Author Archives: kswenson

Agile Best Practice: Start with the Empty

Posted on April 13, 2018

A co-worker on an agile project was showing me a feature he was perfecting, and it was looking pretty good with features to add and remove various settings as per the design.   I wanted to try it.  He said “sorry, … Continue reading →

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Joining the DMN TCK

Posted on April 3, 2018

The DMN TCK is a group of people united around a single desire: we want to see DMN succeed as a decision modeling paradigm.  We want it to really work, and not simply be  another passing fad.  We want transparency … Continue reading →

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Worklist Performance Considerations

Posted on April 2, 2018

This is a technical deep dive into system design around providing a worklist to workers in a BPM system, and the technical tradeoffs you will encounter.

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Usability is a Factor in Security

Posted on February 22, 2018

I am going once again through data security training.  That is not in itself bad, but the misguided and outdated recommendations propagate misinformation.  Security is very important, but why can’t the “security” experts learn?

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Product Trial Strategies

Posted on January 25, 2018

Selling big complex products is always a challenge.  I recently was asked why not make the product simply available on the cloud for free sign-up and access so that people can try it out for free.  Here is my response.

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BPM and 2018

Posted on January 3, 2018

Is it a new year already?  Hmmm.  Time to look around and reassess the situation.

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2017 BPM Awards

Posted on December 14, 2017

There are a number of conclusions about the industry that we can make from this year’s WfMC Awards for Excellence in BPM.  Thirteen submissions won awards this year across a number of industries and practices.  First a summary of the cases:

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