For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals (Length: 15 pages)

December 29, 2006

Reality, Opportunity, And Best Practices For Business Process Management In Insurance

by Marc Cecere, Craig Le Clair

with Connie Moore, Colin Teubner, Jamie Barnett


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Business process management suites (BPMS) show promise for insurance applications, but to date the applications have been limited. Most BPMS have been for noncore processes, pilots, or for applications that have little to do with business process management (BPM). However, BPM is ideal for reducing costs, increasing compliance, and introducing new products by building processes that overcome organizational and technical barriers. To accomplish this, process experts need to evangelize BPM while choosing simple yet visible initial applications. Enterprise architects and IT professionals need to provide the supporting data and technology underpinnings while ensuring applications use the appropriate standards. Finally, vendors need to provide best practices in building and deploying BPM apps, identify good and bad choices for insurance processes, and develop business cases to help insurers sell BPM internally.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemBPM Use Within Insurance Is Limited

itemWave Reference Checks Were Surprisingly Negative

itemBPM's Limited Success Is Due To Vendor And Insurer Inexperience

itemBut BPM Is Ideal For Enterprise Integration

itemFive Roles Are Critical To BPM Success

itemBest Practices For The Business Process Professional

itemBest Practices For The Enterprise Architect

itemBest Practices For The Application Development Professional

itemBest Practice For The IT Operations Professional

itemWake-Up Call For BPM Vendors Addressing The Insurance Market

Recommendations

itemCross-divisional Process Design Provides Highest Payback For BPM

WHAT IT MEANS

itemBPM's Greatest Potential Is To Break Down Organizational Silos

Forrester interviewed nine vendor and 16 end user companies. The vendors included BEA, FileNet, Fiserv (with Lombardi Software), Fujitsu, Global 360, IBM, Innovation Group, Pegasystems, and TIBCO Software.

Related Research Documents

itemThe Forrester Wave™: Human-Centric BPMS For Insurance, Q3 2006

September 22, 2006, Tech Choices

itemIndustry IT Spending Profile 2006: Insurance

April 5, 2006, Trends

itemTrends 2006: Integration-Centric Business Process Management

October 24, 2005, Trends

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Analyst: Craig Le Clair, Marc Cecere
Technology: Business Process Management, Information & Knowledge Management, Packaged Applications
Industry: Financial Services, Financial Services Business Process Management & Improvement, Insurance
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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