The core of a business's integrity lies within its policies and rules and their management. The rules must be separated business processes if an organization is to know what the rules are, where the rules guide business decisions, and anticipated business impact when rules change. This presentation offers a practical approach for integrating a business rules approach, especially where BPM and BRE technology come together.
By: Janet K. Wall, President, Knowledge Partners, Inc.
Businesses today are confined by budget and time more than ever, which in turn affects the projects that are approved. IT and business organizations must review each project to ensure that it will provide value to the overall business to attain business objectives.
By: Jon Huntress, Special Events Correspondent, BPM Institute
Barbara von Halle is the founder of Knowledge Partners, a company specializing in business rule services. Her most recent book, "Business Rules Applied" is the first book to contain a systematic approach for delivering business rules systems. It was a finalist in the 2002 Jolt Awards from Software Development Magazine.
As organizations confront increasing complexity in their business environments, business leaders seek out technologies that allow them to automate, monitor, and optimize key processes across the enterprise. The ability to quickly develop business rules that not only define how these processes are executed, but also to drive customized user interfaces, tasks, monitoring, and automated processes have become key elements in business process management (BPM) application development.
By: Bill Chambers, Principal Analyst, Doculabs
For many people hearing the term “BAM,” the first thing that comes to mind is “business activity monitoring.” But for leading organizations and providers of business process management (BPM) solutions, BAM means something more; it means “business activity management.”
For too long, BAM has been relegated to the role of monitoring real-time transactions and events. But monitoring is only one part of managing the activity of your business.
In this presentation, DeShoran Smith, 1199/SEIU National Benefit Fund, will share a case study presentation on how a self-administered, self-insured non-profit was able tosolve an out-of-control paperwork problem by placing the Fund's workflow under the control of Business Process Management (BPM) software, and replacing paper folders with electronic folders and digital images of member correspondence and other documents. Smith will discuss why the Fund turned to a BPM solution and how an Imaging/Retrieval system was also integrated into its processes.
By: Jon Huntress, Special Events Correspondent, BPM Institute
This presentation is a case study on how a self- administered, self-insured non-profit was able to solve an archaic paperwork document problem by placing the Fund’s workflow under the control of BPM software and replacing paper folders with electronic folders and digital images of member correspondence and other documents. Smith discusses why the Fund turned to a BPM solution and how an imaging and retrieval system was integrated into its processes. Smith offered insights into the benefits the Fund experienced since implementation.
By: Jon Huntress, Special Events Correspondent, BPM Institute
An interview with Bruce Silver- Principal, Bruce Silver Associates
Dr. Bruce Silver is an independent consultant and industry analyst specializing in enterprise content management and business process management technology. He writes the monthly "Business Rules" column for Transform magazine, as well as numerous white papers and reports available at www.brsilver.com. His new report, "The Manager’s Guide to BPM Software," provides an in-depth review of BPM technology and vendor offerings.
Also Featuring: Rajiv Bawa, Business Area Executive, Software as a Service IBM Global Small and Medium Business
Those four little words, "Quick Return on Investment", can now be music to your ears. Hear from the experts at IBM and Nsite about how the Software as a Service model is taking off and providing companies with a much faster, more cost-effective and more flexible solution with less risk.
What have we learned from early efforts to implement business process management solutions? What types of problems have implementation teams run into and how did they overcome them? How can organizations best prepare for the introduction of this new technology? This session will look at case studies from organizations in multiple sectors and provide insight to emerging best practices.