Category Archives: Adaptive Case Management

Interview for Projects at Work

John R. D’Entremont interviewed me to put together an article called “Mastering the Unpredictable” on the Projects At Work website.  You have to register to read the entire article, but it is free, and John has done a nice job of … Continue reading

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First International ACM Workshop

The organizing committee for the BPM 2012 conference has accepted a proposal for the First International Workshop on Adaptive Case Management  (ACM2012).  It will be a half or full day workshop (depending on the quantity of papers accepted) on Sept … Continue reading

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2012 ACM Live Virtual Summit

Tom Koulopoulos of the Delphi Group is planning another Adaptive Case Management Virtual Summit for first week of June 2012.  This is the second of three significant ACM events planned for this coming year.

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2012 International ACM Awards

My first post of 2012 can not be delayed any further … so many things are commencing in the Adaptive Case Management world.  In this post I will cover the first of three important upcoming event you might want to … Continue reading

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Flipping the Process Life Cycle

It is a simple idea, but one of those key differences that makes all the difference.  We all know the traditional process life cycle: design the process, automate it, measure performance, and cycle around to improve the design. Instead, we … Continue reading

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Case Managers are Artists

There is a lot of discussion about what ACM should be, often talking about what a “user” will want.  But there are many kinds of users who have many differing needs.  To break out of this trap, I don’t use … Continue reading

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Understanding what “Adaptive” means

While Case Management has been a hot topic in the past year, there are various modifiers put in front of it: Advanced, Dynamic, and Adaptive.  In this post I attempt to explain why “Adaptive” is the right concept and why … Continue reading

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… by the Case Managers Themselves

My good friend and colleague Bruce Silver made a post recently on BPMN and Case Management positioning ACM as a kind of BPM.  This is a mistake that many people make, and I thought it worth highlighting how this line … Continue reading

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Failure is Essential to Knowledge Work

Max Pucher made an excellent post on “The Value of Failure” touching on a theme I have seen echoed around a bit lately.  Knowledge work is not predictable.  A professional will learn to do the right thing in the right … Continue reading

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Parent-Teacher-Student Collaboration

Normally I would look for the best examples of coordination technology at the most advanced high tech companies in silicon valley. Doing so would miss one of the best deployments of coordination technology. Who would expect to find it in … Continue reading

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