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Report:The Secret To Managing BPM Risk, Part 1

Focus BPM Projects On The Business, Not Technology

Business process management (BPM) projects are fundamentally different from IT projects. Rather than a fixed set of software deliverables with a predetermined end state, the outcome of a BPM project...

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Report:Reflections From A BPM Thought Leader: Alan Trefler, Pegasystems

Earlier this year, Forrester launched a series of discussions with business process management (BPM) thought leaders that have made a significant contribution to the discipline — whether by...

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Report:Vendor Snapshot: Be Informed

Semantic Services Enable Better Dynamic Case Management

Netherlands-based Be Informed has developed something truly new in the business process management suites (BPMS) marketplace. At the heart of its dynamic case management (DCM) offering lies a...

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Report:The Secret To Managing BPM Risk, Part 2

Manage The Politics To Reduce Risk To The Overall BPM Program

While technology is certainly an underlying component of a business process management (BPM) program, long-term success relies on getting executives to buy into business transformation and continuous...

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Report:Reflections From A BPM Thought Leader: Phil Gilbert, IBM

Forrester Research is launching a limited number of discussions with business process management (BPM) thought leaders; this is the first of the series. Given that BPM suites (BPMSes) verge on a...

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Report:Dynamic Case Management: Definitely Not Your Dad's Old-School Workflow/Imaging System

Many business process and content and collaboration professionals, and the vendors that support them, think that dynamic case management (DCM) is a newfangled marketing term to describe an old,...

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Report:BPM Basics

The term "process" signifies different things to different people. At one end of the spectrum is a set of practices; at the other end, there are procedures. The term "procedure" describes a...

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Report:The Shifting Market For Business Process Analysis Tools

Business process analysis (BPA) began as a separate market run by vendors that developed specialized tools, but a combination of forces is buffeting these vendors: Their markets withered during the...

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Tool:Managing BPM Program Risk Is Part Of The Transformational Journey

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Report:The Strategic Language Of Transformation Unlocks The Power Of BPM, Part 1

Translate Strategic Intent Into Action With Structured Language

As firms embark on their business transformation journey, business process pros find themselves discussing a wide range of topics: program initiation and governance, executive engagement, process...

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Report:How To Approach BPM Projects

For long-term success, the business, rather than IT, should drive and own BPM programs (unless, of course, the processes under consideration are IT's internal processes). BPM initiatives deliver...

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Report:The Context Driving Business Process Management

In today's cutthroat business world, enterprises struggle to respond to the changing needs of their customers while running efficient and effective operations and, at the same time, complying with an...

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Report:Identify How BPM Can Improve Your Organization

Business process management (BPM) attempts to alleviate problems around productivity bottlenecks, customer channel integration, cycle time reduction, and customer service improvement. But while those...

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Tool:The Discipline Of BPM Implies Developing A Framework Of Methods

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Report:The Strategic Language Of Transformation Unlocks The Power Of BPM, Part 2

Business process pros need to engage their business colleagues throughout business process management (BPM) projects; flow diagrams alone are not good enough. By understanding and adopting the...

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Report:How To Develop The Business Case For BPM Projects And BPM Programs

Developing a BPM business case differs from a traditional IT project because of the continuous improvement approach that BPM introduces. As such, the business case must be developed and enhanced in...

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Report:How To Identify A Suitable BPM Project

Choosing the initial project carefully consistently ranks as one of the key factors dictating long-term BPM program success. The key issue is not so much a question of finding a compelling business...

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Tool:Assess Each Process Area, Tabulating The CSFs, Maturity, And Complexity

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Report:Focus On Customers And Business Architecture For Greater Business Process Maturity

Results From The Forrester/IQPC Survey Of Business Process Pros

Over the past decade, business process transformation and continuous improvement initiatives have gained strategic traction. Despite C-suite attention, most organizations still fall relatively low on...

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Report:How To Start A BPM Program And Engage The Business

As with any major organizational change program, gaining BPM traction in the business relies on engagement. This includes ensuring executive support for the BPM initiative. Selecting the right...

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