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 [...]
Human-centric Business Process Management (BPM) and Web 2.0: A Perfect Match
After reading numerous articles, blog posts and definitions of Web 2.0, and separate hype from reality, I have concluded that there are three essential ingredients of a Web 2.0 application:
i. A rich user experience in an Internet browser.
ii. “Mashups”, or the ability to pull together information from various sources that is relevant to collaboration.
iii. Strong [...]
Hello world!
Welcome to my first post on my Leadership BPM blog!
I have spent 14 years in the BPM/workflow industry fighting in the trenches from the very early days as the founder and CEO of Ultimus Inc. During this period I was involved in 100s of BPM deployments worldwide and collected a wealth of experience. Now that I have [...]