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Gartner’s Pattern-Based Strategies: The Emperor has no Clothes! Part II
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Gartner’s Pattern-Based Strategies: The Emperor has no Clothes! Part I
For the last week I have been trying very hard to understand Gartner’s much-touted Pattern-Based Strategies. I have read their pitches, listened to their analysts trying to explain it (see video and audios at http://www.gartner.com/technology/research/reports/pattern-based-strategy.jsp ), and read many documents in search for the pearls of wisdom, insight and logic about PBS that I expect [...]
Thoughts on IBM’s Acquisition of Lombardi
This week IBM acquired Lombardi and BPM blogs are full of discussions about the merits and demerits of the acquisition. I also commented about it in my post on an eBizQ Forum that I did not see any major changes in the dynamics of the industry based on this acquisition or its aftermaths. Lombardi is [...]
BPM: Jack of All Trades… but Master of None?
I have often wondered why BPM has not gained as much traction as everyone predicts that it should. If one pays attention to the announcements of vendors and the forecasts of analysts, one would conclude that BPM is a huge and growing industry. Combine this with the fact that business processes are in very industry [...]
What BPM can Learn from Robotics
In a previous business in the mid-Eighties I developed a commercial system using lab robots, and that experience gave me an understanding of the dynamics of the robotics industry. Robots were invented in the US. The first company to market commercial robots was Unimation of Danbury, Connecticut. Its leader, Joseph Engleberer, is considered the “father [...]
Social Networking and BPM of the Future
A couple of months ago, I saw an online video by Google about their upcoming Google Wave platform for social networking. As I watched it, my mind raced back to the early 1990s when Lotus was the rising star and was introducing Lotus Notes as a revolutionary new groupware platform. Lotus was a pioneer and [...]
The Hype about Simulation and Optimization
Simulation and optimization are often touted as major benefits of BPM by vendors as well as industry analysts. The idea is that BPM systems (BPMS) with these capabilities enable business analysts to simulate the performance of the process through the computing power of software, identify bottlenecks, and optimize the process to best achieve the goals [...]
The BPM Industry is not Counter-Cyclical!
After the global financial crisis started dominating the news in the Fall of 2008 I have read several press releases, blogs and statements from BPM vendors that the BPM industry is counter-cyclical. They claim that when times are tough and companies are forced to streamline or cutback their operations, the demand for BPM increases–or at [...]
Business Process Management needs Business Process Analysts rather than Chief Process Officer
About four years ago when the importance of BPM and process management spread to a wider group companies seeking process excellence, the role of the Chief Process Officer (CPO) emerged as an important senior position in organizations. I was among the many proponents of this new role. The rational was simple. Processes are key to the performance [...]
Don't Forget the BPM Ecosystem- Part II
In this post I want to address some address the points raised by Mr. Ismael Ghalimi in his latest post “Developing a True BPM Ecosystem” in response to my post “Don’t Forget the BPM Ecosystem”. Mr. Ghalimi apparently has serious differences with me and I understand where he is coming from. However, I think it [...]