business improvement

9 years, 11 months ago

Using the “Wheel of Change” to justify Business Architecture

It’s not about the methods, it’s not about models, it’s not about the tools – it’s about having the ability to make smarter decisions. Those decisions might be related to improving business operations or processes, undertaking significant business transformations, merging organizations, or any one of the hundred and one other projects that we seem to need to deliver by yesterday!

Impacting Business with Enterprise Architecture: What the Future Holds for EA Efforts Cliché as it may be, I can’t stop myself from…
Who Drives an Enterprise Architecture Initiative? Who drives an enterprise architecture initiative? Does it come from…
The Road Ahead for Enterprise & Business Architecture With a new year upon us it’s always exciting to…

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10 years, 10 months ago

Big Data, Social, Mobile, Cloud and… Case Management?

by Michelle Dufty

These days, it seems that business and IT conversations just about everywhere are revolving around that same 4 themes – Big Data, social collaboration, mobile applications and cloud computing. These IT megatrends are in the forefront of the minds of IT executives and solution providers alike. And, if you aren’t thinking about them, you should […]

Being Human: Why Knowledge Workers Need Adaptive Case Management How important is the human factor in driving meaningful process…
The New iWorker Meets Adaptive Case Management IT organizations are faced with a growing set of user…
Human vs. Machine: How Adaptive Case Management Helps Insurance Firms Serve Customers Have you seen the movie Real Steel? In the storyline…

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11 years, 21 days ago

Mending your Lending

by Deb Miller

Loan processes are complex. From loan origination to underwriting to closing, there are many moving parts for each application, creating unwanted and unnecessary bottlenecks along the way. Earlier this year we formally surveyed banking executives from across North America to help us better understand the pitfalls within loan processing. One of the most surprising results […]

Fall 2011 Survey: SharePoint and BPM Every six months we run a survey about how people…
Must-See Live Webinars for February February might be the shortest month of the year, but…
Expanding the Envelope of BPM Organizational leaders face difficult decisions when it comes to balancing…

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11 years, 1 month ago

High-Velocity BPM Comes to the Cloud

by Derek Weeks

For years, we have been known for our ability to rapidly deliver BPM solutions to our clients. It is also known that as a result of our intuitive user experience, many of our customers have quickly become self-sufficient in building a large portfolio of automated processes across their businesses. Many customers have over hundreds processes […]

Forrester Business Process Conference: How Dynamic Case Management Helps Businesses Hit High Velocity Improvements I just returned from this year’s Forrester Business Process Conference…
When It Comes to Mobile Apps – Thin is In! One of the big topics of discussion regarding mobile is…
Harnessing the Power of Crowds in the Cloud Enterprise modeling, enterprise architecture, and process analysis are often seen…

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11 years, 1 month ago

Must-See Guide to #GartnerBPM!

by Process Matters Blogger

It’s that time of year again – the Gartner BPM Summit – where all of the business process management (BPM) gurus are set to gather together in Baltimore to discuss what is going on in the BPM world. The hot topics this year, not surprisingly, include case management, mobility, gamification and social media, and basic […]

Must See Guide to Forrester Business Process Forum 2011 The Forrester Business Process Forum in Boston, Mass. is just three…
Must-See Live Webinars for February February might be the shortest month of the year, but…
The New iWorker Meets Adaptive Case Management IT organizations are faced with a growing set of user…

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11 years, 2 months ago

Expanding the Envelope of BPM

by Process Matters Blogger

Organizational leaders face difficult decisions when it comes to balancing change against ROI expectations. Does change justify the cost in terms of time, money and resources? At the end of the day, executives are looking solutions that can help them create and sustain an agile business while minimizing waste. Over the years organizations have achieved […]

How to Start a BPM Initiative: A Lesson from Early Adopters Business process management (BPM) initiatives are growing in popularity because…
Think Big: Extending BPM Across Your Organization In my blog post last month I covered a few…
3 Reasons Organizations Need Capability Maps Organizations are made up of thousands of capabilities, each individually…

