Category Archives: Workflow

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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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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The word for 3/31 is “adaptive”

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

Too many good topics today, so many mention and discuss “adaptive”, but not enough time to write more than a few words on each:

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Governance, Risk & Compliance Webinar

Posted on March 10, 2010 by

I have a small part in a webinar being presented tomorrow on Governance, Risk, and Compliance, and particularly how Open Pages has built a GRC solution on the Fujitsu Interstage BPM patform.  OpenPages is the leading provider of integrated risk … Continue reading →

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Is the Checklist mightier than the Model?

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

Jacob Ukelson bring up some really interesting points in his new post on “Guidelines, Best Practices and Checklists – the Process Model for Unstructured Processes?“.  He starts by referencing an old article in The New Yorker by Atul Gawande on … Continue reading →

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4 Process Trends & 1 Gap

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

So much buzz about a new emerging category of process technology.  Analysts and vendors alike are talking about it, using a variety of different names: Case Management, Unstructured Processes, Human Coordination Technology, Human Interaction Management, Smart Case Management, Dynamic Process, … Continue reading →

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Interstage BPM Version 11 & Cloud

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

Fujitsu made a couple of press releases last week, announcing two things: a new release of Interstage BPM, Version 11, and our Cloud BPM offering.  This post just contains links to articles on the subject of these announcements. Product Review: … Continue reading →

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Process Improvement: Informed & Lean

Posted on October 15, 2009 by

I could call this post “Removing the Risk from Lean Process Improvement” because it starts with the assumption that you want to improve your processes using Lean principles, but you want guidance on how to apply those principles most effectively. … Continue reading →

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