Monthly Archives: April 2010

Can BPM be ‘Rearchitected’ into to ACM?

Posted on April 29, 2010 by

I am just now getting around to a post by Alxander Samarin called “Let us architect the use of existing technologies instead of blaming them for bringing complexity/inflexibility/etc. in enterprises.”  This post starts with a well-reasoned overview of the situation, … Continue reading →

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Design by Doing vs. Doing by Design

Posted on April 28, 2010 by

Jim Sinur wrote a couple of interesting blog posts recently mentioning two distinct approached for supporting work processes: Doing by Design is the pre-planned definition of a predictable, routine process as traditional BPM suggests.  It involves a life-cycle that starts … Continue reading →

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Should We Redefine BPM?

Posted on April 28, 2010 by

Now that we have determined that BPM is not Dead, discussion has turned in a big way to whether BPM should be redefined.  Steve Towers hosted a very long discussion of this on his BP Group on Linked In, with … Continue reading →

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IBM has ACM

Posted on April 23, 2010 by

There have been a been a couple posts recently, and I was too busy last week to respond, about the announcement by IBM for its new Advanced Case Management.   Hmmm, sounds a bit like Adaptive Case Management.  Is it the … Continue reading →

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Nature of Knowledge Work

Posted on April 20, 2010 by

I gave a talk last week at the Process.gov conference on the subject of “The Nature of Knowledge Work” which happens also to be the first chapter of Mastering the Unpredictable.  I explore in depth what it is that makes … Continue reading →

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Launching “Mastering the Unpredictable”

Posted on April 14, 2010 by

This much anticipated day bring the launch of the book “Mastering the Unpredictable“.  I am at the Process.gov event in Washington DC where we are having a small reception to officially launch the book.  I will use this post to … Continue reading →

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Is BPM Dead?

Posted on April 12, 2010 by

Scott Francis writes an column saying “BPM is Doing Just Fine, Thankyou” saying that the rumors of BPM’s death are, as Mark Twain would put it: exaggerated.  There has been a lot of  interest and concern on this topic in … Continue reading →

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Track on Adaptive Case Management at Process.gov

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

Process.gov will be in Washington DC on April 14&15.  As the name implies, it is an event aimed at the public and public sector in helping to spread good information about process technologies.  What is entirely new this year is … Continue reading →

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Lean Publishing of Books in the Cloud

Posted on April 4, 2010 by

Those who follow this blog frequently will know that I am currently in the process of finishing of a book called “Mastering the Unpredictable“.  We are having the official launch on April 14, and it should be available before that … Continue reading →

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For Each Blog: A Glossary

Posted on April 3, 2010 by

When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.   – Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass When we set out to write Mastering the Unpredictable, we faced … Continue reading →

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