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11 years, 3 months ago

A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships

by Derek Weeks

How BPM Can Increase Your Overall SharePoint Maturity Over 43% of organizations deploying SharePoint are looking to purchase workflow or business process management (BPM) add-on applications for the platform, according to the 2011 “How Are Businesses Using SharePoint” survey. Like many businesses deploying SharePoint, usage within the organization expands dramatically as users find it a useful […]

Fall 2011 Survey: SharePoint and BPM Every six months we run a survey about how people…
Survey Says Lack of Business Strategy Among Top Concerns of SharePoint Deployments The results of our How are Businesses using Microsoft® SharePoint®…
Extending Our Leadership We’ve got some great news! Last week, IDC MarketScape announced…

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11 years, 3 months ago

Gamification is Central to Social

by Derek Weeks

Years ago when I was in school, I asked my business professor to share a bit of advice that he had found invaluable throughout the years. He offered me a simple quote, “Keeping score, improves the score.” I cannot count the number of times I’ve been reminded of that bit of advice. The idea of knowing what […]

From Social Stigma to Social Synergy It is remarkable how quickly social technologies have become the…
The Future of Social BPM Over the years organizational development processes have evolved to meet…
The Buzz from our User Summit: Live Demo of Social & Mobile BPM At our annual User Summit (Nov 7 – 9) in…

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11 years, 4 months ago

Must-See Live Webinars for February

by Process Matters Blogger

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! […]

Live Webinars for July Here’s a list of a few webinars Metastorm has for…
Metastorm Announces Live Webinars for October Metastorm’s October 2009 webinars are now open for registration. Each…
Upcoming Webinars and Events Here’s a highlight of some of the webinars/events that Metastorm…

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11 years, 4 months ago

Q&A Series: The Evolution of EA

by Sandra Moran

Next up in my Q&A series on EA, I am going to address how the EA market is changing and what vendors are doing to support user’s new expectations. Question: What are some of the ways that EA is evolving and what changes are EA tool vendors implementing to support those changes? Answer: In my […]

Q&A Series: The Value of EA and BPA In November and December, Gartner released the Magic Quadrants for…
Q&A Series: The Future of EA and BPA Today I’m continuing my Q&A series on frequent questions asked…
Metastorm ProVision – Have you heard all the buzz? Lately there’s been a lot of buzz surrounding Metastorm ProVision®….

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11 years, 5 months ago

Human vs. Machine: How Adaptive Case Management Helps Insurance Firms Serve Customers

by Deb Miller

Have you seen the movie Real Steel? In the storyline of this flick, automation has replaced human fighters with 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robot boxers. The moral is “humans out, automation in” — end of story, right? Not exactly. As it turns out, it’s the right combination of human and machine that proves necessary for the […]

The New iWorker Meets Adaptive Case Management IT organizations are faced with a growing set of user…
Forrester Business Process Conference: How Dynamic Case Management Helps Businesses Hit High Velocity Improvements I just returned from this year’s Forrester Business Process Conference…
Case Study: BPM for Fuel Supply Management In a previous blog post, we cited that BPM technology…

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11 years, 5 months ago

Upping the Ante: Combining ECM and BPM to Drive Better Business Outcomes

by Peter Near

We’re excited to announce that our customers can now leverage the capabilities of the OpenText enterprise content management (ECM) and dynamic case management (DCM) together to achieve better business outcomes by bridging the gap between content and process. Bringing Together Content and Process According to Forrester Research, dynamic case management is a highly structured but […]

Forrester Business Process Conference: How Dynamic Case Management Helps Businesses Hit High Velocity Improvements I just returned from this year’s Forrester Business Process Conference…
Must See Guide to Forrester Business Process Forum 2011 The Forrester Business Process Forum in Boston, Mass. is just three…
Battling Regulatory Pressures in Life Sciences It’s no secret that Life Sciences is one of the…

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