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From: Forrsights Software Survey, Q4 2010; Enterprise And SMB Networks And Telecommunications Survey, North America And Europe, Q1 2010; Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America and Europe,...
How To Better Manage Complexity And Keep It Under Control
Most organizations do not effectively align their business process management (BPM) and IT functions to control the increasing complexity that multifaceted, cross-functional processes and...

These data charts present the results of Forrester's 2011 Process Data Management Online Survey.
Landscape: The Business Process Management Playbook
Firms continue to invest massive amounts of money and time into improving their business processes. Why? Because of the imperative to optimize their business operations for their markets, even as...

Functional and industry-specific on-premises packaged apps aligned with organizational silos have worked well for well-defined, highly structured processes where volume, scale, and straight-through...

Vision: The CRM Playbook
The only source of competitive advantage is the one that can survive technology-fueled disruption: an obsession with understanding, connecting with, serving, and delighting customers. But as...

These data charts present the results of Forrester's 2011 Process Data Management Online Survey.
Enterprise applications for running your business (i.e., ERP) are evolving rapidly to enable more flexibility, better user experiences, and new deployment options offering more predictable long-term...
An Empowered Report
Too many enterprises communicate with customers using antiquated approaches. After all, smart devices, pervasive video, and social media have given new power to customers and citizens —...
Putting In Place The Right Signposts For Effective Delivery
Agile methods continue to grow in popularity, but dogmatic adoption can lead to teams applying Agile in contexts where it doesn't work. Kanban, a technique taken from Lean Manufacturing, provides...
These data charts present the results of Forrester's 2011 BPM Center Of Excellence Online Survey.
Business process professionals recognize master data management (MDM) as a critical enabler to deliver optimized business processes and trusted business insights. But ownership of MDM remains in the...
The Vendor Landscape Creates More Opportunity And Complexity
When Forrester introduced the concept of the Information Workplace (IW) in 2006 it was largely a vision of the future. Since then, much has changed. The world economy has suffered a prolonged...
Deliver Breakthrough Customer Experiences By Transforming Business Processes
Organizations aspire to implement outside-in, customer-focused, cross-functional processes that transform the organization and set it on the path toward continuous improvement. They are moving from...

A Total Economic Impact™ Analysis Uncovers Real Transformational Benefits
Companies waste millions of dollars each year on ineffective and inefficient business processes. Many companies attack this waste with process improvement exercises using approaches such as Six...
How IT Will Forge Lasting Relationships With Process Owners And Process Teams
Business process transformation requires an unprecedented level of collaboration among business owners, process teams, and IT, three groups not accustomed to working together. IT usually limits...
Change Management: The Social Business And Collaboration Playbook
It's often said, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." Nowhere in the world of enterprise IT is this adage more fitting than in social business and collaboration. For two...
