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From BPMN.org: “A standard Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) will provide businesses with the capability of understanding their internal business procedures in a graphical notation and will give organizations the ability to communicate these procedures in a standard manner". |
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| With that simple admonition, enterprises can merrily design and deploy their BPM initiatives, assured of mutual understanding between everyone involved on both the technology and business sides, correct? |
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| In studying BPM market issues, one of the key things to look for are typical expectations of both end-user line organizations and the IT operations groups that have to make those expectations happen. An IDC whitepaper authored by analyst Dennis Byron outlines the benefits of freestanding BPM and straight-through processing. |
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| Most businesses have a limited, explicit understanding of end-to-end business processes, and if any understanding exists, it is often tucked away within disparate groups across the organization. It's rare to find an organization that has linked its scattered process competencies together into a comprehensive strategy. |
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| Suddenly, Innovation is a very hot term. We are not talking about a new concept here; clearly businesses have always tried to be innovative. (But) if we are going to make sense out of Innovation, we are going to need a continuum. |
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