Tag Archives: process discovery

Storytelling derails Process Discovery

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

There is an interesting video “Your Storytelling Brain”  from Cognitive Neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga who talks about how we remember things.  He describes a part of the brain called “the interpreter” which functions to organize memories into plausible stories.  This is great … Continue reading →

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Flipping the Process Life Cycle

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

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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What the Process Mining Manifesto means to ACM

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

The IEEE Task Force on Process Mining has just released the Process Mining Manifesto.  This the single best, most concise description of what process mining is, and what this revolutionary new technology might bring about.

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Process Mining Update

Posted on October 9, 2010 by

There has been a surprising amount happening around Process Mining recently, notably the process intelligence workshop, the IEEE task force meeting, and some other links.

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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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It is All Taylor’s Fault

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

The Industrial Revolution brought about mass production of parts and products. The concept behind mass production is: break the job into a series of well defined components (interchangeable parts), and set up to produce those parts in large quantities to … 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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Process Discovery & Mass Personalization

Posted on July 23, 2009 by

At dinner with Forrester analyst Clay Richardson he mentioned that process support should be less like mass transit trains and buses, and more like a Zipcar.   Both approaches can be seen as a way to solve metropolitan transportation problems; both … Continue reading →

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Process Confabulation

Posted on May 25, 2008 by

I just love that term: “Process Confabulation“. It sounds like something that WC Fields or Mark Twain might say. I saw it used in a slide share presentation from Michael zur Muehlen. What does it mean? It refers to an … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Question for Process Discovery

Posted on June 27, 2007 by

There are some tips in the field of BPM that you don’t want to find out by trial and error. If you have done a business process improvement initiative, you already know that the first step is to model the … Continue reading →

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