issues are archived and available on the site. In addition, all BPTrends community members receive the BPTrends monthly email Update announcing publication of the latest BPTrends Newsletter, the current month's BPTrends email Advisor topics, as well as highlights of new or special features on the BPTrends site.

Today, every manager is engaged in some form of business process change. The market has fragmented according to tools, technologies, practices, and market segments, often confusing to managers considering a business process change initiative. BPTrends seeks to provide a comprehensive, easy to understand perspective on all aspects of business process change, allowing managers to look at the full range of business process change opportunities, options and solutions before making decisions concerning business process change initiatives in their organization.

The BPTrends audience includes everyone from high level business and IT managers, Six Sigma practitioners and ERP, CRM and Supply Chain managers and vendors, to managers and vendors engaged in all aspects of creating and implementing a business process change initiative. BPTrends is a community exchange where business managers, vendors and consultants come to find relevant and timely information concerning all aspects of business process change. We organized the site to provide members and visitors with easy access to information of specific interest to their needs. The About section describes our Mission, Management, Advisors and Contributors, Policies, and Contact information. The News section includes Press Releases, Standards initiatives and Current News. The Communities section cross indexes the information on this site by Business Process Activity e.g., Strategy and Architecture or Management and Measurement, and by Business Process Type, e.g. Product Design and Supply Chain. Also included is a Calendar of events, a section on Resources, including Vendors and Associations, a Glossary of terms, and a Bibliography. Finally, we have included a Publications section, including the BPTrends Newsletters and Advisors. We hope you find the Business Process Trends Portal, Newsletter, and monthly email Update and Advisors useful and helpful to you. We welcome your comments and suggestions and encourage you to sign on as a BPTrends community member today.