Process Matters Blogger: 0 0 February might be the shortest month of the year, but that’s not holding us back. Our calendar this month is jam-packed with informative webinars on a variety of topics around business process management (BPM) and enterprise architecture (EA). Check out the list below to see what we have to offer and be sure to register! Communicating in the Language of Business Thursday, February 9, 2012 11:00AM-12:00PM EST It’s no sec...
Open Group: 0 0 by Dana Gardner, republished from his blog, BriefingsDirect Originally published Feb. 2, 2011 Next week’s The Open Group Conference in San Diego comes at an important time in the evolution of IT and business. And it’s not too late to attend the conference, especially if you’re looking for an escape from the snow and ice. From Feb. 7 through 9 at the Marriott San Diego Mission Valley, the 2011 conference is...
Chris Bird: 0 0 For those who have seen the previous post on process improvement at my local Indian chaat restaurant will probably be intrigued on yesterday’s twist.We were buying some appetizers to go. In this case 2 samosas and an order of golgappe. Normally the process (at least for dining) is to write the items on a form, be assigned a number and given the vibrating pager to let us know when ready. Collect food, eat, check out by...
Mike Walker: 0 0 Enterprise Architecture Certifications Distilled An Open Group Webinar Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 Cost: Free; registration required Time: 5:00 p.m. BST; 12:00 p.m. EDT; 9:00 a.m. PDT Speakers: Mike Walker (Microsoft), James de Raeve (The Open Group), Steve Philp (The Open Group) This free webinar looks at the wide range of Enterprise Architecture (EA) certifications that are available and why it is im...
BizzDesign: 0 0 <p><span style="color: #505050; font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px;">The last few years have been tough for many organizations, especially in (the aftermath of) the global economic turmoil. Getting to grips with the complexity of doing business is increasingly important. Many of the problems that organizations struggle with have similar characteristics. Consider for example:</span></p><ul...
Chris Bird: 0 0 I am about to display my programming roots. History alert.In a far off kingdom computers were made by an all powerful company – called IBM. IBM had the most magnificent Operating System, inventively called “OS”. This operating system came in a number of dialects (OS/MFT, OS/MVT – eventually morphing to SVS and MVS before becoming Z/OS). The people marveled. What wondrous naming! But I digress.To get w...
Indranil Bhattacharya: +1 0 This article is also available as a PDF document. Could businesses benefit from applying different architectural styles to design systems in different areas of the enterprise, just as cities apply different architectural styles for designing Cathedrals, Town Halls, and Bazaars? Applying different architectural styles would practically imply that when designing a system for finance we would try to focus functionality on regu...
Elizabeth Edwards: 0 0 For the past nine years Metastorm has hosted its Global User Summit, designed to offer our customers and partners the opportunity to extend their ROI, hear success stories from industry peers and learn first-hand what is in the pipeline for upcoming products and services. This year is no different. In fact, we are thrilled to offer an expanded Global User Summit, now OpenText BPM, bringing together Global 360 and Metastorm c...
Chris Bird: 0 0 I am about to display my programming roots. History alert.In a far off kingdom computers were made by an all powerful company – called IBM. IBM had the most magnificent Operating System, inventively called “OS”. This operating system came in a number of dialects (OS/MFT, OS/MVT – eventually morphing to SVS and MVS before becoming Z/OS). The people marveled. What wondrous naming! But I digress.To get w...
Mike Walker: 0 0 Enterprise Architecture Certifications Distilled An Open Group Webinar Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 Cost: Free; registration required Time: 5:00 p.m. BST; 12:00 p.m. EDT; 9:00 a.m. PDT Speakers: Mike Walker (Microsoft), James de Raeve (The Open Group), Steve Philp (The Open Group) This free webinar looks at the wide range of Enterprise Architecture (EA) certifications that are available and why it is im...
Troux Staff: 0 0 You need to deliver value now from your enterprise architecture and strategic IT planning programs. You need to collaborate with not only IT specialists but business managers and other planning disciplines within the enterprise. And you need to think big — about the long-term strategic needs of the business – to make sure you’re delivering real business value. That’s why we booked the elegant A...
Jeff Kennedy: 0 0 It is fair to say that the project in question has not started well. A lengthy incubation period executed in isolation from business and delivery partners has seen resources consumed in exchange for very little demonstrable progress, and high-level commitment waning. Faced with challenges like these, project managers will often retreat into their defensive belief systems — the heavily-dogmatic linear methodologies. Un...