Process

From Social Stigma to Social Synergy

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It is remarkable how quickly social technologies have become the primary way that many people communicate and collaborate. Yet in many companies the use of these technologies is seen as detrimental time wasters that should be prohibited in the workspace. One of the reasons that social technologies have gotten a bad rap stems from their […]

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Thoughts from Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit

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Last week, Gartner’s US Enterprise Architecture Summit in San Diego attracted several hundred attendees. More than 500 IT and business professionals attended the conference, which indicates to us that EA is gaining momentum as a strategic business priority.   The conference served to reinforce what we are seeing and what many of you who are involved […]

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The Battle of Our Times: Capabilities vs. Process

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Photo by Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs I’m a little ashamed to admit I’ve spent far too much of my career debating colleagues on the merits of capability versus process. In the worst example, I engaged in an intense debate … Continue reading →

Who Drives an Enterprise Architecture Initiative? Part 3

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Enterprise Architecture (EA) projects are often thought to be initiated solely by the IT department. Depending on the situation, this isn’t always the case. In the past two posts of this series we have discussed how EA initiatives can be driven by enterprise architects or IT, but these two groups aren’t the only people who […]

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Who Drives an Enterprise Architecture Initiative?

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Who drives an enterprise architecture initiative? Does it come from an enterprise architect? Maybe it’s a request from IT? Or perhaps it comes from a business unit looking to solve a serious and specific problem… Of course the answer really depends on the problem you are trying to solve. The reality is that any of […]

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Achieving Operational Excellence

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In my post last Monday, I discussed that if you leverage enterprise architecture (EA) disciplines and solutions during the business process design phase of your business process management (BPM) projects you can better discover what your best practices are.  However, establishing visibility into your operations, and understanding how and why the top performers and departments in […]

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Uncovering Process Excellence

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Achieving process excellence is possible. To do it you can start by bringing together the top performers within your organization to capture what it is that makes them good at what they do. This isn’t always easy because many top performers can’t always easily articulate the underlying reason for their success. We see these top […]

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Things happen. Are you prepared?

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Unexpected events happen. Things don’t go as planned. Accidents, faulty equipment, property damage, safety violations, public safety threats, and personnel incidents are just a handful of events that can cause organizations to quickly react. It’s how you handle these unexpected incidents that can determine their severity and your exposure. Incidents – big or small – […]

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Power of EA + BPM: Thoughts from Gartner EA Summit

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The Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit in London came to a close yesterday.  After two days of insightful keynotes, analyst presentations, workshops and networking, it was clear that business processes and EA are inherently and necessarily linked to one another.  In a recent Gartner survey, improving and aligning business processes was cited as an EA priority […]

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Must See Guide for Gartner BPM Summit

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As one of the largest BPM conferences in the world, the Gartner BPM Summit offers objective advice and insights into some of the latest issues, disciplines and trends emerging in the BPM community.  With the Gartner BPM Summit coming up next week in Baltimore, we thought we’d take this opportunity to pull together a quick […]

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Six Strategies for a Successful Center of Excellence

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Few organizations, less than 20% according to a recent study by Robert Kaplan and David Norton, are able to execute successfully on their business strategy1. Implementing the right business improvements is nearly impossible when you have no clear understanding of how your business’ strategy, processes, people and content are interconnected.  Many of today’s successful organizations […]

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Is Your Industry in a State of Flux?

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A week or so ago Metastorm presented a webinar on how to manage change in different industries.  The webinar explained how industry-specific capability models can accelerate the value of an organization’s transformation efforts. So what industries are most in need of a formal business transformation framework and platform?  When polled, respondents clearly emerged as having an immediate need […]

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