Who wants to go to Italy in June? There is a great opportunity to attend the Social Business Forum 2011 which is being held June 8 in Milan, Italy, where a number of thought leaders will be convening to discuss the latest in social business trends. Continue reading
All this talk of “Social-BPM” there must be something on the other end of the spectrum. Does this mean that “traditional BPM” is anti-social? Well, it can be, and I had that experience this week. Continue reading
This morning I was interviewed about being a software architect from the point of view of the general public. I have copied the questions and the (raw) answers here. Continue reading
The “Adaptive Case Management Mentor Camp” has just been announced. This will be a meeting of minds for people interested in learning effective techniques for using case management for knowledge work. It is right after the BPM 2010 conference, at the same venue, symbolically representing ACM as the next thing after BPM. Continue reading
We held a tweetjam on the subject of Adaptive Case Management (ACM) on July 15. I have already posted part 1 and part 2. Here is part 3. Continue reading
We held a tweetjam on the subject of Adaptive Case Management (ACM) on July 15. It is going to take me three posts to get this all in. See Part 1. This post contains part 2 which contains the bulk of the discussion of how ACM relates to BPM: is it different, and how? Continue reading
A post on a Japanese site about ACM got me think again about what it means to handle unpredictable situations.
In Jazz and other genres of music, there is a tradition of improvisation. That means, there is a section of the piece, where a particular musician is expected to improvise a solo. Continue reading
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 for pre-order on Amazon. Along the way I have learned a lot of book publishing, what used to happen, and how that entire industry is being radically transformed. Continue reading
If you could use a time machine to pick up Fredrick Winslow Taylor, and bring him to our time, would he use PriceLine to find a hotel to stay in? We would have to fill him in on 100 years of technological development first, of course. This odd thought occurred to me as I was making arrangements to attend the process.gov event in Washington DC next month. It was Nathaniel Palmer who pointed out to me that using PriceLine is the antithesis to Scientific Management. Continue reading
Last Wednesday I got a full scale indoctrination into the agile software development methodology called Kanban, loosly based on the Toyota Production System (TPS) mechanism with the same name. Toyota uses the kanban as a mechanism to allow for just the right amount of parts to be ordered and to be delivered just in time (JIT) in order to avoid overproduction and waste in the production line. Kanban Software Development Methodology (KSDM) brings the same lean ideas to a development team. Continue reading
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