B, P & M of BPM

When it comes to starting an initiative that involves all shapes, styles & kinds of brains in an organization, it calls for a challenge. For the brave – I’d say it’s an opportunity. To add more to this natural complexity, you can add a dose of misconception, resistance & of course internal politics. Now imagine yourself at the centre stage of all of this; trying to lead a BPM initiative.

The Tao of BPM

Tao is Chinese for "Way" or "Path," and is the core tenet for Taoist doctrine. It is also considered the path of equilibrium. Obviously in the constant search for rationalization, and improvisation the Tao principles metaphorically parallel and converge with the BPM philosophy.

Compliance- Its a process not a project.

Talking about the yin and yang of Compliance regulations, I can conclude that they are not threats and mundane activities as they are thought of, but inherent features to help organizations to grow from a reactive to a more proactive culture.

Confusion >> Fusion…Have you figured it out yet?

“If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius”. That is a wise saying and is indeed reflective of the many theories surrounding the much hyped FUSION release. That is an interesting nomenclature and is truly befitting the era of fusion music, fusion food, fusion culture and slowly encompassing the technology circles with FUSION applications.

All said and done for each of us anticipating the FUSION release - the mystery around this technology of the future still remains.

Business Process Management - The Choices

Business Process Management or BPM for short has been in conjunction with SOA (Service Oriented Architecture, for the uninitiated) tom-tom-ed as the panacea of all that ails the current stack of monolithic applications that currently dominates the enterprise landscape. Well, given the history of the software industry’s panaceas there are skeptics and the optimists who both abound.

For the skeptics it is yet another way for the industry to bring in more complexity to extend and enhance the share of the customer’s wallet. To the optimist it is finally an application that delivers on its promise of simplifying IT. But the truth (as usual) is somewhere in the middle. And the truth is not universal – its different things to different people. To get there lets see what BPM is or represents.