Andrew Makar has a nice post up on Gantthead available here that mentions a key component of a PM’s toolbox should be a business process modeling tool. I couldn’t agree more but would take it one step further in saying that you can gain efficencies with higher-end BPM tools that use BPMN or BPEL so that engineers and developers can then take your high-level business model from that tool and transform it into classes & code for execution of your model. I have much more on this in our TechProdo forum on business process management here.
Posts Tagged ‘BPM’
The Value of Capturing Business Process in Models
March 15th, 2010
How Important is Real-Time Collab in Biz Apps?
February 24th, 2010I think we’d all agree that collaboration in these days of Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 is important, requested by users and here to stay. But how much does that actually need to be embedded in common business functions such as project management, business process management, budgeting, planning, etc?
I ask, because I am researching several ERP-based projects and collaboration keeps surfacing as a high-priority requirement. But is it necessary to enable collaboration directly in business applications?
What are your thoughts?
I put my thoughts directly into this EBizQ thread here. In talking with customers and analysts, my thoughts are that the requirement is likely satisfied through collaborative platforms such as SharePoint, Notes, Google Wave or Beehive. This would put less of an emphasis on enabling real-time multi-user collaboration into budget plans, capital plans, project plans, BPMN models, etc. and rely more on collaboration capabilities of a tool that enables virtual meetings, idea sharing, Wikis, etc.
